Some 5,000 people participated in a clean-up campaign in Sihanoukville on Saturday, organised by the new provincial governor, as the amount of waste produced by the city has now reached up to 800 tonnes per day.
Category: Cambodia
Hun Sen aims to ban imports of non-recyclable waste
Cambodia could soon become the next Asian country to reject the importation of rubbish from oerseas, despite suggestions from the private sector that Cambodia could burn waste to produce electricity.
Phnom Penh poor uprooted as lakes filled in for malls, flats
Shortly after authorities approved filling in parts of the lake with sand and mud 10 years ago to build malls and apartments, they could not fish or farm anymore.
Huge Chinese influx divides Sihanoukville
Residents of Cambodian resort town question whether its character can be preserved
Cambodian Cabinet Ministers Approves Four More Solar Projects
The four new solar projects are expected to generate in total 140 megawatts to meet the energy shortage in the country
NGO seizes 2,300 chainsaws
This year, 25 forestry offences have been busted, with nine tractors and 50 chainsaws seized. Ten offenders were sent to court in regards to the cases.
Oddar Meanchey forestry official denies logging collusion allegation
District Forestry Administration chief Cheal Sophal is alleged to have colluded with a soldier who purchased timber from illegal loggers near the Thai border.
Senators approve 2019-2023 development plan, power projects
The Pursat hydro dam project will affect the homes of 347 families and farmland belonging to 296 families in 5,355 hectares of land. He added that 600,724 hectares of forest land will also be affected.