Category: Cambodia
China’s chequebook diplomacy in Cambodia a double-edged sword creating resentment
Tensions rise as locals worry about the threat of Chinese-owned businesses and enclaves to their livelihood, homes and rights, as the programme Insight discovers.
Chinese Banana Plantations in Cambodia Leave Locals With Little Land to Farm
Worse still, as the Chinese plantations encroached on their land, some villagers sought work on the farms but left after being sickened by pesticides.
“It is not like before. It is worse than ever,” says Ping Chantrea, a 30-year-old farmer who adds she can no longer produce enough rice.
Whatever happened to / Cambodia’s Dragon City?
Nine years ago, Cambodia’s Land Ministry proposed a new, high-tech capital called “Dragon City” on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Nearly a decade later, the $80bn development has yet to break ground.
Climate change may undermine Kingdom’s mango production
“Due to climate change, [mango] flowers were destroyed by too much rain and now there is drought coming. The ponds in some areas are slowly drying up.”
NGOs want environmental impact report access
Environment Ministry must environmental impact assessment reports due to a lack of public information on whether or not companies comply with their findings.
How the Buddhist monks of Thailand and Cambodia are fighting the logging industry, one ‘holy’ tree at a time
A unique trend has emerged: Buddhists monks are now bestowing monk-hood onto trees, in the effort to save them.
How Cambodia Could Win a War on Plastics
What the government has done, so far, is paltry at best and indifferent at worst.