Because more than three-quarters of Cambodia’s population relies primarily on subsistence agriculture, droughts and floods threaten to tip large numbers of people into poverty.
Category: Cambodia
No hooks, lines or sinkers: Cambodians go traditional in fishing ceremony
But fish stocks have declined in recent years due to hydropower dams built upstream in Cambodia and neighbouring countries, and the increase of illegal fishing methods,
Project aims to test climate change response strategies
Five schools have been selected to test climate change response strategies by planting trees and developing gardens with increased biodiversity.
Water Ministry to implement two mega projects
The two ADB-supported mega projects are the Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Project and the Multiple Financing Facility on Irrigation and Water Resources Management Project.
Are Cambodian dams too risky?
Cambodia’s reliance on hydropower for its energy needs could have a detrimental effect on the country.
Forest crime ‘rife’ at Prey Lang, Cambodia
“Environmental rangers went there but carried nothing out. Maybe they just paid a visit. Logging is still happening. In short, the authorities are not paying enough attention to the loss of our forest,”