Category: Cambodia
Illegal logging continues unabated in Cambodia
This week alone, two crackdowns on illegal logging took place in Ratanakkiri and Oddar Meanchey provinces.
EU promotes laundering of looted Cambodian wood
Many reports provide clear indications that despite EU regulations, many Vietnamese companies have been shelling out millions in bribes for logs cut from national parks and community areas in Cambodia.
Cambodian villagers protest sand-dredging operation in protected zone
At least 10 ethnic Phnorng villagers protested on Monday in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province to demand an end to a sand-dredging operation carried out in a wildlife sanctuary in the Bou Sra commune of the province’s Pech Chreada district, local sources said.
How to Transition One of the Fastest-Growing Economies in the World to a Green Growth Model
The Global Green Growth Institute is looking for opportunities for the Cambodian government and investors that can be developed into profitable activities. Their approach is that greening offers economic opportunities.
How indigenous ‘vigilante’ grandfathers protect forest life
A group of elders, frustrated with state response, protect forest from looting against backdrop of rising deforestation.
Is the race to the bottom over?
Everybody speaks about a ‘race to the bottom’ in the world of work. For brick workers enduring debt-bondage in Cambodia the race might already be over.
Meet the ‘vigilante’ grandfathers protecting indigenous forest life in Cambodia
At the edge of a forest on the northern plains of Cambodia, an indigenous community is building its own security system.
Hun Sen to inaugurate final phase of ‘controversial’ dam
Inauguration plans are being set for the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam to occur the “middle of next month”, in a ceremony that will be presided over by Prime Minister Hun Sen.