Cooperation in the field of forestry management and the prevention of deforestation and cross-border trading in illegal timber and wildlife discussed.
Category: Cambodia
UNDP reiterates support for Cambodia to achieve SDGs 2016-2030
The assistance primarily covered the five-year work plan preparation, the framework of millennium and sustainable development goals 2000-2015 and 2016-2030 respectively,
Cambodia, Laos pledge to boost energy sector
Under the agreement signed in 2019, Cambodia buys 2,400 mW of power from Laos, with the first phase starting in 2024, followed by the second phase, third phase, and foutrh phase in 2025, 2026, and 2027, respectively.
Report details communities’ forest management means
The report describes the different forest management methods of forestry communities in each of Cambodia’s forest regions
New dams on 3S rivers endanger survival of the Mekong
Plans to further dam the Sesan, Srepok and Sekong tributaries of the Mekong River risk food security and already endangered wildlife
Cambodian PM orders large-scale crackdown on land grabs to save country’s largest lake
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Sunday ordered relevant authorities to launch a large-scale crackdown on illegal land grabs around the kingdom’s largest freshwater lake, Tonle Sap, and to seize back all the encroached land.
Fresh hopes for species’ survival as 51 royal turtles released into the wild
WCS country director Ken Serey Rotha commented that conservationists had believed that royal turtles were extinct in the Kingdom, a presumption he said was rebuffed by a study back in 2000.
Buddhism and the environment are one and the same
The purpose of these pilgrimages into the natural world was to contribute to the conservation of the forest and the preservation of Cambodia’s environment through our role as monks by raising awareness of environmental issues and encouraging change in our society for the sake of the environment.
Ministry hands out eco-awards
The award programme is designed to promote the participation of businesses and people from the public and private sectors in environmental protection, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of natural resources and sustainable living.
Another poor wet season endangers Cambodia’s biggest lake and its people
“We had the same situation last year. In the past the land would always flood. It’s very healthy for the soil if the water covers the land,” says Yin Sela, a farmer who lives on the edge of the lake