“Floods in Phnom Penh have nothing to do with the Prek Tnaot River. Even if nothing is done to it, the river still floods [during rainy season]. But I do not encourage anyone to block the waterway or the flow of water. Do not continue to criticise flooding in Phnom Penh during the rainy season and place the blame on the filling-in of lakes.”
Category: Cambodia
Vietnam seeks investment in economic zone near Kingdom
The Long An Border Gate Economic Zone on the Cambodia-Vietnam border has an area of over 13,080ha and hopes to serve as a bridge between Ho Chi Minh City and 12 provinces in the delta, and a trade hub linking the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
Water, gender, and poverty collide in Cambodian watershed
In 2019, the Stockholm Environment Institute, The Asia Foundation, and Winrock International conducted a study of how water access is connected to poverty and gender in the Stung Chinit Watershed in rural Kampong Thom Province, using the Multidimensional Poverty Analysis framework (MDPA) of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
ANZ payment to displaced Cambodian families brings landmark human rights case to a close
“With this money, the more than one thousand families forcibly evicted from their land by Phnom Penh Sugar are rebuilding,” said Eang Vuthy, Executive Director of Equitable Cambodia. “It doesn’t undo the years of suffering they’ve endured, but it is a significant help to families in getting back on their feet after many years, and we are thankful that ANZ fulfilled its promise. In the meantime, we urge the government to expedite the land resolution process to end this longstanding land dispute.”
Landmark report detailing life for indigenous peoples issued
This report is the only national data compiled in Cambodian history for supporting the development of indigenous peoples in Cambodia as of 2021.
Cambodia mulls carbon neutrality at COP26
Cambodia has developed a 10-year National Strategic Plan for Climate Change, and recently submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change the updated Nationally Determined Contribution
USAID pledges continued development of Kingdom
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the continuation of its support for Cambodia’s socio-economic development after reaching the 10-year mark for its programme. USAID claims to have helped more than 230,000 Cambodian farmers and their families escape hunger and poverty.
Environment ministry’s Neth Pheaktra on purposeful PR
Right now, the ministry has major efforts underway for the protection and conservation of wildlife and birds in the Prek Toal Ramsar Site and for the preservation of cranes in northeast Cambodia’s Ang Trapeang Thmor nature reserve and we are working on building conservation centres that can provide veterinarian treatment for animals and also provide livelihoods for the communities in the natural protected areas.
Stung Treng Fisheries head calls for dolphin revival plan
Stung Treng provincial Fisheries Administration officials warn that the Irrawady dolphins in the Ochheuteal dolphin pleasance in Borei O’Svay Sen Chey district’s Preah Rumkel commune are now faced with extinction as there is only one dolphin left remaining of the pod that was living there until recently. The officials called on all relevant parties to come up with a rehabilitation plan to increase the number of dolphins in the area.
Cambodia will not allow new coal-fired power plants
Cambodia does not plan to develop anymore new coal-fired power plants in addition to the projects already approved by the Royal Government since 2019, and to switch to low-carbon energy sources such as imported natural gas, LNG or hydrogen instead.