Compounded by the rising river currents and strong waves, the villagers suspect that the active sand mining in the area has contributed to the riverbank collapse.
Category: Cambodia
US Ambassador says Kingdom in ‘good position to lead’ on sustainability
Brunei symbolically handed the gavel to Cambodia on Thursday, to take over the stewardship of the ten-nation bloc.
Ambassador W Patrick Murphy says Prime Minister Hun Sen’s leadership of ASEAN in 2022 gives Cambodia the opportunity to set an exacting agenda.
Cambodia ‘to achieve 20 percent of energy supplies from solar’
By 2023, seven additional solar power plants with a total capacity of 495 mW are expected to be put into operation, representing 20 percent of the total energy supply.
Executives offer clean options to wood burning
The garment industry is Cambodia’s biggest employer but it is also responsible for 70 percent of the wood burned in the country.
Cambodia can secure reliable electricity without new coal
With the China–Cambodia free trade agreement ratified by the Cambodian National Assembly last month, and an updated investment law prioritising incentives for green energy, it looks like the future of Cambodia’s electricity system could be getting brighter – and greener.
Border pool dolphins down to just one
Dolphin conservation groups and government officials are expressing grave concerns over the decline in the number of dolphins present at the Chheu Teal trans-boundary pool of the Mekong River at the Laos-Cambodia border, saying that if this alarming trend is not halted, it will lead to the extinction of this important mammal.
British ambassador calls for a greater push for renewable energy
Cambodia is not a big emitter of emissions but I would like to see an even greater push towards renewable energy. It is clear that coal is a dying commodity and those that have investments in that sector will have inefficient, expensive and stranded assets within the decade.
New reports point to dams ‘stressing’ Cambodia’s Mekong river fisheries
The Mekong River Commission — has conducted two new studies that support Kong Kim’s observations. The reports examine the effects of human and environmental incursions in the lower Mekong basin, where Cambodian fisherfolk say their catch has declined in recent years.
New research directly links sestern fashion brands to deforestation
The researcher from Royal Holloway, University of London told VICE World News they show, for the first time, trees logged from Cambodian forest being illegally used as fuel in a garment factory supplying major Western brands.
Cambodia and China cooperate on media
More than 30 media leaders from Cambodia and China have come together to participate in the three-day high-level web seminar held under the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation framework which started yesterday hosted by Cambodian-Chinese Journalists Association (CJC) in collaboration with the China Foundation for Peace and Development.