Seventy-one percent of the record seizure of 169 tonnes of methamphetamine in East and Southeast Asia in 2020 were in these five Mekong countries: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam,
Category: Cambodia
Programme launched to rehabilitate land in degraded forest areas
This project is funded by the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Special Fund for a two-year period [2018-2020] with a budget of $500,000. So far, 90 per cent of the plan has been achieved. However, the outbreak of Covid-19 has forced the project to be delayed until the end of 2021.
Seized timber to make Covid -19 coffins
Authorities seized 1,347 cubic metres of timber in 2020 and 2021. It is estimated that the amount of confiscated wood could make more than 1,000 coffins.
Official: Protect rare pitcher plants
A senior environment official called on holidaymakers to Cambodia’s pristine tropical forest tourist destinations to avoid plucking, collecting or breaking vulnerable plant species – especially the exotic carnivorous pitcher plants of the Nepenthes genus – to conserve the beauty and scenic value of nature, and to save populations.
Khun Sea Development fills In Mekong River near Arey Ksat ferry stop
Kandal Governor Kong Sophorn said that the filling in was being done by a “company” but did not name Khun Sea Development. He, however, told Thmey Thmey that Khun Sea’s company was doing the reclamation after being granted 70 hectares on a 50-year lease.
‘Please show mercy’: Evicted by Cambodia, ethnic Vietnamese stuck at watery border
But few are willing to help hundreds of stateless families, who had earned a living breeding fish and hosting tourists on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap River, and are now moored to a riverbank a few kilometres from Vietnam, desperate to be allowed inside.
Fifth Mekong dolphin calf recorded this year
Censuses conducted by the Fisheries Administration and WWF-Cambodia show 13 and nine births in 2019-2020, respectively, and eight and nine deaths, leaving the total population of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Kingdom’s reaches of the Mekong at just 89. From 2007-2020 the average annual growth rate has been 1.02 per cent and the average annual death rate has been 2.14 per cent, signalling a slow demise of the gentle creatures, according to a joint report by the two organisations.
Carving up the Cardamoms: Conservationists fear massive land grab in Cambodia
Conservationists have expressed concern over a recently published regulation that makes nearly 127,000 hectares (313,800 acres) of previously protected land potentially available for sale or rent to politically connected businesses.
Cambodia’s first giant muntjac sighting highlights key mountain habitat
The camera traps recorded a diverse range of other species in addition to the rare deer. In total, 13 species were recorded that are threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List,