“Frankly speaking, we are not targeting any particular age group. It just happened to be the case that this skill is much more common among the elders. Since they are too old to migrate elsewhere for employment, this has become their work aside from farming. The other reason is that not many people in the younger generations have learned this skill yet,” Sokheng says.
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Man wanted for felling rosewood tree in Angkor
According to Thy, this is not the first such incident in the Angkor resort area. He said there have been several cases already, but the perpetrators remained at large.
How Climate-Smart Villages achieve food security during the pandemic
The study looked at three CSVs: Chhouk (Cambodia), Htee Pu (Myanmar), and Himbubulo Weste (part of Guinayangan CSV in the Philippines).
Tonle Sap fish catch declines due to nature and human harm
The Tonle Sap, which contributed over half the fish produced in Cambodia, is now faced with a serious threat in fish catch due to loss of flooded forest, climate change, upstream dams and illegal fishing activities.
Cambodians displaced by dam struggle to retain their identity
Villagers who had to leave homes flooded in 2017 by the Lower Sesan 2 dam have seen their culture and livelihoods eroded
Is there such a thing as a ‘green’ SEZ in Cambodia?
Chinese factories in Cambodia bring prosperity and modernisation but at the cost of environmental pollution and poor working conditions. While developing green industrial zones shows the potential way forward, stricter monitoring and enforcement of environmental and labour compliance would help Cambodia strike the right balance.
Firm to plant 10M eucalyptus trees in Kratie, Stung Treng
Chea Chamroeun, president of the NGO Save Environment and Agriculture, said on May 25 that planting trees could not protect the environment as fully grown eucalyptus trees would be cut down for use. The trees also cause serious damage to soil quality.
Sustainable Cambodia, Vietnam transboundary groundwater management deliberated
A project on enhancing the sustainability of transboundary groundwater management between Cambodia’s Mekong River lowland and Vietnam’s Mekong River delta so-called PIF has been discussed.
Kuoy people’s ancestral lands on verge of extinction
Kuoy indigenous community in the province’s Rovieng district are facing threats from two companies that have already cleared some of their lands and even a 10-hectare site earmarked for the construction of a school, a hospital, and a pagoda.
Bunong plead to keep traditional slash-and-burn way of life
“If we are not allowed to do our Bunong traditional jobs that have been practised in Cambodia since a long time ago, we worry that slash-and-burn farming will disappear from our culture” said Kroung Tola, a Bunong.