WWF country director Seng Teak said that every single newborn calf is important for the survival of the currently small Mekong dolphin population, making the protection of the adult individuals from harmful effects of human activities even more critical in order to reduce the species mortality rate.
Category: Cambodia
Fishermen resort to illegal methods to make ends meet
With Covid-19 rearing its head along the Mekong River, desperate fishermen have been resorting to illegal methods during the closed season to feed their families.
Kampot: Blue crab and livelihoods in Cambodia’s Trapeang Ropov fishing community
Blue crab, with its delicious meat, can be caught year round in Kampot and it sustains the economy of the fishing communities in the coastal province thanks to its high demand across the country. However, even though fishing and crab sustain them, the communities are not free from the difficulties and environmental issues caused by development.
Villagers angry over attempt to remove forest leader
“The reason why there is a petition to remove Tuk is that he protected the forest from perpetrators who wanted to carry out illegal logging activities.”
The missing variable: How climate change is affecting Cambodian fish harvesters
What the researchers didn’t realize until later was that climate change was actually affecting the fishers in two significant ways that weren’t at all obvious from their data.
New Pursat dam project 90% finished
According to the Pursat Provincial Administration, the dam is part of the Greater Mekong Sub-region Flood and Drought Risk Management and Mitigation Project which is funded by the Asian Development Bank.
Kingdom seeks buyers for crude amid discouraging production
The statement came after the media and civil society raised concerns about the Kingdom’s ‘failures’ in the oil and gas sector due to the lower-than-planned output of the five wells in the Apsara oilfield located in Block A that lies over the Khmer Basin in the Gulf of Cambodia.
Ministry probes exports of luxury wood to Hong Kong
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries denied that it had allowed the exports of luxury wood from Koh Kong province to Hong Kong.
Cambodia’s Coal Power Addiction Must End
Our people have already felt the impacts of the climate crisis— so a recalculation of energy policies is necessary for Cambodia now as the worst is yet to come.