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Category: Cambodia
MAN Energy commissions 200MW plant in Cambodian
The emergency development and commissioning of the heavy-fuel project, built by China National Machinery Corporation near the Mekong Rive,r follows Cambodia suffering heavy energy shortages in the dry seasons due to failure by the country’s hydropower plants to operate at full capacity.
Proposal for paradigm shift on environment cooperation in Cambodia
The conventional wisdom or at least the mainstream media narrative would be that the Cambodian government is so corrupt, and has destroyed the whole forest coverage just for personal gains, and the deforestation has been the major cause of flood and drought in Cambodia.
Deforestation ramps up in Cambodia’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
Recent satellite data suggest 2021 is not starting out well for Keo Seima, with higher numbers of deforestation alerts detected than in years past.
Minister: Use resources wisely
San Mala, of the Forest Defenders Project of the Cambodia says the state bore primary responsibility for the loss of all those natural resources – justified at the time by mostly unfulfilled promises of economic development in rural areas – because the state’s decision making process excluded input from civil society organisations and citizens, nor did they share any information on these deals with the public beforehand.
Mondulkiri: A taste of Samlor Prong and Cambodia’s indigenous Bunong culture
Samlor Prong plays a major role in Bunong’s culture by reflecting people’s lives and represents a strong connection with mother nature in northeast Cambodia.
People live in fear as Mekong riverbanks collapse
Authorities stated that sand mining had not collapsed the riverbank, but locals say the riverbank had never collapsed before the sand mining moved to the section of the river.
Herd of Eld’s Deer caught on camera in Sambo Sanctuary
Researchers have installed camera traps at 11 locations Eld’s Deer are thought to live in the sanctuary, covering a total of 5,093ha located along the Mekong River.
Scientists to catalogue mollusc diversity in Tonle Sap
The surveys in the Tonle Sap detected at least 15 species of bivalves and 16 species of gastropods, including three species that had never before been recorded in Cambodia. They team also deposited specimens at three different natural history museums to begin the first freshwater mollusc collections in the region.
