charcoal kilns are one of the main causes of deforestation, because the raw materials used to make charcoal are trees, especially small trees that need to continue to grow.
Category: Cambodia
IMF forecasts 4.2% growth for Cambodia this year and 6.0% next year
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast Cambodia’s GDP growth to accelerate from 4.2 percent this year to 6.0 percent in 2022, which would put the country among the fastest growing ASEAN economies next year.
‘Cambodia Burning’ Documentary Shows Unfettered Logging Impact on Forest Ecosystem
Cambodia Burning,” a documentary by filmmaker Sean Gallagher, throws light on the effect Cambodia’s unfettered logging has had on the country’s forest ecosystem. VOA’s Penelope Poulou spoke to the award-winning filmmaker
Chinese company builds “green expressway” in Cambodia
As the PPSHV Expressway stretches across the natural reserve, home to many wild animals, the constructors added shields along the wire mesh fence of 21 km as a kind of protection.
Why Cambodia’s environmentalists fear new internet firewall
Environmental activists in Cambodia fear for their privacy and freedom of expression as the country introduces a new China-style internet firewall
Green group records 100 cases of illegal logging in protected Cambodian forest in three days
The Cambodian Youth Network (CYN) said in a news release that it had undertaken a 55-kilometer (34-mile) patrol of the Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary in the Preah Vihear province districts of Choam Ksan, Tbeng Meanchey, and Cheb from March 19-21, during which it recorded the 100 cases, mostly of rare and priceless timber.
Forest crimes in Cambodia: Rings of illegality in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary
This report explores the ways in which laws, regulations and policies designed to afford protection for Cambodian forests and the local and indigenous people who depend on them are being abused.
‘What other country would do this to its people?’ Cambodian land grab victims seek int’l justice
As recently as June last year, the World Bank announced another $93 million would go to fund the third phase of its land tenure project in Cambodia, despite mounting allegations of abuse within the system that has led critics to accuse the World Bank of being complicit in land grabbing and the environmental damage it has caused.
Questions over Cambodia’s first oil field’s future production raised
An oil field once expected to bring much-needed wealth to the Kingdom is no longer being considered the black gold chalice it was originally hailed, it emerged last night.
Ministry to collaborate with bird association to further protection
The Ministry of Environment will collaborate with Cambodia Bird Guide Association (CBGA) to improve infrastructure and strengthen tourism services in community-protected areas, where most endangered animals live.