The project aims at mitigating the damages caused by natural disasters such as floods in wet season and droughts in dry season and increasing agricultural productivity for revitalisation of national and regional economic development.
Category: Cambodia
Lands Grabs and Other Destructive Environmental Practices in Cambodia Test the International Criminal Court
Five years ago, the ICC’s prosecutor said she would consider environmental crimes. Now, environmentalists and human rights activists want her to deliver.
Preah Vihear villagers seek solution to ‘encroachment’
Around 230 families from three villages in Romtom commune of Preah Vihear province’s Rovieng district said they are worried about the continued encroachment on their farmland by three companies which have licences for gold mining and agricultural in the area.
Cambodians fight the ‘cancer’ eating away at Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary
With a $21 million budget, consultancy firm Tetra Tech is implementing the USAID-funded Greening Prey Lang Project alongside the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Conservation International. What has been one of the most visible attempts to conserve Prey Lang, however, appears to have done little to stop the ongoing destruction of the protected area.
Cambodia to develop Kep coastline for tourists
According to Piseth, currently only 300m of Kep’s coastline is developed, which does not meet growing demand from tourists each year. The province’s coastline has a total length of nearly 27km.
Urgent intervention efforts requested at Pea Raing Lake
A conservation official said that the Pea Raing Lake, which previously spanned 270 ha, had now been reduced by drought to a surface area of 30ha to 40ha and with a water depth below one metre in places.
Forest farms a sustainable econo-enviro dual solution
Over the next few years Think Biotech has plans to plant more than 30,000 more hectares of trees – and then 120,000ha over the next five to 10 years.
Pulitzer Center Grantee Discusses Award-Winning Film ‘Cambodia Burning’ at Environmental Film Festival
The documentary—which has been recognized by the Earth Photo Awards, the British Photography Awards, the Drone Photo Awards, and the Social Impact Media Awards—uses a combination of drone footage and poetry to explore the rapid deforestation in Cambodia, as well as its impact on the Cambodian people. Estimates say only 3 percent of primary forest remains in the country.
Study follows tagged migratory fish in Mekong
“The fastest moving fish in the study was a tagged Wallago attu catfish, which moved 52 river kilometres downstream in eight hours and moved a total of 88 river kilometres over the course of the study. It is the longest range recorded,” it added.