The resurrection of a controversial dam project along the Yangtze River is the latest sign that the China’s environmental movement is being muzzled.
Category: Cambodia
Did Cambodia’s Most Famous River Stop Changing Course?
To fill up the Tonle Sap lake, its river reverses course twice a year. But droughts and dams appear to have stilled the unique phenomenon.
Gov’t Says Cambodia Facing Most Severe Flooding in Years
Severe flooding that has displaced thousands of Cambodians and killed at least 12 people may be some of the worst floodings the country has experienced
Air quality monitoring vehicle debuts
The Environment Ministry and China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEP), Cambodia will build 10 air quality monitoring stations by the end of this year.
China provides around $140 million in grants for development
Support for a submarine optical fibre cable to Hong Kong, construction on National Road 71C, rural power transmission lines and to boost rice production and export.
Our disease is landlessness
Cambodian farmer Oum Samorl and her family lost their farm to a corporate land grab 15 years ago. They have never stopped feeling the loss, especially during the pandemic.
Can Cambodia’s Looming Microfinance Disaster be Averted?
Now that it is generally agreed that Cambodia’s microfinance sector has utterly failed, producing a debt crisis that risks driving tens of thousands into poverty and landlessness – attention is turning to possible solutions.