Category: Cambodia
First-ever action plan to save Asian elephants
The Environment Ministry in cooperation with Fauna & Flora International has adopted Cambodia’s first-ever action plan to save the Asian elephant from extinction.
Spotlight: Celebrating women in conservation
At the age of 36, Chea Seila has recently been nominated as a pioneer for female conservationists in Cambodia, making her the only woman among six Mekong Conservation Heroes of Cambodia in 2020.
Massive forest clearing found in Koh Kong province
“It showed a large-scale, systematic and complete removal of mangrove forest at an industrial scale by heavy machinery.”
Indigenous People Protest Over Farmland in Keo Seima Sanctuary
More than 200 indigenous people in Mondulkiri province’s Keo Seima district protested on Tuesday for access to farmland inside a wildlife sanctuary, which the Environment Ministry banned them from last month.
Timber theft is down overall in Prey Lang but perpetrators persist
“We call on the relevant ministries to stop using the inter-ministerial fine mechanism and use a stricter law. Violators have been fined, but the logging continued, and the loggers are the same people.”
Ministry to give mining rights for four coal sites
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is set to review applications soon for rights to four coal mining concession areas – totalling 794sq km – it opened late in March in the Kingdom’s north.