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Irish government representatives, Battambang provincial authorities and the community at the launch of a solar-powered water pumping station in Wattamim commune on March 17, 2025. (Oxfam)

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Battambang Farmers’ Crop Cultivation Boosted by Irish-funded Solar-Powered Water Pumping Station

21 Mar 2025 5:43 PM|
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A new solar-powered water pumping station has eased crop cultivation for some 220 farming families in Wattamim commune, Battambang province, as they are now able to irrigate their fields affordably and plant multiple times a year.

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Battambang Farmers’ Crop Cultivation Boosted by Irish-funded Solar-Powered Water Pumping Station

21 Mar 2025 5:43 PM|

Pork Nget and his wife stand in front of a sign warning that those who burn or fell trees illegally may face five to 10 years in prison. Photo taken on Oct. 29, 2024. (CamboJA)

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Carbon Credit Project Still Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods After Compromised Review

3 Mar 2025 11:00 AM|

Sitting beside her recently jailed husband and their seven-year-old son in their stilt house near Koh Kong’s protected forests, Chey Nov fought back tears. Since her husband’s arrest last summer for allegedly encroaching on land his family had rotationally farmed for decades, money had dried up, and their children’s health had worsened.

People look at the collapsed houses along the Mekong river in Phnom Penh, on February 3, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Residents Who Lost Homes to Mekong River Want Riverbanks Reinforced, Authorities Say Collapse Caused by Nature

4 Feb 2025 4:45 PM|

After three of their homes collapsed at around 9a.m on Saturday, residents of Khtor village, Prek Leap commune, along Mekong River, are urging the authorities to build embankments to stop landslides. Authorities claim the collapse was a result of natural disaster.

The Phnom Penh skyline covered in smog on Jan. 23, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Phnom Penh Ranks 2nd in Global Pollution, Govt Plays Down Hazard

24 Jan 2025 2:58 PM|

Phnom Penh was the world’s second most polluted city Friday morning, behind only Dhaka, Bangladesh, according to Swiss air quality firm IQAir.

An Annam wart frog in Cambodia's Virachey National Park. A years-long survey of a Cambodian national park has revealed endangered species never before recorded in the country, highlighting the need for greater conservation efforts, environmentalists said January 22. (AFP/Fauna and Flora/Jeremy Holden)

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Rare Wildlife Species Found in Cambodian National Park

23 Jan 2025 11:53 AM|

A years-long survey of a Cambodian national park has revealed endangered species never before recorded in the country, highlighting the need for greater conservation efforts, environmentalists said Wednesday.

A woman carries her baby while waiting for treatment at Kantha Bopha Hospital on January 17, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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About Two Million Cambodian Children Live in High/Very High Climate Risk Areas – UNICEF Report

18 Jan 2025 8:09 AM|

Six million children in Cambodia face increasing climate and environmental risks, exacerbated by poverty, systemic discrimination and marginalization, and disability, a UNICEF report on Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) revealed.

The households along the Boeung Trabek canal suffer the effects of uncollected garbage in and around the bank, Phnom Penh on December 27, 2024. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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STT’s Report Dredges Up Challenges in Solid Waste Collection in Phnom Penh

28 Dec 2024 9:52 AM|

Sahmakum Teang Tnaut Organization (STT) released a report titled Phnom Penh Solid Waste Management 2024 on December 26, 2024, which compares the challenges between those in urban poor settlements and general residential areas.

Throngs of people make their way to Tonle Sap river to buy fresh fish to make Prahok during the fish season, in December 2021. (CamboJA)

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Uncoordinated Dam Operations Threaten Mekong Basin, Residents’ Livelihoods, Report Warns

19 Dec 2024 5:01 PM|

After the Mekong Basin’s hottest and driest dry season on record this year, and amid changing climate conditions, Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake – and other inland fisheries – face growing threats from uncoordinated upstream dam operations.

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Battambang Farmers’ Crop Cultivation Boosted by Irish-funded Solar-Powered Water Pumping Station

Battambang Farmers’ Crop Cultivation Boosted by Irish-funded Solar-Powered Water Pumping Station

Carbon Credit Project Still Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods After Compromised Review

Residents Who Lost Homes to Mekong River Want Riverbanks Reinforced, Authorities Say Collapse Caused by Nature

Phnom Penh Ranks 2nd in Global Pollution, Govt Plays Down Hazard

Rare Wildlife Species Found in Cambodian National Park

About Two Million Cambodian Children Live in High/Very High Climate Risk Areas – UNICEF Report

STT’s Report Dredges Up Challenges in Solid Waste Collection in Phnom Penh

Uncoordinated Dam Operations Threaten Mekong Basin, Residents’ Livelihoods, Report Warns

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Battambang Farmers’ Crop Cultivation Boosted by Irish-funded Solar-Powered Water Pumping Station

Battambang Farmers’ Crop Cultivation Boosted by Irish-funded Solar-Powered Water Pumping Station

Carbon Credit Project Still Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods After Compromised Review

Residents Who Lost Homes to Mekong River Want Riverbanks Reinforced, Authorities Say Collapse Caused by Nature

Phnom Penh Ranks 2nd in Global Pollution, Govt Plays Down Hazard

Rare Wildlife Species Found in Cambodian National Park

About Two Million Cambodian Children Live in High/Very High Climate Risk Areas – UNICEF Report

STT’s Report Dredges Up Challenges in Solid Waste Collection in Phnom Penh

Uncoordinated Dam Operations Threaten Mekong Basin, Residents’ Livelihoods, Report Warns

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Hun Sen Calls for Major Senate Reforms

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