Several environmental activists and a journalist were arrested in Stung Treng province early Saturday while investigating illegal logging near economic land concessions, local groups said, including one recipient of one of the world’s most prestigious environmental awards.
Communities in remote areas in Cambodia request civil society groups and the government to provide renewable energy in their areas to support daily living, serve local tourism and protect against climate change.
The Mekong water level has risen sharply due to continuous rain amid storms, causing homes, roads, schools, hospitals and pagodas in several provinces along the river to become flooded, and requiring the evacuation of people to safe areas.
The government has officially formed a Sand Resource Management Committee with the aim of monitoring the operations of Cambodia’s notorious sand mining industry.
Considered the world’s most productive inland fishery, the seasonal flooding of Tonle Sap Lake — which can expand up to five times its dry-season width — has long been welcomed by the millions of Cambodians living on its shores.
Everyday, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans, according to the United Nations Environment Program.
Fifteen indigenous people in Ratanakiri province are worried about losing their rotational farm land after being charged with land encroachment at Virak Chey National Park, which is a protected area. They have been placed under court supervision.
Minor tremors were felt in Ratanakiri province last Sunday after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck a nearby province in Vietnam, raising concerns among locals about Cambodia’s preparedness for similar seismic events.