Carbon Credit Project Still Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods
In Cambodia’s Areng Valley, the indigenous Chorng community is fighting to keep their ancestral land from being absorbed into the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project.
Royal Gendarmerie Arrests 11 Pursat Residents in Wildlife Crime Crackdown
Cambodia's Royal Gendarmerie arrested 11 Pursat province residents Tuesday after the military force deployed nearly 300 of its officers to crack down on natural resource crimes. Officers confiscated 11 makeshift…
HRW: Rights of Indigenous Chong Residents Violated in Southern Cardamom Carbon Offset Project
A new report alleges that conservation NGO Wildlife Alliance forcibly evicted, arrested and mistreated members of the Indigenous Chong community who live in the Cardamom Mountain National Park in the…
Pushing Against Traditional Gender Norms, Female Volunteers Protect Community Fisheries on Stung Treng Patrols
Long before Ream Sreyrath, 23, first joined her Stung Treng community’s volunteer fisheries protection patrol, she’d been curious about the work of the mostly male crews who spent long hours…
On the Sesan River, Indigenous Villagers Struggle For Traditional Lifestyle Amidst Illegal Fishing, Hydroelectric Dams
For the indigenous peoples of the Sesan River basin in Cambodia’s far northern uplands, a regional web of interconnected waterways has long been the foundation of traditional life.
Electric Vehicle Drivers Still Face Roadblocks Despite Government Infrastructure Goals
The Chinese startup App EV Bike opened a location in Phnom Penh last month with the intention of getting set up as the industry takes hold in Cambodia.
Conservation Group’s Militarized Forest Patrol Clashes With Villagers in Preah Vihear
A man in camouflage pants and a shirt labeled “U.S. Army” lunges at a villager, swinging a rattan stick in his right hand, handcuffs in his left. The shaky phone…
Cambodian Garment Workers Suffer Effects of Climate Change
Climate change is not a future concern for garment workers, but one that is already affecting their lives in the present, with over two-thirds of them presently suffering the effects…
Hot Weather, Dry Season Looms As Agriculture Ministry Calls For More Climate-resilient Crops
The temperature in Cambodia is expected to rise starting February to early May, with highs of 41 degrees Celsius, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said, urging the public,…
