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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
