The government has officially formed a Sand Resource Management Committee with the aim of monitoring the operations of Cambodia’s notorious sand mining industry.
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.
Reducing the use of luxury furniture and rare woods can help protect the environment and conserve Cambodia's forests, as it’s often said. But many people are not focused on using recycled furniture products, raw materials or artificial wood, possibly due to the lack of encouragement and awareness.
The government planted 3,000 luxury trees in conjunction with Arbor Day, also known as National Planting Day, even as civil society groups and community forestry raise concerns that deforestation continued in Cambodia.
Andong Meas District/Ratanakiri Province – For nearly three years, about 300 local workers, 50% of them women, worked in a Vietnamese banana plantation belonging to Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Co (HAGL), covering 245 hectares in Talao commune, Andong Meas district in Ratanakiri province.