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A barge carries sand across the Bassac River in Phnom Penh on September 4, 2024. (CamboJA/Chhorn Chansy)

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New Committee to Regulate Sand Mining as Ministry Grants License to Troubled Firm

6 Sep 2024 5:54 PM|
Sovann Sreypich|

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 banana plantation owned by HAGL in Ratanakiri province closed due to infestation and disease. Photo taken on May 2024. (Him Khortiet)

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Workers Of Vietnamese-Owned Hoang Anh Gia Lai Still Suffer Years After Plantation Closes

29 Jun 2024 2:20 PM|

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.

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Garment Waste From Walmart, Disney, Other Major Brands Continues to Fuel Cambodian Brick Kilns

17 Jun 2024 2:57 PM|

“The future is yours,” a white cloth proclaims from the ground of a brick kiln littered with discarded garment waste. The scrap, bearing the logo…

Five environmental activists produce a live podcast outside the barricade set up by the authorities to block supporters from entering the Phnom Penh Municipal Court before their hearing on June 11, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Mother Nature Activists Produce Live Podcast Before Hearing, Urge Court to Summon Founder to Trial

12 Jun 2024 7:28 AM|

Five environmental activists, charged with insulting the King and plotting against the government, produced a 30-minute podcast live on Facebook just before their third hearing to prove their innocence.

Mother Nature activists and other environmental activists arrive at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for their hearing after being charged for plotting against the government and insulting the King, May 29, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Phnom Penh Court Hears Mother Nature Activists’ Case on Plotting, Insulting the King

29 May 2024 7:41 PM|

Phnom Penh Municipal Court heard the case involving 10 environmental activists, including co-founder of Mother Nature Spanish national Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson, who were charged for plotting to overthrow the government and insulting the King.

A picture showing Khmer Thavrak activists (from left), Sokun Tola, Svay Samnang, Chhoeun Daravy, Chhem Sreykea and Hun Vannak, outside the Bati district police station in Takeo province on August 16, 2022, the day four of them except Samnang were detained for questioning. (Licadho/Sok Raksmey)

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Khmer Thavrak Registers With Interior Ministry, Plans New Approach To Resolve Issues

22 May 2024 10:44 AM|

Khmer Thavrak run by a group of youths has been at the forefront of raising human rights concerns in Cambodia. Recently, they registered as a non-profit organization with the Ministry of Interior to develop a better community, and eliminate illegal logging and wildlife crimes.

Sewage water being released from a mango processing factory into O’ Treng stream which possibly killed scores of fish in early May. Photo taken on May 10, 2024. (CamboJA/Hel Komsan)

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Chinese Mango Processing Factory in Battambang Warned For Discharging Sewage Into Stream

16 May 2024 10:39 AM|

Battambang provincial authorities have issued a warning letter to a Chinese owner of a mango processing factory that allegedly discharged sewage into O’ Treng stream in Svay Sar Village of Treng commune in Rattanak Mondul district.

Environmental activists get on their bikes as part of a 1,000 kilometer cycling campaign to raise awareness on environmental protection, a photo post on CYN’s Facebook.

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Youths Cycle 1,000km To Promote Environmental Protection From Ratanakiri to Kep

13 May 2024 7:00 PM|

Twenty-five youths set off on a 1,000-kilometer cycling campaign in conjunction with World Environment Day on June 5 to raise awareness on the protection of natural resources and prevention of deforestation.

Environment activists submit a petition to the Ministry of Justice on Chut Wutty's case in Phnom Penh on April 26, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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No Closure Yet for Slain Anti-Logging Fighter Chut Wutty After 12 Years, Activists Call For Reinvestigation

26 Apr 2024 7:42 PM|

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and activists called on the government to reinvestigate the case of anti-logging activist Chut Wutty who was shot dead on April 26, 2012.

Environment

New Committee to Regulate Sand Mining as Ministry Grants License to Troubled Firm

Workers Of Vietnamese-Owned Hoang Anh Gia Lai Still Suffer Years After Plantation Closes

Garment Waste From Walmart, Disney, Other Major Brands Continues to Fuel Cambodian Brick Kilns

Mother Nature Activists Produce Live Podcast Before Hearing, Urge Court to Summon Founder to Trial

Phnom Penh Court Hears Mother Nature Activists’ Case on Plotting, Insulting the King

Khmer Thavrak Registers With Interior Ministry, Plans New Approach To Resolve Issues

Chinese Mango Processing Factory in Battambang Warned For Discharging Sewage Into Stream

Youths Cycle 1,000km To Promote Environmental Protection From Ratanakiri to Kep

No Closure Yet for Slain Anti-Logging Fighter Chut Wutty After 12 Years, Activists Call For Reinvestigation

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