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A recently cleared plot of land that will be used by Indigenous Bunong residents for farming inside the Pu Traeng community forest in Dak Dam commune on March 20, 2024. (Meng Kroypunlok)

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Community Forest Beleaguered Without NGO Support, Work Opportunities For Residents

19 Apr 2024 11:17 AM|
Danielle Keeton-Olsen|

Seeing a tiger seemed like something possible for Pyan Chren’s ancestors, but improbable in his day. But the 57-year-old Bunong farmer does recall a time when his neighbors could spot rhinos and peacocks in the Pu Treng community forest, a tiny shred of the Phnom Nam Lyr Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province.

Sangke River was polluted by a Chinese pharmacy company which leaked chemicals into the river. Photo taken on August 4, 2023. (CamboJA/Sok Savy)

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Alleged Sangke River Polluter, Chinese-owned Phoenix Operating Again in Battambang

13 Dec 2023 5:18 PM|

Phoenix, a pharmaceutical company based in Battambang province, which released wastewater into Sangke River last August, has not yet complied with an order by the Ministry of Environment to relocate and restore the environment surrounding the river. It started operating again earlier in December.

Some 200 indigenous people stop an excavator which attempted to clear their community land forest in Preah Vihear province on December 10, 2023. (Supplied)

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Kuy Community Protest Against Outsiders, Encroachment on Customary Land

13 Dec 2023 2:14 PM|

Nearly 200 Kuy indigenous people from Dang Phlet and Narong villages in Preah Vihear province’s Chheb district gathered to halt an excavator from razing their traditional land or “customary land”, as it is known, which has been cultivated on for many generations.

Activists came upon the planks which were cut from big trees in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary where illegal logging has risen drastically over the years, 26 November 2023. (Supplied)

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Illegal Logging in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary Recurs as Activists Call for Collaboration

12 Dec 2023 10:44 AM|

Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) in Preah Vihear province, which investigates forest crimes in Prey Lang has found many crimes, including forest land encroachments in four locations and incessant deforestation. Environmental activists safeguarding the remaining forest, exhort relevant authorities to collaborate with stakeholders to bring perpetrators to justice and put an end to forest crimes.

Workers at a construction site in Phnom Penh on December 1, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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New Project Aims to Support Cambodia’s Workers Impacted By Climate Change

1 Dec 2023 4:54 PM|

The international workers rights organization Solidarity Center launched a new project this week focused on supporting vulnerable workers impacted by climate change as industries shift to more sustainable production. The Just Transition for Workers project will be implemented in Phnom Penh, Battambang, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville.

Prime Minister Hun Manet announced the cancellation of the coal power plant during the river damming ceremony at Stung Tatai Leu hydropower project on November 30, 2023. (Hun Manet’s Facebook)

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PM Hun Manet Aborts Coal Power Plant Project in Botum Sakor District

30 Nov 2023 8:23 PM|

The new government has abandoned plans to build a $1.5 billion 700-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power project in Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province, deciding instead to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant.

A snapshot of the collected snaring of the wildlife illegal-hunters at the MCF in Oddar Meanchey province on August 25, 2023. (Photo: Try Thaney)

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Zero-snaring: ”Fast and fair action,” says the revered monk

10 Nov 2023 7:16 PM|

It's been nearly two years since Cambodia implemented a zero-snaring strategy to end the centuries-old practice of brutal and indiscriminate wildlife capture and death.

Heavy rain causes flooding on National Road 4 in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Sruoch district on June 29, 2023. (Kampong Speu’s Administration Facebook)

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World Bank: Climate Change Could Cost Cambodia’s GDP Up to 9% by 2050

6 Nov 2023 3:55 PM|

Climate risks including heat stress are expected to increase in Cambodia, with the effects of climate change seriously impacting Cambodians and the economy, and worsening development, the World Bank's Cambodia Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) stated.

A Global Green truck loaded with iron ore passes through Rik Reay commune, kicking up dust, September 17, 2023. (CamboJA/Andrew Califf)

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Fast and Ferrous: Mine’s Rapid Exportation of Iron Takes Toll on Infrastructure

26 Oct 2023 10:07 AM|

Rovieng, Preah Vihear – Before 10:30 a.m. on a cloudy Sunday morning between 20-30 hulking trucks gather in formation, ready to make a mad dash to a multipurpose port in Kampong Chhnang. Drivers lounge in their cabs, waiting for excavators and steam rollers to clear mud from the trail, and say they are hauling iron ore mined by Global Green Energy Development, a company with ties to sanctioned tycoon Try Pheap. The company exports iron to Vietnam by means of Try Pheap’s new multipurpose shipping port.

Community Forest Beleaguered Without NGO Support, Work Opportunities For Residents

Alleged Sangke River Polluter, Chinese-owned Phoenix Operating Again in Battambang

Kuy Community Protest Against Outsiders, Encroachment on Customary Land

Illegal Logging in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary Recurs as Activists Call for Collaboration

New Project Aims to Support Cambodia’s Workers Impacted By Climate Change

PM Hun Manet Aborts Coal Power Plant Project in Botum Sakor District

Zero-snaring: ”Fast and fair action,” says the revered monk

World Bank: Climate Change Could Cost Cambodia’s GDP Up to 9% by 2050

Fast and Ferrous: Mine’s Rapid Exportation of Iron Takes Toll on Infrastructure

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Illegal Logging in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary Recurs as Activists Call for Collaboration

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