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A group of gendarmes taking Koyun through a farmland during the natural resource crackdown in Pursat, on GRK News Facebook page on 19 March 2024.

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Major Natural Resource Crackdown in Pursat Continues To Seize Land, Nab People, Dismantle Huts

22 Mar 2024 9:27 AM|
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A major crackdown comprising 10 teams, including the National Gendarmerie, National Police Force and Pursat Provincial authorities has seen the arrest of 16 people, who are now under scrutiny for further action. One person has been charged for illegally occupying state land, as the one-month crackdown on natural resource-related crimes presses on.

Although larger than the Indochinese tigers that used to live in Cambodia, Bengal tigers such as this one in India’s Ranthambore National Park are the most likely candidates to fly to Cambodia given India’s successful tiger conservation efforts. (Andrew Califf)

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Condition of Indochinese Leopard Casts Shadow Over Tiger Reintroduction Efforts

8 Sep 2023 4:06 PM|

A report published in June this year concluded Indochinese leopards are functionally extinct in Cambodia after camera traps failed to capture a single image of them in 2021. Between 2009 and 2019, a total of 35 animals were recorded by camera traps according to research by Panthera and Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) published in Biological Conservation.

A map of the land concession, off of the coast of Kep province, awarded to Tycoon Khun Sea's TP Moral Group. (Licadho)

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Tycoon’s Company Receives 1,247 Hectares Along Kep Coastal Waters for Satellite City Development

5 Sep 2023 6:41 PM|

A company linked to tycoon Khun Sear, TP Moral Group, received 1,247 hectares of coastal waters in Kep province to develop a new satellite city and “special tourism zone” according to a March 6 sub-decree signed by former Prime Minister Hun Sen and publicized in the Royal Gazette on

The Environment Ministry station in Kratie province’s Srae Chis commune after it was set on fire by hundreds of farmers on August 5, 2023. (Supplied)

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Environment Ministry Demands In-Person Apology From Indigenous People After Station Burning

28 Aug 2023 6:50 PM|

After an indigenous Kraol community burned down an Environment Ministry ranger station in Kratie province earlier this month, authorities demanded on Monday that eight alleged participants travel to Phnom Penh to apologize in-person or face legal action.

Upon arriving at the shrine within the concession, LASED III consultant King Vireaksith (foreground) began drawing boundaries and maps in the mud as Bunong community leader Lin Moa (traditional vest and cap) and other community members surrounded him to voice their concerns on July 14.(CamboJA/Andrew Califf)

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Mondulkiri Authorities Hold Meeting to Discuss Contentious World Bank Project

22 Aug 2023 4:14 PM|

After an indigenous Bunong community publicly voiced concerns about a World Bank-funded project repurposing their customary forest and burial grounds, authorities convened a meeting last Thursday between communal and provincial authorities — but the community members were excluded.

The 9,968 hectare concession granted in January to Royal Group in Botum Sakor National Park, alongside prior concessions. (Licadho)

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Government Gives 9,968 Hectares in Botum Sakor National Park to Royal Group

21 Aug 2023 4:26 PM|

Tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group company received 9,968 hectares inside Botum Sakor National park in Koh Kong province, according to a January 25 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen and published earlier this month.

After the burning of the Environment Ministry station, a filing cabinet and bent pieces of corrugated sheet metal were left at the scene. (CamboJA/Andrew Califf)

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Environment Ministry Asks Kraol Indigenous People to Apologize For Burning Down Building

16 Aug 2023 6:57 PM|

Two weeks after the Kraol indigenous community set fire to an Environment Ministry station in Kratie, the ministry invited local authorities and indigenous people to a meeting on Wednesday and requested that the indigenous community apologize. Only one indigenous person invited attended.

A farm run by Chorng indigenous people that uses rotational crop planting, in Areng Valley, Koh Kong province, 2023. (CamboJA)

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Indigenous Communities Concerned New Environment Code Undermines Their Rights

16 Aug 2023 12:05 PM|

The Environment and Natural Resources Code officially passed into law last month, but the term “indigenous” has been removed from key sections, leaving indigenous communities concerned that the code undermines their rights.

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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Government Orders $500,000 Fines, Relocation, for Company Polluting Sangke River

14 Aug 2023 8:10 PM|

After waste from a Battambang-based industrial company polluted the Sangke river, the Environment Ministry imposed fines of around half a million dollars and order the company to relocate 10 kilometers away in a letter issued Thursday.

Major Natural Resource Crackdown in Pursat Continues To Seize Land, Nab People, Dismantle Huts

Condition of Indochinese Leopard Casts Shadow Over Tiger Reintroduction Efforts

Tycoon’s Company Receives 1,247 Hectares Along Kep Coastal Waters for Satellite City Development

Environment Ministry Demands In-Person Apology From Indigenous People After Station Burning

Government Gives 9,968 Hectares in Botum Sakor National Park to Royal Group

Environment Ministry Asks Kraol Indigenous People to Apologize For Burning Down Building

Indigenous Communities Concerned New Environment Code Undermines Their Rights

Government Orders $500,000 Fines, Relocation, for Company Polluting Sangke River

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Major Natural Resource Crackdown in Pursat Continues To Seize Land, Nab People, Dismantle Huts

Condition of Indochinese Leopard Casts Shadow Over Tiger Reintroduction Efforts

Tycoon’s Company Receives 1,247 Hectares Along Kep Coastal Waters for Satellite City Development

Environment Ministry Demands In-Person Apology From Indigenous People After Station Burning

Mondulkiri Authorities Hold Meeting to Discuss Contentious World Bank Project

Government Gives 9,968 Hectares in Botum Sakor National Park to Royal Group

Environment Ministry Asks Kraol Indigenous People to Apologize For Burning Down Building

Indigenous Communities Concerned New Environment Code Undermines Their Rights

Government Orders $500,000 Fines, Relocation, for Company Polluting Sangke River

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Kulen Residents Out On Bail, But Have Nothing To Return To After Losing Their Land, Livelihood and Hope

Cambodia Flies Home 78 Cambodians Subjected to Long Work Hours, No Meals in Saudi Arabia

From Harassment to Imprisonment – Union Leader Chhim Sithar Awarded Per Anger Prize For Workers Rights’ Fight

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