Tag: forest

Villagers gather to prevent Global Green’s excavator and bulldozer from clearing their land to create access to the mine, January 13, 2024. (Supplied)

Villagers Demand Compensation From Global Green Mining For Clearing Farm

15 Jan 2024 9:34 PM|
Khuon Narim|

At least 10 families are demanding compensation from a private company, which cleared farms and forest land to build an access road to explore iron…

A conservation ranger walking inside Prey Lang forest in Preah Vihear province on June 9, 2020. (CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan)

Nearly One Million Hectares of Protected Conservation Area Now Eligible for Privatization

20 Dec 2022 6:53 PM|
Jack Brook|

More than 930,000 hectares of state public land inside protected conservation areas are now eligible for privatization, according to a November 30 sub-decree signed by…

Report shows 100,000 hectares of forest lost in Prey Lang

11 Aug 2020 5:07 AM|
Khuon Narim|

The Prey Lang Protected Area has lost more than 100,000 hectares of forest between 2000 and 2019, more than half of which became plantations, according…