Tag: protected area

Armed officers stopped a car driving through the protracted area, while one officer was taking photos. (Pursat Provincial Environment’s Facebook)

Crackdown on Natural Resource Crimes in Pursat Ends with 23 in Jail

10 Apr 2024 4:34 PM|
Eung Sea|

A month-long government crackdown on environmental crimes in Pursat concluded this week with 18 people in pre-trial detention in provincial prison. Five additional people who…

Recently burned and cleared lots, to be made into farmland, in Sokdom commune’s Laoka village farmsite on March 19, 2024. (Meng Kroypunlok)

For Indigenous Bunong, Land Rights Are Key to their Identity

30 Mar 2024 2:10 PM|
Meng Kroypunlok|

The Bunong people of Mondulkiri's Laoka village are fighting the steep requirements to gain a communal land title as a way to protect their Indigenous…

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)

Deputy Chief: Authorities Order Kraol People to Apologize On Camera for Burning Ministry Office

25 Aug 2023 5:47 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

Local authorities ordered Kraol indigenous residents in Kratie to apologize on camera for burning down an Environment Ministry building, according to the local deputy commune…

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

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

21 Aug 2023 4:26 PM|
Runn Sreydeth|

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…

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)

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

16 Aug 2023 6:57 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

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

Indigenous Communities Concerned New Environment Code Undermines Their Rights

16 Aug 2023 12:05 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

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…

Burning of Environment Ministry Station Caps Off Years-Long Feud

14 Aug 2023 2:13 PM|
Andrew Califf|

Srae Chis commune, Kratie province — The scorched remains of an Environment Ministry station still lay strewn about after more than 300 farmers stormed and…

The new boundaries of the Phnom Aural wildlife sanctuary stretching across Kampong Speu, Kampong Chhnang and Pursat provinces, according to a July 17 government sub-decree. (Royal Gazette)

Government Reclassifying Biodiversity Corridors Into Protected Areas

9 Aug 2023 8:23 PM|
Khuon Narim|

At least 15 protected areas have expanded to integrate adjacent biodiversity corridors, according to government sub-decrees issued in July and released sporadically over the course…