The protection of forests and natural resources is a top priority that the Ministry of Environment needs to pay attention to and protect in order to prevent illegal forest and natural resource crimes.
The Ministry of Environment has chided a foreign research university report that Cambodia is losing its forest.
A group representing 24 civil society organisations yesterday issued an open statement voicing concerns over the loss of forest cover in Cambodia.
Forest coverage in Cambodia accounts for 46.86 percent or approximately 8.5 million hectares of the country’s land area, Ministry of Environment’s report showed.
Cambodia’s drive to preserve its forests is paying dividends through a cleaner environment, money in the bank through selling carbon credits earned, and submitting its carbon neutrality programme for the next 50 years to the UN.
USAID Greening Prey Lang (GPL), Cambodia has decided to shift financial support from monthly patrol stipends to a ‘one-time small grant package’ for institutional and technical capacity improvements to protect forests.
The 43 new sites identified by the Ministry of Environment and USAID Greening Prey Lang for the supply of carbon credits will bring positive environmental, community and biodiversity impacts.
Cambodia celebrated the International Day of Forests yesterday, under the theme “reforestation”, aimed at curbing illegal logging in the country.
Forest protection activists express concern over increased logging in Prey Lang forest.
A social communication campaign to protect forests in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.
Kampong Chhnang and Koh Kong steps against illicit land trade in protected forests.
PM calls on citizens to participate in protecting the forest, marking National Arbor Day.
What if I told you, at our present rate of exploitation of our forests and depletion of our natural resources in Asia and the Pacific, that we run the risk of not seeing the forests OR the trees by the middle of this century?
As Tume Racha made tea for her grandchildren in the family’s small wood-frame house woven from rags and camel hides, she talked about what her community holds most sacred: its trees.
Tanzanian government has announced a six-month operation to get rid of people encroaching into protected forests.
Miang tea trees, the forerunner of plantation tea, grow wild in Thailand’s forests. Now, eco-friendly businesses are using the tree’s leaves to strive for the perfect cup of tea and foster biodiversity at the same time.
The Environment Ministry is urging people to take part in the protection of forests.
The Health Minister is calling for people living in areas prone to malaria to take measures in order to protect themselves.
Agriculture Ministry urges governors along coastal areas to maintain mangrove forests.
A group of environmental NGOs has called on the European Union to postpone signing a trade deal on tropical timber with Vietnam until Vietnam declares a moratorium on illegal timber imports from Cambodia’s forests.
A group of environmental NGOs has called on the European Union to postpone the signing of a trade deal on tropical timber with Vietnam until Vietnam declares a moratorium on illegal timber import from Cambodia’s natural forests.
Mondulkiri Governor Svay Sam Eang leads a taskforce to inspect private companies operating nearby protected forests.
PM accuses now-defunct opposition supporters of encroaching on protected forests.
The Cambodia Indigenous People’s Democracy Party vows to defend rights of minorities and protect their lands.
Environmental activists mark World Environment Day 2018 with a call for reforms.
The government has announced the approval of a feasibility study to be conducted in Koh Kong province.
The Ministry of Agriculture says that land grabbing still continues to threaten forests.
The Environment Minister appeals to NGOs and authorities to prevent wildlife crimes.
