Forest activists conducted a 10-day forest crimes investigation in the Prey Lang region and claimed to have found more than 200 workers camping in five different locations cutting down about 2,000 trees. Authorities have denied the claim. Heng Sros, a forest activist in Stung Treng province, told The Post on Tuesday that his four-man team … Read More
The Environment Ministry has warned it will take legal action against NGO workers who conduct illegal activities in protected areas as they are not registered with the Interior Ministry. The Ministry issued a statement on Friday saying it has recently found some NGOs and associations, who are not registered, working anarchically in the ministryβs protected … Read More
A new species of bent-toedΒ geckoΒ has been discovered by biologists on an isolatedΒ mountain in northernΒ Cambodia. Describing the find as βextremely unexpectedβ, scientists have warned the species could be lost as suddenly as it was detected because of theΒ gold miningΒ which threatens the smallΒ lizardβs forest habitat. Biologist Thy Neang discovered the reddish-brown gecko with grey stripes and distinctive … Read More
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Ministry of Environment officials have warned it will take legal action against Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) and several other organisations if they continue to collect deforestation data in the area. The ministryβs warning comes after PLCN suggested a new programme that would use satellite imagery to monitor and collect information on forest clearance in … Read More
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On the day he was arrested in March, Ouch Leng was confused by the path he usually took through the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. The anti-logging activist said he generally knows how to navigate adjacent to the dirt road thatβs being carved into Prey Langβs protected borders, but he was disoriented by new paths spidering … Read More
Dear Prey Lang Stakeholder, I would like to draw your attention to recent documentation of Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN), the EU Joint Research Centre, and Global Forest Watch showing increased illegal logging within the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. PLCNβs map with records of illegal logging activities can be viewed interactively at https://bit.ly/2vTzum3 or https://maps.co/map/5e601df55c01248266087502283a … Read More
Four activists, including noted environmentalist Ouch Leng, were released by the Kratie Provincial Court Monday afternoon, after being detained last week as they investigated illegal logging operations in the Prey Land protected forest. The Kratie Provincial Court questioned the four environmental activists on Sunday after Sambor district police arrested them when they were investigating illegal … Read More
Four anti-logging activists were let go on Monday after being questioned by a provincial court prosecutor and labeled as suspects by local authorities, following their detention by a timber company with a land concession next to Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. Ouch Leng, president of the Cambodia Human Rights Task Force, and three others had been … Read More