Environment

Forest are keys to Climate protection, UN Says

by sidet on September 20, 2011

in Environment

Forest are key to Climate protectionDestruction of Cambodia’s forests is one of the biggest threat to the country’s ability effectively deal with the effect of climate change, the UN warned in a new report to be released. Cambodia is one of the most volnterable countries in the region when it comes to climate change, and has a limited adaptive capacity in dealing with the effects, said Sophea Baranes, UN Development Program deputy country [Read full article…]

{ 0 comments }

Tonle Sap’s Flooded Forest Globe’s Most Threatened, Group Says

February 5, 2011 Environment

Protection of Cambodia’s flooded forest is of global concern, as these types of forest have been wipe out across Southeast Asia and now rank as the most threatened forest in the world, a conservation group said. A newly released UN report, meanwhile, found that Cambodia’s dry land forests have been among the fastest shrinking forests [...]

Read the full article →

Ministry Trying to Address Effect of Climate Change

December 2, 2010 Environment

Ministry of labor officials conducted a conducted a consultation with union and business representatives on a draft proclamation intended to deal with the effects of climate change on those working in construction. Labor Ministry Secretary of State Huy Han Song said the proclamation would prove “crucial for protecting the health and safety of workers and employers” [...]

Read the full article →

Mine Chemical Waste Damages Crops in Kompong Cham

November 29, 2010 Environment

More than 30 families in Kompong Cham province’s Memot district claim that toxic waste from a gold mine in the area has polluted an irrigation canal used for watering rice fields. Villages said that a wealthy miner from Suong City, whom they identified as a Meng, had mined in the area until recently, causing chemicals [...]

Read the full article →

Cool Weather in Cambodia May Last January

November 2, 2010 Environment

With temperature dropping across the country, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology warned yesterday that the cold spell could last until the middle of January. Mountainous and highland provinces – Preah Vihea, Stug Treng, Kratie, Kompong Cham, Ratanakkiri and Mondolkiri – will be most affected, with temperatures hovering between 13 and 15 degrees Celsius. [...]

Read the full article →

Satellites Offer Cambodia Help With Forecasting Disasters

October 22, 2010 Environment

A new initiative of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia will grant the Cambodian government access to images and data collected by Thai and Chinese weather satellites that can be used to predict natural disasters, a Unescap officer said Wednesday. According to the final draft plan for the Regional Cooperative Mechanism on Drought [...]

Read the full article →

Lightning Claims 94th Victim of 2010

August 23, 2010 Environment

Lightning killed a woman I Banteay Meanchey province’s Malai district Monday, bringing the total number of lightning deaths in Cambodia for the year so far to 94, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management. Koy Vy, 37, was struck by lightning at about 6 pm while carrying rainwater to a house located in a [...]

Read the full article →

Prime Minister Encourages Efforts To Protect Tonle Sap

July 19, 2010 Environment

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday urged officials to continue to carry out his orders to demolish man-made irrigation reservoirs around the Tonle Sap lake as part of the government’s ongoing effort to protect the floodplains and flooded forests on the lake’s periphery. Official said yesterday that they had completed dismantling an additional five reservoirs [...]

Read the full article →

Three Preah Sihanouk Beaches Make Forbes To 22 Best in Asia List

July 2, 2010 Environment

Three beaches in Preah Sihanouk province are among the top 22 in Asia for travelers who want an “undeveloped, peaceful stretch of sand,” according to Forbes magazine. OTres Beach in Preah Sihanouk city, the nearby Ream Beach in Prey Nop district, and the sands of Koh Rong Samleon, an island off the coast, were cited [...]

Read the full article →

Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority Is Awash in Success

June 22, 2010 Environment

Phnom Penh’s water system has been recognized as world class even though nationwide less than 14 percent of households had running water in the 2008 census. The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority won the Stockholm Industry Water Award 2010 last week for bringing water to 90 percent of the city, the Stockholm Internation Water Institute [...]

Read the full article →