Farmers feel the pressure after conservation crackdown around Cambodia s Tonle Sap Lake mongabay.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mongabay.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The market for decorative ornaments made from silver plated copper does not have much momentum in the current economic climate, yet there are still a few communities in Kandal province’s Ponhea Leu district who pass the profession down from generation to generation.
Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a sub-decree on May 27 reassigning more than 34sq km of land in Zone 3 of the protected area surrounding Tonle Sap Lake to Zone 2. The rezoning will allow restricted use of the land for the 1,658 households in Pursat province that rely on it.
Prime Minister Hun Sen on May 27 issued a sub-decree to downgrade more than 34sq km of land in Zone 3 of the protected area surrounding Tonle Sap Lake to Zone 2, which will allow restricted use for the 1,658 households in Pursat province that rely on it.
Royal Academy of Cambodia president Sok Touch said that when officials released 1,000 fish recently, it was just for publicity and that the fish population in Cambodia would only increase if the authorities implemented the law on fisheries properly.