PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia Sometime after 10 a.m. on Friday, April 21, sweat poured down the face of veteran environmental activist San Mala as he crawled through the forest undergrowth, some 16 kilometers (10 miles) deep in the heart of Chhaeb-Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Cambodia. Rangers from the Ministry of Environment were closing […]
STUNG TRENG, Cambodia A fresh incursion into Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary has added new evidence to mounting allegations of timber laundering by Think Biotech, which exists on paper as a reforestation company producing sustainable wood. Satellite imagery showed that between April 6 and 9, a fresh path had been crudely cut into Prey Lang […]
PHNOM PENH The early onset of Cambodia’s wet season had seen the rain fall thick over Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, turning freshly cut paths through the forest into a near-impassible slick of churned-up mud. But the torrential weather had done little to deter local loggers, who rode out of the beleaguered protected area carrying […]
Lawyers from the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts are fast-tracking the process of preparing a legal complaint against Think Biotech (Cambodia) for allegedly clearing forest land and causing damage to the Leav Chom and Trapeang Krabao temples in Kratie province.
The Steang indigenous community living in Kampong Cham commune of Kratie province’s Sambor district has called on the Department of Culture and Fine Arts and relevant authorities to intervene and collect the fragments of two ancient temples that were allegedly destroyed by Think Biotech Cambodia Co Ltd.