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Environmental group "Mother Nature Cambodia" won the Alternative Nobel Prize this year. Three members of the group were denied permission to travel to Stockholm for the ceremony. The Right Livelihood Foundation called for a review of the decision. The foundation announced last week that this year's award will go to the Cambodian environmental group, among others. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on 29 November in Stockholm. The group has campaigned against the construction of a dam and sand mining in the province of Koh Kong.
Phnom Penh municipal deputy governor Keut Che told environmentalist youth groups not to misuse environmental forums for political purposes and to work professionally and in cooperation with relevant authorities on environmental issues and rubbish clean-up in the capital.