Environmental officials have cleared 351ha of forest in the Run Ta Ek area in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district, in preparation for the relocation of families from the Angkor Archaeological Park.
Waste incinerators play an important role in reducing pollution and improving public health and the environment. In Cambodian society however, behavioural change is limited.
Cheam Ban picked up two empty sacks and climbed aboard her son’s motorcycle. They were preparing to head to a forest rich in lush green long leaves on Kulen Mountain.
The social enterprise Kumae – located in Trapaing Thom commune’s Phnom Dey village of Siem Reap province’s Prasat Bakong district – was founded by Japanese expat Takuya Yamase in order to provide employment to local women processing banana fibre into paper, greeting cards, bags and coasters.
The Ministry of Environment and Siem Reap provincial authorities on January 25 replanted 2,000 trees in the Boeung Pearaing conservation area bordering Zone 3 of the Tonle Sap Lake. Replanting will sustainably preserve the natural resources and biodiversity of the lake for the future.