Prey Lang network says authorities profit from illegal logging
Wednesday April 29th, 2015
Political and business elites have been directly involved in and profited from illegal logging in the Prey Lang forest in northern Cambodia, according to a new report from members of the Prey Lang Community Network. The 142-page study, titled Our Forest Remains Under Destruction and released yesterday, says law enforcement and forest management officials consistently fail to act in the face of illegal activity in the forest, for which they also lack[…]
Report Implicates Officials in Prey Long Logging
Tuesday April 28th, 2015
Local and national government officials are complicit in the widespread illegal logging that continues to devastate the sprawling Prey Long forest in the country’s north, according to a report released Monday by the Prey Long Community Network. The 650,000-hectare forest straddles Preah Vihear, Kompong Thom, Kratie and Stung Treng provinces. Despite a draft sub-decree, which if adopted would officially give the forest protected status, it remains largely defenseless against loggers.[…]
Police end Prey Lang event
Saturday June 21st, 2014
, activists and residents have said. Sar Mory, a deputy of the Cambodian Youth Network (CYN), said that his group organised the session to teach 30 residents about ways of protecting the depleting Prey Lang forest and about their legal rights to the area. “We taught them about ways to protect Prey Lang, because they are the people who live and depend on [the forest], so they really do not[…]
Environment Day march to defy ban
Thursday June 5th, 2014
A youth group plans to march in support of World Environment Day today, despite being told not to by municipal authorities. Tim Malay, director of the Cambodia Youth Network (CYN), said yesterday that he met with Phnom Penh Deputy Governor Khoung Sreng and asked permission to march from the Ministry of Environment to the Ministry of Agriculture today. “I do not know what measures City Hall will take, but I[…]
March proceeds peacefully
Thursday January 30th, 2014
Taking a markedly different approach from Monday’s violent breakup of a peaceful demonstration at Freedom Park, authorities yesterday stood back as about 100 activists marched around central Phnom Penh, delivering a petition to embassies and the United Nations. District security guards and riot police initially seemed ready to crack down on the group after they delivered the petition to the Singaporean embassy, blocking marchers on Street 51 and warning them[…]
Large protest planned for Sunday
Wednesday January 22nd, 2014
Amid the continued arrest of activists who have defied a ban on public gatherings, a group of unions and associations yesterday revealed plans for a large demonstration in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Sunday. About 10,000 people are expected to attend the rally, according to a letter to Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong, which is signed by nine unions and associations. “I have not received a reply from City Hall[…]
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