At Least 14 Activists Arrested in Cambodia since August
Thursday September 10th, 2020
An unprecedented string of arrests has taken place since early August 2020 and shows no sign of slowing down as the government targets youth and environmental activists. PHNOM PENH–Some 14 activists have been arrested by the Cambodian authorities over the course of the past month, with youth activists, environmentalists, politicians, a rapper and a monk being rounded up in the wake of outspoken unionist Rong Chhun’s arrest. Throughout August[…]
Report shows 100,000 hectares of forest lost in Prey Lang
Tuesday August 11th, 2020
The Prey Lang Protected Area has lost more than 100,000 hectares of forest between 2000 and 2019, more than half of which became plantations, according to a report released August 10 by the NGO Jesuit Service Cambodia’s Ecology Program and the Cambodian Youth Network. To determine forest loss and recovery over the nearly two decade period, the Technical Report on Forest-Cover Change Detection in the Prey Land Protected Area of[…]
Prey Lang Forest Has Been Reduced by Nearly a Quarter over the Last 20 Years
Tuesday August 11th, 2020
It remains the last major lowland rainforest in Southeast Asia PHNOM PENH-Prey Lang Forest has lost 102,436 hectares of forest, that is, around 24 percent of its total land area over the past two decades, according to a report released on Aug. 10. The report Ecology Program of Jesuit Service Cambodia, which was produced in partnership with the Cambodian Youth Network, found that 102,436 hectares of forest became barren[…]
10 Ha, Prey Lang Sanctuary Area, were lost in last 20 years
Tuesday August 11th, 2020
លោក ស ម៉ូរី៖ «បើសិនបាត់បង់ព្រៃឡង់ទៅ នឹងបាត់ជីវៈចម្រុះ ធ្វើឱ្យបាត់បង់ដល់ជម្រកសត្វព្រៃជាង១០០ប្រភេទនៅក្នុងព្រៃឡង់។ ខ្ញុំគិតថា ការបាត់បង់ព្រៃនឹងប៉ះពាល់ទីជម្រាលហើយនិងការផ្គត់ផ្គង់ទឹកស្ទឹងជីនិតនិងស្ទឹងសែន ដែលស្ទឹងទាំងពីរដើរតួនាទីសំខាន់ក្នុងផ្គត់ផ្គង់ទឹកក្នុងអាងទន្លេសាប។
Kingdom set to mark World Environment Day
Thursday May 7th, 2020
World Environment Day, a United Nations initiative to promote environmental awareness, annually falls on June 5. The Ministry of Environment is set to mark the day by raising awareness on air pollution, while environmental groups and civil society organisations are focusing on addressing climate change. Every year on June 5, countries around the world celebrate World Environment Day, a United Nations initiative to promote environmental awareness. Some countries began celebrating[…]
Youth Engagement Can Help Save Cambodians’ Democratic Rights: Analysts
Thursday May 7th, 2020
Young Cambodians are eager for change and represent a large voting demographic, but their growing activism can also put youths at risk. WASHINGTON DC — Cambodia’s energized youth activists and large demographic of young voters could become key actors in halting the country’s democratic backsliding, political analysts said, though they warned that challenging the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) could also put youths at serious risk. “Youth, young people under 30, make[…]
Cambodian Youth Network works on civic engagement in society
Thursday May 7th, 2020
Founded 10 years ago, Cambodian Youth Network (CYN) continues to work on its goal of increasing youth mobilisation, boasting more than 2,500 members consisting of university students in Phnom Penh and rural youth living in and around the Prey Lang Forest. “We noticed that the voice of the youth was often dismissed or ignored in policy decision making. So we decided to found CYN in 2009 and eventually registered it[…]
Cambodian Youth Network works on civic engagement in society
Wednesday December 4th, 2019
Founded 10 years ago, Cambodian Youth Network (CYN) continues to work on its goal of increasing youth mobilisation, boasting more than 2,500 members consisting of university students in Phnom Penh and rural youth living in and around the Prey Lang Forest. “We noticed that the voice of the youth was often dismissed or ignored in policy decision making. So we decided to found CYN in 2009 and eventually registered it[…]
Illegal logging threatens Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, says CYN report
Friday November 8th, 2019
The Cambodian Youth Network (CYN) released a report on Tuesday noting the loss and deforestation of some 3,000ha of forest land in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary because of logging since last year. The report was based on investigative research into illegal logging in the said land area covering parts of Stung Treng province’s Thala Barivat district and Preah Vihear province’s Chheb district. During the research which was carried out[…]
Kingdom set to mark World Environment Day
Friday June 14th, 2019
World Environment Day, a United Nations initiative to promote environmental awareness, annually falls on June 5. The Ministry of Environment is set to mark the day by raising awareness on air pollution, while environmental groups and civil society organisations are focusing on addressing climate change. Every year on June 5, countries around the world celebrate World Environment Day, a United Nations initiative to promote environmental awareness. Some countries began celebrating[…]