More than 40 environmental activists said in an open letter that the government has yet to fully commit to forest conservation — despite a recent crackdown on forestry crimes.
An environmental activist has called on the government to expand its forestry crime crackdown to the Prey Lang Forest, casting suspicion on two companies he said should be monitored.
Illegal logging and timber trafficking are continuing with impunity as local administrators and government officials become complacent under the country’s single-party rule, two NGO officers said.
A Kompong Thom Provincial Court deputy prosecutor has been “temporarily suspended” from his job after being accused of illegally clearing of protected mangroves and flooded forest and in the province’s Kompong Svay district.
Environmentalists protecting the Prey Lang forest expressed skepticism as the Environment Ministry pledged renewed commitments to conservation at the launch of a $21-million U.S.-funded consulting project for the sanctuary.
Microlender Prasac has been considered as being in default of more than $800 million in liabilities to funders due to the quality of its assets, according to its interim financial report, as credit risks rise across the microfinance sector amid a Covid-19-driven economic slump.
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