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Request QuoteMy name is Phoung Vantha, a freelance journalist based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. My areas of expertise include social issues, human rights, environmental concerns, climate change solutions, and illegal logging.
In our article entitled “In Cambodia, an official’s cashew factory churns out timber from a protected forest” we examine how Cambodia’s pursuit of food security, economic development and agricultural expansion more largely has had a drastic impact on key habitats, undermines environmental protections and leaves lasting scars on the Indigenous communities who depend on the forests.
Cambodia's US$16 billion 'eco-city' raises financial and environmental concerns
Since he was released from custody in November 2021, Cambodian environmental activist Ly Chandaravuth has been looking over his shoulder. The 24-year-old was arrested in 2021 after documenting waste run-off from the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh into the Tonle Sap river. A member of the civil society group, Mother Nature Cambodia, he spent five months in pre-trial detention on “plotting” charges before the court released him on bail. Authorities have so far jailed at least 11 Mother Nature activi
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