The Khmer Times shared some news this morning that seems too good to be true. Yesterday, the Environment Ministry announced that it is preparing to ban single use plastics in Cambodia. The Thai government announced a similar initiative earlier this week. Biodegradable containers like banana leaf were used in traditional Khmer society. These were thrown…
Category: Cambodia in the News
2019 Drought in Cambodia
In 2009, there was a two week drought during the rainy season that resulted in 5,000 hectares of rice being lost in Prey Veng province. This year, Cambodia is just coming out of a prolonged drought that had the Prime Minister call on farmers to plant rice only once in the dry season. Prime Minister…
Sand Mining on the Mekong
I saw this short video from The Atlantic on sand mining in Cambodia. There was sand mining when I first arrived in Prey Veng province in 2006 but I remember things dramatically increasing in scale from land based pumping or the occasional barge to fleets of barges equipped with cranes. The photos below were taken…