Phnom Penh city 1965

This is to show Phnom Penh city during the decade of 1960s, when Cambodia was among the high development country .

(Video) The believes: burie a motor with a dead people

ពិធីបុណ្យកប់សព បងប្អូនជនជាតិចារ៉ាយភូមិប៉ក់តូច ឃុំប៉ក់ញ៉ៃ ស្រុកអូរយ៉ាដាវខេត្តរតនគិរី កប់ទាំងម៉ូតូហ្មង 

This believe was by an Ethnic Minority Group of people in Ratanakiri, in Cambodia. But this is not referred to all people in the group.

How to lift 5000L water storage tank with manpower?

This is part of solar water pump at Kratie, Cambodia under the project of NAPA, need to lift by human power.

Wind power experiences in Cambodia

Wind energy is a renewable energy source, however Cambodia is not very popular, due to wind resource is low.

This video was the experiences under the project funded by UNDP to supply water for rural farmers.

Stop child abuse, real case in Cambodia​ (Video), the worst case in the 2016

By EcoSun Cambodia: Date: 11 Dec 16:

This is the worst case of child abuse with both physical and psychological abuse against ethnic Khmer people in Mondulkiri province. It was happened since the last two months, around October 2016, but the video was spread out recently. Three Cambodian were caught as they related to the case and a Vietnamese in the Video was escaped to his country.

On 6th Dec 16, he was caught by Vietnam local authority. Now, Cambodian authority requested to take him to judge by Cambodia law, but now no further information from Vietnam authority yet.

So, those who have small kids should not allow staying at home alone or going with someone who you just know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tve5ypqf45E

ឪពុកប្រហែសបណ្ដាលឲ្យកូនធ្លាក់ចូលកាំកង់ម៉ូតូ

តាមប្រភពពី ប្រទេសឡាវបានអោយដឹងថា​ ឪពុកដែលបានអោយកូនជិះម៉ូតូពីក្រោយ ដោយមិនបានមើលអោយច្បាស់ មុនធ្វើដំណើរ។

នេះជាការ​ធ្វេសប្រហែស​ចំពោះឪពុកម្ដាយ​​ដែលបណ្ដាយឲ្យកូនជាទីស្រលាញ់ធ្លាក់ចូលកាំកង់ម៉ូតូ ស្រែកឈឺចាប់យ៉ាង​វេទនា​បំផុត! សូមមេត្តាប្រយ័ត្នកូនផងបាទដើម្បី​សុវត្ថិភាព​កូនៗយើង។​​

This guy caught a large fish on the Mekong in Cambodia

Mr. Seang Vun lives in Koh Pdao village, Kompong Cham commune, Sambod district, Kratei province of Cambodia. He caught a large fish, 19kg from the Mekong nearby his village during a boat trip from a local market. It was in 2007. 

Japan donates $1.1 million to tribunal

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Reuters

Japan, the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s largest donor to date, has contributed a further $1.12 million to its international component, the tribunal said on Tuesday in a statement.
 

The donation brings Japan’s total contribution to both the national and international components of the tribunal to $85 million, or 32 percent of total donor contributions.
 

“On behalf of the ECCC [Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia], we would like to express our sincere appreciation for the continuous and significant financial contributions and support offered by the government of Japan.
 

“This new assistance is crucial for the ECCC to complete its mandate, without interruption in the judicial proceedings,” Tony Kranh, the tribunal’s acting director of administration, and Knut Rosandhaug, the deputy director of administration, said jointly in the statement.
 

According to the tribunal’s March 2016 financial outlook, it has so far spent a total of  $261.3 million since it began operations in 2006.
 

After Japan, the US is the second-largest foreign donor, having contributed $27 million, followed by Australia with $25 million, as of March this year. Cambodia is the fourth-largest donor, having contributed $23 million to the tribunal’s national component, as of March, followed by Germany and the European Union, which have contributed $14.5 and $15 million respectively.
 

According to the tribunal’s 2017 budget, its international component will need $20 million to operate, while its national component will need $6.4 million.
 

In a recent statement, the government pledged to donate $4.15 million for the tribunal’s national component next year, urging the UN to raise funds to cover the deficit.

Source: http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32642/japan-donates--1-1-million-to-tribunal/

Deeper water expected to yield more fish

Thu, 24 November 2016

Cheng Sokhorng

Just weeks ahead of the main fishing season on the Tonle Sap river, which supplies the majority of the fish used in the Kingdom’s traditional cooking sauce, prahok, government officials are predicting a better catch this season as water levels have recovered from last year’s drought.

Eng Chea San, director-general of fisheries administration at the Ministry of Agriculture, said this year’s haul from capture fisheries should increase by 20,000 tonnes, while aquaculture yields could grow by up to 20 percent.

“We expect that the fish yield will increase compared to last year, as water levels are higher and stable,” he said yesterday.

Last year, Cambodian freshwater capture fisheries and aquaculture produced 751,000 tonnes of fish. The Tonle Sap river and lake contributed more than half of this total.

Fisheries administration official Ouch Vutha agreed that higher water levels this year were a good portend for the upcoming season, especially after a prolonged drought led to a precipitous drop in last year’s production.

“This year the river levels have risen, so we expect that the fish yield will be good for prahok,” he said.

In July, the government granted 92 dai, or bag net, permits for the Tonle Sap river. Vutha said the permits cover 14 river rows, a measurement used to make sure that the bag nets do not clog up river transport lanes and are placed to capture the flow of water. The primary fishing locations are in Phnom Penh, and in Kandal and Prey Veng provinces, he said.

Keo Vitou, chief of Ponhea Leu district fisheries administration in Kandal province, said fisherman have been preparing their nets since October, but the big catch is not expected until next month, and run until sometime in January. In Kandal province alone 10 rows have been set up with 42 dai permits.

“Some dai owners started collecting fish in October in order to make a profit, however the real profit is yet to begin as farmers wait for the next full moon cycle,” he explained, referring to the lunar phase that gives the best yields.

Vitou added that the government had closely monitored which areas to grant fishing permits and that the cost of the permit was based on the best seasonal locations.

Vitou said that last year, the fish yield in Kandal province was 5,200 tonnes, a 50 percent decline from 2014.

Loa Sreang, a dai owner in Kandal province who has been fishing on the Tonle Sap river for the last 10 years, said that he paid $5,000 and $18,000 to secure two locations along the river.

“I paid different prices in different locations because I am looking to collect the most fish,” he said. “If the season is good and the government continues to crack down on illegal fishing, I hope that I will make a good profit.”

He estimated that last year he lost around $20,000 during the peak prahok season due to the impact of the drought.

Source: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deeper-water-expected-yield-more-fish

Forest protection saves village

People from the Oum Saom community gather for a meeting. KT/Pav Suy

The story of the Oum Saom forestry community in Kampong Thom province is one that has been told in various forms hundreds of times in Cambodia: local residents locked in a seemingly never-ending battle against a company aiming to cut down their local forest and open plantations.

But contrary to how most of these situations end, the members of the Oum Saom community managed to secure a happy ending for themselves, forcing out the company and receiving all of their land back, allowing them to continue using the natural resources in the area that they have lived in for decades.

This happy ending did not occur without a fight though. Members of Sala Visai village, where Ou Saom forest is located, fought with the company – an acacia and rubber production group owned by prominent tycoon An Marady – for almost a decade after the firm bought a 308-hectare economic land concession in the area in 2004.

“In 2004, the company was about to clear the land to make way for acacia and rubber plantations. They deployed the excavators and bulldozers, but the villagers kept resisting by protesting,” community leader Chhoun Chhorn said.

“Because of our protests, there was an intervention from the district and provincial authority and the company decided to concede this remaining land to the community,” he said.

Mr. Chhorn added that although the land was within the economic land concession the government had granted to the company, the villagers had been living and working in the forest for such a long time that it was granted back to them.

Kampong Thom cantonment forestry administration official Kann Vutha said the land was given to the community in 2013.

“The government officially put the land under community management in 2013,” he said.

He added that there will be an agreement on the structure for more sophisticated preservation and management of the forest.

“In two weeks’ time, we will sign an agreement with the community to lay out the structure and plan to make better protection of the forest, including making an audit of the forest,” he said.

The community did not get the land back on their own though, securing backing and help from the European Union-funded Mlup Baitong Organization.

Now, 95 percent of the 322 families in the village work in agriculture in the area and collect natural products from the forest after years when almost half the village lived on only $1 per day.

Om Sophana, the deputy director of Mlup Baitong, works closely with community members and said forest preservation was benefiting the community as a whole. Their investment in the forest would pay off even more once the government officially created a preservation area.

“We will have the signing of the agreement to get official recognition from the forestry administration to preserve the forest,” he said.

“The villagers can collect non-timber forest products, including honey from bees, vegetables and fruit to sell at the market and make a living. We need to protect the remaining forest. If we don’t, it will all be gone.”

The community will be allowed to remove some trees for sale, but they will be strictly in line with preservation guidelines and renovation rules, Mr. Sophana said.

Mr. Chhorn said that since the land had come under the control of community members, they have seen little to no forestry crime.

“We go in groups of five or six and patrol the area. We do it only during the day because no one comes at night to cut the wood. We rarely catch loggers. When we catch them, we just arrest them and educate them,” he said.

“In serious cases, we call the forestry administration officials to take action.”

EU ambassador to Cambodia George Edgar lauded the project and said the success of the community was evidence that more efforts like this were needed to be made to protect the country’s forests.

“The support to the community forest management project is another example of the EU’s commitment to work with Cambodia in the management of its natural resources,” he said.

“As one of Cambodia’s key development partners, I am delighted to see that project beneficiaries’ lives have improved and that they are now able to enjoy their rights to land and to food.”

Source: http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32690/forest-protection-saves-village/