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  • Lost land, broken promises: Koh Kong’s evicted residents left in limbo after land deals

    Lost land, broken promises: Koh Kong’s evicted residents left in limbo after land deals

    Apr 4, 2025

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    Sok Norkoreach, Sorn ChanMolina
    Sok Norkoreach

    Families promised a better future at relocation sites offered by a Chinese developer now struggle with infertile land, disappearing jobs and unfulfilled development pledges

  • Cambodia’s LNG plans face energy security and cost issues

    Cambodia’s LNG plans face energy security and cost issues

    Apr 2, 2025

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    Christopher Doleman, Sam Reynolds
    Christopher Doleman

    The country should approach gas-fired power development with caution, write the authors of a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis

  • New dams call into question Cambodia’s commitment to REDD+ projects

    New dams call into question Cambodia’s commitment to REDD+ projects

    Mar 30, 2025

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    Gerald Flynn
    Gerald Flynn

    Three new irrigation dams have been approved in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, overlapping with two carbon credit projects

  • Citizen scientists put land bridge plan under microscope

    Citizen scientists put land bridge plan under microscope

    Mar 29, 2025

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    Pipope Panitchpakdi
    Pipope Panitchpakdi

    As Thailand’s ambitious land bridge project advances, grassroots efforts from citizen scientists and local researchers emerge to ensure that biodiversity and ecosystems are not overlooked

  • Underwater citizen science reveals the specter of ghost fishing in Thailand

    Underwater citizen science reveals the specter of ghost fishing in Thailand

    Mar 25, 2025

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    Carolyn Cowan
    Carolyn Cowan

    Discarded or “ghost” fishing gear comprises 10% of all marine plastic debris in the ocean, persisting for decades and passively catching and killing species from sea snails to whale sharks

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