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​​Mother Nature Cambodia in the News​ 2017

Below is a compilation of media articles since for 2017 that talk about Mother Nature Cambodia's work, in 2017. ​For other years, click on any of the years below:  / 2015 / 2016 / 2018 / 2019 /  2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023

  • ​Relocation site for Sesan villagers flooded  The Phnom Penh Post (2 - November- 2017) 

  • As dam’s waters rise, holdout Sesan village leaves villagers say goodbye to ancestral homes  The Phnom Penh Post (18 - October- 2017) 

  • Sesan dam goes online, while PM dismisses environmental concerns  The Phnom Penh Post (26 - September - 2017)

  • ​Locals told to leave dam before PM’s visit  Khmer Times (15 - September - 2017)

  • Students Blocked from Dam  The Phnom Penh Post (11 - September - 2017) 

  • ​Son Chhay request on Sesan dam passed on  The Phnom Penh Post (07 - September - 2017) 

  • Lower Sesan II dam protesters summonsed  The Phnom Penh Post (31 - August - 2017) 

  • ​Cambodian Indigenous Minorities Fighting Tide of Development  Voice Of America (29 - August - 2017) 

  • ​Sesan Dam Holdout Families Petition Ministry for Intervention  The Cambodia Daily (28 - August - 2017) 

  • Hydropower Dam Holdouts Deny Gov’t ‘Secessionist’ Accusation  Voice of America (28 - August - 2017) 

  • Stung Treng villagers seek intervention on dam​​​​  The Phnom Penh Post (25 - August - 2017) 

  • Government Brands Villagers ‘Secessionist’ After Srekor Office Denial  The Cambodia Daily (15 - August - 2017) 

S.O.S MEKONG RIVER

  • ​Villagers summonsed again in dredging case  The Phnom Penh Post (14 - August - 2017)

  • Villagers Summoned Over Peaceful Protest Against Sand Dredging  The Cambodia Daily (14 - August - 2017)

  • Gov’t Officials, Plainclothes Police Crash Village Protest Meeting  The Cambodia Daily (10 - August - 2017) 

  • Local interrogated over sand dredging meetings at her house  The Phnom Penh Post (09 - August - 2017)

  • Returning Sesan Families Warned of Greater Floods From Dam  The Cambodia Daily (02 - August - 2017)  Read as PDF

  • Meet between officials, dam villagers cancelled  The Phnom Penh Post (31 - July - 2017)

  • ​Flooding reaches Srekor village  The Phnom Penh Post (31 - July - 2017)​​​

  • UN Officials Blocked From Villages Facing Threat of Flood  The Cambodia Daily (26 - July - 2017) Download as PDF

  • Officials stop outsiders travelling to Sesan dam  The Phnom Penh Post (25 - July - 2017)

  • Sesan locals protest over supporters’ detention  The Phnom Penh Post (24 - July - 2017)

  • Police Stop Activists From Reaching Sesan II Dam Village  The Cambodia Daily (24 - July - 2017) - Read as PDF

BLOOD GOLD

  • ​A Cambodian gold mine shrouded in secrecy  The Phnom Penh Post (04 - August - 2017)

  • Preah Vihear land returned after high-level meeting  The Phnom Penh Post (12 - July - 2017)

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Groundbreaking Environmental Campaign Group Closed as Activists Arrested  Voice Of America (20 - September - 2017)

  • Environmental NGO Mother Nature dissolved  The Phnom Penh Post (18 - September - 2017)

  • Breaking: Mother Nature stricken from registry  The Phnom Penh Post (15 - September - 2017)

  • NGO Wary of Promise to Cancel Hydropower Dam Project - អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ  The Cambodia Daily (15 March 2017)

SAND MINING SCAM

  • ​CSOs call for release of detained Mother Nature activists  The Phnom Penh Post (14 - November - 2017)

  • In Cambodia, Activists Risk Prison to Expose Ecological Scars of Sand Mining  UNDARK Magazine / 25 October 2017

  • ​柬埔寨與台灣進出口數字兜不攏 164萬噸砂石憑空消失  Taiwan Environmental Information Center - TEIA - (22 - September - 2017)

  • Discrepancies in Cambodian Sand Exports Spark Fraud Allegations  Voice of America (VOA) - (14 - September - 2017)

  • Koh Kong activists charged  The Phnom Penh Post (14 - September - 2017)

  • Fresh sand ‘fraud’, claims NGO Mother Nature, as sand numbers between Taiwan and the government appear to be off by more than 1.5M tonnes  The Phnom Penh Post (13 - September - 2017)

  • Ministry responds to MP’s request on silica  The Phnom Penh Post (24 - August - 2017)

  • Mother Nature activist held over drone use  The Phnom Penh Post (08 - August - 2017)

  • Anti-Dredging Activist Held for Filming, Inciting Protesters  The Cambodia Daily (02 - August - 2017)  Download as PDF

  • More riverbank collapses near sand dredging site  The Phnom Penh Post (07 - August - 2017)

  • ​Sand facility allowed to operate  The Phnom Penh Post (01 - August - 2017)

  • ​Assembly Rejects Lawmaker’s Request for Sand Mining Info  The Cambodia Daily (02 - August - 2017)  Download as PDF

  • ​CNRP MP seeks clarity on sand-dredging ban  The Phnom Penh Post (01 - August - 2017)

  • ​Cambodia bans sand exports permanently  BBC (13 - July - 2017)

  •  Dredging Permitted in Koh Kong Despite Sand Export Ban The Cambodia Daily (6 - July - 2017) - Download as PDF

  • ​Koh Kong sand exports permanently banned after volume discrepancies  The Phnom Penh Post (12 - July - 2017)

  • ​Supreme Court Orders Eco-Activist’s Appeal to Be Reheard  The Cambodia Daily (6 - July - 2017) - Download as PDF / អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

  • Activist’s case sent to lower court for retrial  The Phnom Penh Post (6 - July - 2017)

  • ​Dredging boats spotted off Koh Kong The Phnom Penh Post (3 - July - 2017)

  • ​‘We feel stronger’: meet those fighting the sand-dredging business in Cambodia  New Internationalist (29 - June - 2017)

  • ​Son Chhay plans to summon mines minister regarding sand  The Phnom Penh Post (23 - June - 2017)

  • ​Environmental Campaigner’s Appeal Goes to the Supreme Court  The Cambodia Daily (22 - June 2017) - Download as PDF

  • ​New facility worries activists  The Phnom Penh Post (20  - June - 2017)

  • ​CNRP lawmaker wants info on export of sand  The Phnom Penh Post (15  - June - 2017)

  • ​Opposition Official Seeks More Information on Silica Sand Exports  The Cambodia Daily (15 June 2017)

  • ​Kandal Villagers Shout Down Officials, Demand End to Dredging The Cambodia Daily (14 June 2017)

  • Official visits villagers whose homes collapsed near sand dredging site  The Phnom Penh Post (13  - June - 2017)

  • ‘Anarchist’ Activist Flees Village for UN, Alleging Harassment  The Cambodia Daily (13 - June - 2017)

  • Mother Nature activists allege intimidation at sand dredging protest The Phnom Penh Post (13  - June - 2017)

  • ​Dredging protest in Kandal  The Phnom Penh Post (12  - June - 2017)

  • ​Customs Recorded Less Than 1% of Singapore Sand Imports អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ  The Cambodia Daily (30 - May - 2016)

  • Authorities Block Students From Holding Mangrove Forest Event Download as PDF - The Cambodia Daily (15 - May - 2017)

  • ​Questions linger over second accused ship  The Phnom Penh Post (08  - May - 2017)

  • ​Ministry denies illegal exports  The Phnom Penh Post (08  - May - 2017)

  • ​Cambodia Dismisses Claims of Illicit Sand Exports Despite Ban  Radio Free Asia - English service - (05 - May - 2017)

  • ​Ministry Defends Sand Exports, NGO Rebuts Claims  The Cambodia Daily (05 - May - 2017)

  • Taiwan-bound vessel’s sand ‘exempt from ban’  The Phnom Penh Post (05 - May - 2017)

  • ​​Inquiry afoot after sand shipping video goes viral  The Phnom Penh post (03 - May - 2017)

  • Viral Video Claiming to Show Illegal Sand Exports Spurs Inquiry  The Cambodia Daily (03 - May - 2017)

  • Cambodia’s Dirty Business  Hakai Magazine (19 April, 2017)

  • An improbable global shortage: sand  The Economist ( 30th March 2017)

  • Mother Nature Activist Returns After Fleeing  The Cambodia Daily (29 March 2017)

  • Singaporean Officials Rebuff CNRP Questions Over Sand Exports​  The Cambodia Daily ( 03 April  2017) 

  • Cambodia's Sambor Dam Plans Cause Controversy as Public Left in the dark   Mongabay News ( 16 March 2017)

  • Official shares locals’ concerns of dredging  Phnom Penh Post  (08 March 2017)

  • Sand mining: the global environmental crisis you’ve probably never heard of  The Guardian (27 February 2017)

  • ​​​Cardamoms in power’s path  Phnom Penh Post  (20 February 2017)

  • Government Ditches Hydropower Dam for More Coal Power  The Cambodia Daily (20 February 2017)

  • Mother Nature Sentence Upheld as Activists Mull Return  អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ  The Cambodia Daily (16 February 2017)

  • Mother Nature activists’ appeal rejected​​​​  Phnom Penh Post (16 February 2017)

  • Mother Nature activists' appeal pushes on, minus lawyers  Phnom Penh Post ( 01 February 2017) 

  • ​After Activists Flee Country, Mother Nature Appeal Moves Forward  The Cambodia Daily ( 01 February 2017)

  • Mother Nature activists’ appeal to be heard  Phnom Penh Post ​ ( 31 January 2017)

  • ​Three Mother Nature Activists Flee Country, Boycotting Trial  The Cambodia Daily (25 - January - 2017)

  • SiS’pore has stopped buying sand from Cambodia, for now  Mothership.sg (25-January-2017)

  • ​Sand stats ‘correct’: government  Phnom Penh Post (25 - January - 2017)

  • Sand exports in limbo  Khmer Times (25 - January - 2017)

  • Be Proud About Sand Exports, Spokesman Says  The Cambodia Daily (25 - January - 2017)

  • ​​Singapore, Cambodia Say Sand Exports Have Stopped អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ  The Cambodia Daily (24 - January - 2017)

  • ​Strict rules in place for import of sand: Government  The Straits Times Singapore (23 - January - 2017)

  • S'pore has strict criteria for sand imports, says Govt, as ​controversy over Cambodian imports brews  Today (Singapore) - (23 - January - 2017)

  • ​Singapore’s Government Breaks Months of Silence Over Sand Scandal  អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ  The Cambodia Daily (17 - January - 2017)

  • National Development Ministry clarifies about sand dredged from Cambodia amidst threat of lawsuit / The Independent - Singapore (17 - January - 2017)

  • Singapore's overdue response to Cambodian sand-trade data misses the point NGO says (opens as pdf)  Mlex Market Insight (17 - January - 2017)

  • ​Singapore and Cambodia: A Relationship Built on Sand  The Diplomat (11 - January - 2017)

  • ​S’pore president to visit amid sand controversy  Phnom Penh Post (06 - January - 2017)

  • ​Singapore Could Face Legal Action Over Sand Importation  The Cambodia Daily (05 - January - 2017)

  • S'pore law firm reportedly hired by Cambodian NGO to investigate S'pore's sand imports   Mlex Market Insight (05 - January - 2017)

  • S’pore law firm reportedly hired by Cambodian NGO to investigate S’pore’s sand imports / ​Mothership.sg (05 - January - 2017)

  • Cambodian Sand Could Build a Foundation for Legal Action in Singapore  Radio Free Asia (05 - January - 2017)

  • Cambodian NGO engages local law firm to bring action against Singapore statutory boards and companies  The Independent (Singapore) (03 - January - 2017)

  • Fresh sand controversy  Phnom Penh Post (02 January 2017)

  • ​Assembly Rejects Lawmaker’s Request for Sand Mining Info  The Cambodia Daily (02 - January - 2017) Download as PDF

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