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New articles on sand mining

Below is a compilation of all media articles that have come out in Cambodian and international media

Below is a compilation of all media articles that have come out in Cambodian and international media outlets since our campaign got started in April of 2015. 
For all articles on Mother Nature Cambodia, click here; 

  • ​​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)

  • Singaporean Officials Rebuff CNRP Questions Over Sand Exports​

 The Cambodia Daily ( 03 April  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)

  • S’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)

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  • ​Singapore Could Face Legal Action Over Sand Importation

The Cambodia Daily (05 - January - 2017)

  • Cambodian NGO seels legal advice to force policy change on

suspect Singapore sand trade (opens as pdf) 

​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)

  • ​Cambodian NGO engages local law firm to look into complicity

of Singaporean Entities in ‘environmental destruction’ arising from Sand Mining

​The Online Citizen (03 - January - 2017)

  • Fresh sand controversy

Phnom Penh Post (02 January 2017)

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  • Ministry Claims ‘No Irregularity’ in Huge Sand Export Gap

The Cambodia Daily (16 - December - 2016)​

  • Minister faces music on sand

Phnom Penh Post (16 - December - 2016)

  • ​Cambodia Singapore sand trade figures prompt $750m question as

corruption suspicions mount (opens as pdf file)

Mlex Market Insight (16 Dec 2016)

  • ​Cambodia presses for answers on Singapore sand trade discrepancy

(opens as pdf file) Mlex Market Insight (14 December 2016)

  • ​Minister to be grilled on sand export discrepancy

Phnom Penh Post (14 - December - 2016)

  • ​​Ongeremde Zandwinning bedreigt Cambodjaanse natuur (opens as pdf file)

Trouw (12 December 2016)

  • ​Singapore Silent Amid Sand Smuggling Claims

The Cambodia Daily (07 - December - 2016)​

  • Assembly Wants Answers From Mines Minister / អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

​The Cambodia Daily (07 - December - 2016)​

  • ​Mixed feelings toward dredging-fuelled fund

​Phnom Penh Post (07 - December - 2016)

  • Ministry to be grilled on sand exports

​Phnom Penh Post (02 - December - 2016)

  • ​Ministry Asks NGOs to Help Monitor Sand Trade

​The Cambodia Daily (26 - November - 2016)​

  • Sand Extraction in Koh Kong Province Halted, Ministry Says 

​The Cambodia Daily (17 - November - 2016)​  /  អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

  • ​NGOs Ask Government to Suspend Sand Dredging

The Cambodia Daily (12 - November - 2016)  /  អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

​

  • ​Dredging by the numbers

Phnom Penh Post (07 - November - 2016)

  • Ministry: If There is No Sand There will be No Construction Sector

Khmer Times (07 - November - 2016)

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  • ​Cambodia digs into sand mining industry as beaches and crabs vanish

Yahoo News / Thomson Reuters (03 - November - 2016)

  • Illegal Sand Dredging Eradicated, Mines Ministry Claims

​The Cambodia Daily (03 - November - 2016)  /  អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

  • Dredging for answers

Phnom Penh Post (03 - November - 2016)

  • Sand export answers sought

Phnom Penh Post (02 - November - 2016)

  • ​Ministry Blames ‘Ineffective Practices’ for Over $400M in Missing Sand

The Cambodia Daily (02 - November - 2016)  /  អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

  • Cambodia's villagers lose ground – literally – to Singapore's expansion

Christian Science Monitor (21 - October - 2016) 

  • ​Singapore’s data mirrors UN’s on Cambodia’s sand export numbers

Phnom Penh Post (19 - October - 2016)

  • ​​​​​​​Gov’t slams UN sand figures

Phnom Penh Post (28 - September - 2016)

  • Sand Export Figures Disputed

Khmer Times (28 - September - 2016)

  • ​Dredging figures do not add up

​Phnom Penh post (27 - September - 2016)

  • The Fight over Grains of Sand

​Die Welt (28 - August - 2016)

  • Three Cambodian activists convicted and heavily fined — but free

Mongabay (06- July -2016)

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  • ​​Koh Kong dredging activists found guilty for 'threats' 

Phnom Penh Post (01- July -2016)

  • ​​Video Evidence Presented on Day 2 of Mother Nature Trial

The Cambodia Daily (29- June -2016)

  • Mother Nature hearing concludes in Koh Kong

Phnom Penh Post (29- June -2016)

  • Koh Kong sand-dredging opponents on trial over alleged threats

Phnom Penh Post (28- June -2016)

  • ​Mother Nature Trial Begins in Koh Kong

The Cambodia Daily (28- June -2016)

  • Sand dredging licences secretly soaring

Phnom Penh Post (25- May -2016)

  • Koh Kong sand dredging impact studies due;

​​Phnom Penh Post (17 February 2016)

  • ​Two more months of questions for activists;

Phnom Penh Post (08 January 2016)​​​

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