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As the Trinity River Authority continues to manage the water release, the volume stands at 98,262 cubic feet per second (cfs) at present, a slight decrease from the previous night.

This is the second article in a three-part series. Read Part One and Part Three. PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — In 2017, an elephant in Cambodia’s Kirium National Park was electrocuted as it leaned against power lines in a formerly forested area. This wasn’t an isolated incident—another elephant reportedly died in the same manner the previous […]

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — In July, conservationists in Cambodia sounded the alarm over a regulation that saw eight protected areas in Koh Kong province collectively lose territory twice the size of Phnom Penh, the country’s capital. Officials said the move, affecting nearly 127,000 hectares (314,000 acres) under Sub-decree No. 30, was meant to grant land […]

by James Fair Since the late 1990s, the Cambodian government has granted at least nine private companies Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) within the park for commercial crop plantations such as acacia and sugar cane, ecotourism and general infrastructure developments. Botum Sakor National Park in southern Cambodia has lost at least 30,000 hectares of forest over the past three decades. Decades of environmental degradation go back to the late 1990s when the Cambodian government began handing out...

Casinos, condos and sugar cane: How a Cambodian national park is being sold down the river by James Fair on 4 May 2021 Botum Sakor National Park in southern Cambodia has lost at least 30,000 hectares of forest over the past three decades. Decades of environmental degradation go back to the late 1990s when the Cambodian government began handing out economic land concessions for the development of commercial plantations and tourist infrastructure. NGOs in Cambodia are said to be unwilling to spe...