Siem Bok News Today

A family is in mourning after a teenager committed suicide due to depression over her parents' separation.

PHNOM PENH: The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Natural Resources Conservation Organisation have condemned the use of illegal fishing equipment, following the recent discovery of a deceased juvenile freshwater dolphin which was killed by electric shock devices in Stung Treng province.

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The Wonders of the Mekong project and the National Fisheries Administration – in collaboration with the Fisheries Administration in Stung Treng province – released 100 endangered fish into the Mekong River on May 16, said a Fisheries Administration official.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has recorded a newborn baby dolphin at Anlong Koh Kon Sat, located in Koh Preah village, Koh Preah commune, Siem Bok district, Stung Treng province.

The Fisheries Administration and World Wildlife Fund Cambodia (WWF) recorded a third dolphin calf born in the four months from January to April, with the conservation NGO saying that this year’s number of dolphin deaths has dropped by 50 per cent.

Heavy rain and strong winds over the Khmer New Year holiday killed two people, injured two others and resulted in damage to nearly 300 homes in Stung Treng and Kampong Cham provinces, said local authorities.

The NGOs Sovann Phoum (SP) and Plan International Cambodia (PIC) and the Stung Treng provincial Department of Education, Youth and Sport last week jointly launched a new children’s library at a remote primary school serving mostly indigenous students. The library includes digital facilities to assist children in technology training, studying and improving their reading habits.

A Stung Treng cashew nut roaster is embracing solar and teaching farmers the latest growing techniques, as it sets its sights on becoming a global brand.

The Ministry of Environment and Stung Treng provincial authorities torched about 3,700 homemade weapons and snares in the northeastern province to serve as a symbol for ending threats to wildlife caused by hunting and poaching in protected areas.