No Borders for Global Warming: Experts

By Pich Samnang, VOA Khmer
05 June 2008

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Developed countries are pushing climate change that poorer countries suffer from, officials said Thursday, on World Environment Day.

Cambodia will suffer from global warming as coastal areas such as Koh Kong and Sihanoukville will feel an increase in heat, Prach Sun, secretary of state for the Ministry of Environment, told VOA Khmer Thursday.

Global warming can also lead to the spread of diseases, such as diarrhea, he said.

Cambodia is implementing the Kyoto Protocol and other international environmental agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to improve forest cover to help the Earth absorb those gases, he said.

UNDP Country Director Lay Khim said Thursday global warming affects all countries, from Egypt to Vietnam. Developed countries are responsible for the most gases, but developing countries feel the most effects, he said.

Fishermen to Gather in Kampot March

By Chiep Mony, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
03 June 2008

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More than 500 coastal fishermen from three coastal provinces have been allowed permission to gather ahead of World Environment Day, rights officials said.

The fishermen were originally denied permission by Kampot provincial authorities, but after meetings late Tuesday, Kampot Deputy Governor Khem Samorn said they would be allowed to continue a march Wednesday, a day ahead of Environment Day.

The fishermen plan to gather in Kampot town in the morning, then carry banners through the streets denouncing illegal sales of land along the southern sea coast, in a strip of forest called Korng Kang.

Wednesday's gathering would be the first of its kind, organizers said.

Khem Samorn said he decided to allow the march because the Ministry of Interior approved. Police will provide security for the marchers, he said.