George Boden, a campaigner for Global Witness, expresses concerns to VOA Khmer about the future petroleum production in Cambodia.
According to the plan, the government will pay almost $500 per metric ton for white rice and $650 for higher quality fragrant rice.
In Cambodia, officials have curtailed dredging and suspended sales as they assess the environmental damage caused by sand mining.
The report urged more action at the grassroots, rather than national, level, to lessen the impact of climate change.
Villagers say their livelihoods there are being threatened by continuous government concessions to private rubber and other companies.
Flooding along the Mekong River in three provinces has claimed six lives and left hundreds of families homeless.
Hardest hit are the provinces of Stung Treng and Kratie, where families have been evacuated and where roads and towns are flooded.
But an analyst says the U.S. engagement in Asia is motivated in large part by concern about China's growing influence.
Bird flu has claimed the life of a 4-year-old girl from Banteay Meanchey province, health officials confirmed Friday.
China has four hydrodams in operation on the Mekong and has plans for four more. Cambodia and Laos plan to build 12 more more dams.
Since the late 1980s, Mekong countries, especially China, have been looking at hydrodams as key energy sources to power economic growth.
Experts say as little as 30 percent of the country’s forest cover remains, while logging continues to be a problem.
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