Cambodian PM Says Climate Change Issue Becoming Worse

Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, said climate change in the world is causing very big problems and various issues.

Addressing at the inauguration ceremony of a maternity ward building at the National Pediatric Hospital in Phnom Penh this morning, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said climate change is becoming worse and worse.

The Premier continued that we, Cambodians, had already passed two “fields”, the first was war and the second was hunger, while the third is the “field” of transmission of infectious diseases, which we cannot really pass because due to climate change, more and more viruses will appear to which we need to be careful.

Climate change has become one of the greatest risks facing humanity in the 21st Century. As the earth continues to heat up, the severity of climate change impacts continues to intensify and amplify, prompting our attention to seek for urgent solutions.

The Royal Government of Cambodia has thus launched the Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan 2014-2023 (CCCSP) which builds synergies with existing government policies to ensure a strategic cohesion to address a wide range of climate change issues lined to adaptation, Greenhous Gas (GHG) mitigation, and low-carbon development.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP)

A Dolphin Calf Found Dead, a Tragic Loss for the Endangered Species

A male Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin calf was found dead in Saob commune, Prek Prasab district, Kratie northeastern province on April 19.

According to the Fisheries Administration’s press release, the 0.87-metre-long dolphin calf is about 4 days old and weighs 10 kilogrammes.

An examination of the dolphin carcass led the research team to suggest that the dolphin died due to entanglement in gillnet, it added.

The Mekong Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) are fully protected under Cambodia’s Fisheries Law. The population is ranked as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List, the highest international threat ranking for endangered species.

The Mekong Irrawaddy dolphins are a living natural treasure of Cambodia with about 90 individuals currently living along the Mekong River in Kratie and Stung Treng provinces.

On Feb. 27, 2023, Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen signed a sub-decree to create a dolphin conservation and protection zones stretching for 120 kilometres along the Mekong River in the the two provinces.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse