https://www.scmp.com/rss/512205/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Cambodian environmental activist Ly Chandaravuth spent five months in pre-trial detention on charges of “plotting” before he was released on bail pending trial. Since then, he has spent many more months looking over his shoulder. In recent years, authorities have jailed at least 11 Mother Nature activists and arrested dozens more. The group’s founder has also been deported. Facing a possible prison sentence, will Ly Chandaravuth be forced to abandon his activism? This story was produced in... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3262569/cambodian-environmental-activist-ly-chandaravuth-fights-nature-and-his-freedom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3262569/cambodian-environmental-activist-ly-chandaravuth-fights-nature-and-his-freedom?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 May 2024 03:08:04 +0000 When the inhabitants of Trapeang Rung learned in 2017 that a 1,000-hectare banana plantation would be established in their village by Longmate Agriculture and was set to provide hundreds of jobs, there was jubilation, recalls Kem Lot. The 59-year-old was hired by Longmate Agriculture in April 2018. For the villagers, Longmate’s banana farm represented an opportunity – a rarity in the rural bowels of coastal Kampot province – and Kem Lot, like many of his neighbours in the small farming... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3171792/china-wants-bananas-cambodias-banana-workers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3171792/china-wants-bananas-cambodias-banana-workers?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Mar 2022 00:15:22 +0000