This topic covers Cambodia’s environmental protection and climate policy framework, including pollution control, natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, land and water governance, climate adaptation, mitigation planning, and sustainability-related compliance obligations for public and private actors. It tracks policy developments, regulatory changes, government actions, enforcement trends, institutional activities, and implementation measures affecting environmental regulation, climate governance, permitting, monitoring, reporting, and sector-specific compliance requirements. This page provides structured updates on official developments in Cambodia, offering a reliable reference point for ongoing monitoring of policy, regulation, enforcement practice, and administrative governance across environment and climate issues.
Ministry of Environment patrol teams in Cambodia suppressed 20 natural-resource crimes in the Juor Phnum Kravanh mountain range during May 2026, targeting forestry and wildlife offences.
Ministry of Environment reports that Cambodia has 59 companies equipped with automated industrial wastewater monitors and a daily treated effluent volume of 71,395 m3; the update lists compliance bands for dischargers.
Cambodia Ministry of Environment convened a GESI workshop to integrate gender and social inclusion indicators into the national climate policy NDC 3.0 and related sector strategy.
Cambodia's Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM) handed over rehabilitated Kangkhat irrigation infrastructure to provincial authorities and farming communities in Battambang under the WAT4CAM Phase 1 program.
Cambodia's Ministry of Environment ordered Rong Cheng Industrial Investment (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. to implement environmental remediation and provide a financial guarantee for site restoration. The action targets mining compliance in Mondulkiri province.
The Ministry of Environment in Cambodia convened an inter-ministerial review to examine the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Dream Villas mixed-use residential project along National Road No.6 in Siem Reap.
Ministry of Environment teams removed illegal forest timber during an eight-day enforcement operation in Cambodia’s Phnum Preah-Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary.
Ministry of Environment thanked citizens and civil-society partners in Cambodia for reporting illegal logging, prompting authorities to investigate and detain a suspect in a protected-area tree-felling case in Preah Vihear; the development relates to environment enforcement in protected land.
Ministry of Environment leads inter-ministry review of an Environmental Impact Assessment for an 18,051-hectare iron ore mining project in Kampot, Cambodia.