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‘Climate Change’ Blamed as Flooding Continues
As flooding continued in Cambodia on Thursday, a group of high-ranking officials said they blamed regional climate change and urged Cambodia to find a response. Authorities say at least 176 people have now died in flooding that began in August and has continued across the country Continue reading
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Tagged climate, climate-change, conference, environment, floods, homes, mekong, news, officials-said, oxfam-america, rivers-expected, said-the-floods, second-national, tonle-bassac
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Fast Relief Urged for Families in Flooding
The relief organization Oxfam American on Tuesday called for increased efforts to help tens of thousands of families cope with severe flooding across the country. Continue reading
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Tagged america, Cambodia, committee, environment, francis-perez, kampong-svay, oxfam-america, prime-minister, registration, relief-supplies, said-it-expects, towards-central, vietnam
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International Experts Add to Worries on NGO Law
Development experts warn that the government’s draft law on NGOs remains restrictive and will hamper future development if it is not corrected. “The law is still problematic and the comments that were brought forward by the NGO community and associations, some of them were not entirely picked up,” said Borithy Lon, executive director of the Cooperation Committee for Cambodia, a consortium of non-governmental agencies Continue reading
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Tagged cooperation, country, development, ethiopia, freedom, freedom-house, government, making-it-open, national, organization, oxfam-america, Southeast Asia, warned-the-law
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Few Equate Climate Change With Its Causes: Study
The majority of Cambodians have little understanding of the causes of climate change, due to a lack of information, a new poll has found. In a survey by the BBC World Service Trust of 2,401 Cambodians from all walks of life, about 85 percent said they had heard of climate change, although they associated it with disease, farming troubles and drought. Continue reading
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