Rangers of protected natural areas have been using satellite imagery information systems and modern equipment (drones) to effectively carry out patrols, prevent and suppress natural resource crimes.
The Siem Reap Provincial Department of Environment manages 08 protected natural areas with a total area of 283,999.27 hectares. The management of natural resources in protected areas is supported and coordinated with the military forces of the Siem Reap Military Operation Sub-District, district unit command forces, and community committees in protected natural areas.
The Circular Strategy on Environment sets out a priority to build digital infrastructure and equip administrative work with modern tools, equipment and materials under Angle 2 of its core strategy. This is aligned with the strategic policies of the Royal Government of Cambodia. The article highlights the efforts of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, former Prime Minister and President of the Senate, to protect and conserve natural resources and the environment. These efforts have contributed to peace, national unity, sovereignty and development across Cambodia, creating opportunities to manage natural resources and conserve biodiversity for future generations.
Under the Pentagonal Strategy, Phase 1, of the Royal Government during the seventh legislature of the National Assembly, and the leadership of Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, natural resource and environmental management has been made a priority. The aim is to conserve biodiversity and sustainably improve livelihoods in communities within protected natural areas.
To manage, conserve and protect Cambodia's protected natural areas and forests, HE Dr. Eang Sophalleth, Minister of Environment, has led the implementation of the Circular Strategy on Environment, which includes an action plan to use modern technology systems to monitor, track and analyze information through data obtained from satellites, and receiving such data as well as equipping modern equipment such as drones for patrolling and verifying information, is also part of accelerating law enforcement and immediate interventions in target areas.
At the same time, HE Dr. Eang Sophalleth, Minister of Environment, expressed his gratitude to the ministry's expert officials and partners, including sub-national administrations and relevant authorities, development partners and communities in protected natural areas, who have participated in enhancing the effectiveness of protecting and conserving Cambodia's natural resources, to ensure benefits for the Cambodian people and country, especially maintaining natural resources and forests for future generations, through joint protection of Cambodia's greenness towards becoming a carbon neutral country by 2050. In 2024-2025, the Ministry of Environment provided maps of protected natural areas and satellite maps to sub-national administrations and local authorities to cooperate in managing protected natural areas and has handed over 47 drones to all provincial departments of environment, and the provincial departments of environment with protected natural areas have also received additional support from organizations and development partners with more equipment and drones.
By: KPS99TV
