Five New Ecotourism Developments Planned for Koh Kong Province

• Me Wathana
• 10 February 2021
• Local News
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Private firms are planning to develop five ecotourism resorts on approximately 50 hectares in the Dong Peng preservation area in Koh Kong province.

The project has just received the green light from the government, after both parties inspected and set borders at the actual site on 09 February.

All five projects will be developed in the protected zone called Dong Peng, of which each project must be developed on less than 10 hectares of land and has to follow particular environmental regulations.

Meanwhile, those five private sectors include Ms Hai Nori who received 9.35 hectares of land, Ms Ty Sarim receiving 9.53 hectares, Mr Hay Nang receiving 9.51 hectares, Mr Heng Vattanak receiving 9.51 hectares, and Ms Kevali receiving 9.52 hectares.

Despite giving green lights to those projects, the Koh Kong administration still urged the firms to properly address the impact, strongly cooperate with local authorities, and especially take environmental factors into account.

Koh Kong is one of the high potential provinces that has been attracting many multi-billion-dollar investment projects. The most well-known one is the Dara Sakor project, while others include the new airport by LYP Group, the hydropower dam, as well as the recently-approved coal-fired power plant project. (Read more and more)

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