PHNOM PENH, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia had suppressed a total of 2,152 natural resource crime cases in 2025, down 15 percent from the year before, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Environment said on Monday.
Khvay Atitya, who is also an undersecretary of state for the Ministry of Environment, said park rangers had carried out 16,261 patrols across protected areas last year.
"As a result, they had cracked down on 2,152 natural resource crime cases, including forestry crimes, wildlife crimes, land encroachments, fishing crimes, and mineral-related crimes," he told Xinhua.
Atitya said a total of 133 case files and 95 suspects had been sent to courts for prosecution.
The spokesperson said the decline in natural resource crimes was due to good cooperation among the ministry, authorities, armed forces, local residents, non-governmental organizations and the Anti-Corruption Unit.
He added that over the past two years, the ministry has also used drones and satellite maps to identify areas suspected of deforestation. ■
