Following the adoption of the Ministry of Environment’s (“MOE“) Environmental Code (please see our article on this topic at Cambodia: Adopts the 2023 Environmental and Natural Resources Code – DFDL) and continued application of Prakas 72 on Process of Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA“) dated 11 August 1999 (“Prakas 72“) as well as the recent issuance of Prakas 3591/0525 on the Classification of Development Projects Required for the EIA dated 6 May 2025 (for more details, please visit our client alert at Cambodia: The Expansion of Development Project Classification for Environmental Impact Assessment in Cambodia – DFDL), the MOE has now introduced a new regulatory instrument: Prakas No. 6985 dated 25 August 2025 (“Prakas 6985“) on Official Guidelines for Preparing Environmental Monitoring Reports (“EMR“).
This Prakas aims to improve environmental quality, protect public health, and support sustainable development by standardising how project owners monitor and report compliance with environmental requirements during the construction, operation, and closure phases of their development projects.
For further information, please visit DFDL.
