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New programmes in the automotive sector remain focused on innovation and development of more environmentally friendly products, while the New Car Plan for a Greener Future has assisted the industry to prepare for a low- carbon future and to further orientate to global markets and supply chains

Several projects implemented in the land freight sector led to significant positive environmental impacts

Good governance, de-centralization and de-concentration are part of the Royal Government's reforms to promote democracy, improve development opportunities, reduce poverty and ensure sustainable development

Environment has been determined as a priority area among many economic co-operation, such as the Greater Mekong Sub-region consisting of Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam, and the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation, composed of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam, and the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area

The Royal Government's strategy for diversifying manufactured export products has four main pillars, one of which is to enlarge the range of manufactured exports by upgrading existing industries with growth and export potential, such potential exists as regards paper/recycled paper among others

The activities listed in Sub-Decree No. 111 (2005) are prohibited for investment by both Cambodian and foreign entities, including the production of poisonous chemicals, agriculture pesticide/insecticide and other goods by using chemical substances prohibited by international regulations or the World Health Organization, that affect the public health and environment, as well as the processing and production of electrical power by using any waste imported from a foreign country and forestry exploitation business prohibited by Forestry Law

Goods, including metal waste, toxic waste, municipal waste, clinical waste, sewerage sludge, and waste of animal hairs, toxic waste and poisonous chemicals, substances and certain pesticides in accordance with toxicity classification by WHO, used computers and spare parts, as well as household waste and hazardous waste, are prohibited or restricted through limited licensing system for any of the following purposes, including, inter alia, protection of human, animal or plant life or health, the conservation of natural resources, and the protection of the environment

Politically or environmentally sensitive purchases require approval by the Council of Ministers on the basis of recommendations formulated by the Ministry of Economics and Finance

Several items are prohibited from export or strictly restricted, including certain toxic materials, logs, precious metals and stones, round logs, crude or rough sawn timber; squared logs with a thickness or width of more than 25 cm, oil extracted from yellow vine, yellow vine powder, firewood and charcoal, and any fish species mentioned on the CITES list of endangered species

Certain wood products from natural forests and other agricultural products require an export licence in order to preserve exhaustible natural resources