Mother Nature (Khmer: ចលនាមាតាធម្មជាតិ, romanized: chalnea meatea thommocheate) is a Cambodian environmental activist group and former non-governmental organization.
[1] The group's advocacy and criticism of the Cambodian government has led to the prosecution and imprisonment of several of its members and Mother Nature having its official NGO status revoked by the Ministry of Interior in 2017.
[1] A Mother Nature activist was imprisoned in early 2021 for "incitement" for a one-woman protest against the filling of a lake in Phnom Penh.
[2] Three activists were arrested charged in June 2021 for various crimes including insulting the King, in a move that was criticised by international human rights groups and the embassies of the United States and Sweden.
[7] In July 2024, ten members of the group were found guilty on charges of plotting against the government and sentenced to six years in jail,[8] with three members of the group additionally convicted of insulting Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and sentenced to an additional two years in prison.