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2 May 2023
The Joint Credit Mechanism REDD+ (JCM REDD+) project will enable Cambodia to maintain the conservation of the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. The project is being extended to more than 50 villages around the sanctuary.
At a last week meeting held to review the sanctuary’s progress in 2022 and plan a…
18 April 2023
The Land Portal Foundation has launched a new Land & Investments Portfolio that unpacks the key concepts, terms, international frameworks and policies, and many other aspects critical to understanding how land investments affect society.
The portfolio explores different perspectives and data on…
18 April 2023
La Fondation Land Portal a lancé un nouveau portefeuille sur les terres et les investissements qui aborde les concepts clés, les termes, les cadres et politiques internationaux et de nombreux autres aspects essentiels pour comprendre comment les investissements fonciers affectent la société.
Le…
18 April 2023
A Fundação Land Portal lançou um novo Portfólio sobre Terra e Investimentos que desdobra conceitos-chave, termos, estruturas e políticas internacionais, e muitos outros aspectos críticos para entender como os investimentos fundiários afetam a sociedade.
O portfólio explora diferentes perspectivas e…
18 April 2023
La Fundación Land Portal ha lanzado una nueva Cartera sobre Tierra e Inversiones que desentraña los conceptos clave, los términos, los marcos y las políticas internacionales y muchos otros aspectos fundamentales para comprender cómo afectan a la sociedad las inversiones en tierras.
La cartera…
13 March 2023
Main photo: An indigenous group erects a sign to calling out the illegal grabbing of their collective land in Andong Kraloeng community, Mondulkiri province. Photo supplied.
Just 38 indigenous communities out of 455 have received communal land titles since the government first made them available…
17 February 2023
Main photo: Koh Kong provincial department of environment officials presented the location of the map of Sub-Decree 30 to the activist group Khmer Thavarak and representatives of the Chorng indigenous community in Areng Valley in early February 2023. (Khmer Thavarak)
Preav Hun cultivated bananas…
16 January 2023
Main image: Satellite imagery from Sentinel-2/European Space Station on January 15, 2023 shows deforestation inside the area in Stung Treng’s O’Svay commune granted as an Economic Land Concession. Supplied
The government awarded a new Economic Land Concession (ELC) in March 2022 for the first time…
7 October 2022
Lakes in Phnom Penh are fast being filled in and parceled off as prime real estate to wealthy and politically connected individuals.
Families who have for generations fished and practiced aquaculture on the lakes and surrounding wetlands face eviction and the loss of livelihoods.
At the same time,…
19 August 2022
An activist says the son has ties to the company behind the planned development of a treasured forest.
Main photo: A cleared area is seen in Phnom Tamao Forest, south of Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, Aug. 6, 2022.
A cleared area is seen in Phnom Tamao Forest, south of Cambodia's capital Phnom…
1 February 2022
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on January 21 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with three companies geared towards the production of a minimum of 400 tonnes of additional vegetables per year to supply the domestic market and ship abroad.
The signatory companies of the…
16 December 2021
Mediation between Bunong indigenous communities in Busra and rubber company Socfin Cambodia has concluded with agreements to end a long-standing Mondulkiri province land dispute. The conflict began in 2008, although mediation did not begin until 2016.
Signatures were added to the final agreements…