Small-scale quarries producing construction materials are a key part of the mining industry in Cambodia. Clay for brick and tile manufacturing and sand and gravel are found in many locations.Under the Law on Mineral Resource Management and Exploitation (‘the mining law’) there are six types <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/quarrying/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Maina Kiai speaking with journalists outside the Ministry of Foreign affairs in Phnom Penh. Photo by Maina Kiai, taken on 6 February 2014. Licensed under CC BY 2.0The first humanitarian international non-governmental organizations arrived in 1989. after the 1993 election, more and more internal organizations <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/private-non-profit-development-assistance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Election ballots, Cambodia. Photo by Daniel Littlewood, taken on april 20, 2004. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0History of Cambodia’s electionsCambodia saw consecutive civil wars for more than 20 years after the coup in 1970. In 1991, parties in the conflict reached agreement to end the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Land registration and titling of private property has been ongoing for more than a decade. as the Cambodian government works to formally register all private property, there is a dual system of soft possessory rights to be replaced by hard ownership rights through nationally-recognized title. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/land-tenure-and-titling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit global and Cambodia’s economies hard, having a spillover on the stability of the banking system. Banks and financial institutions have continued to provide services to customers, which can be seen through the rise in the number of depositors’ accounts to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/micro-finance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A trAined medicAl stAff listens to the heArtbeAt of An infAnt At 16 MAkArA hospitAl in PreAh ViheAr, CAmbodiA. Photo by The World BAnk, tAken on 30 JAnuAry 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.SociAl development Addresses profound sociAl problems,141 especiAlly poverty, unemployment And sociAl exclusion, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/sociAl-development/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Although there is currently no commerciAl-scAle production of gold cArried out in CAmbodiA, explorAtion by mAny compAnies is underwAy, with some promising find reported. Subject to government ApprovAl, commerciAl production could begin in 2016 or 2017. Gold is found in A number of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/gold/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Children in Moung district, Battambang province, wash their hands with soap and water. Photo by WorldFish Cambodia, taken on 08 November 2018. Licensed under (CC BY-ND 2.0).Recognized as a global crisis, the United Nations has included water and sanitation in Sustainable Development Goal 6, ensuring <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/water-and-sanitation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Political stability and economic growth of all sectors have played vital role in building the public and foreign investors’ confidence and maintaining the safety and soundness of banking system in Cambodia. The banking sector continues to have substantial growth as it shares 82.2% in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/banking-and-financial-services-policy-and-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A nAtionAl roAd in CAmbodiA. Photo by PAt Scullion, tAken on 2 April 2010 under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0InfrAstructure describes the built Assets thAt Allow A country to function, such As roAds, rAilwAys, ports, Airports, communicAtion systems, electricity And drinking wAter distribution networks. The Ministry of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/infrAstructure/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Oil and gas have been found on Cambodian territory but no commercial extraction has begun. When extraction may begin is uncertain while oil prices are at comparatively low levels. all the petroleum products for local demand are imported, chiefly from Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand. Consumption <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/oil-and-gas-resources/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

SDG 15 focuses on the sustainable use of terrestrial (land-based) biodiversity and ecosystems such as forests, grasslands, deserts and mountains and their interaction with freshwater systems. It aims to protect and restore their ecological function. The work includes applying sustainable land and forest management practices and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-15-life-on-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rice farmers working in the field, Kandal province, Cambodia. Photo by ILO/ Khem Sovannara, taken on 12 July 2007. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.agriculture continues to play an important role in Cambodia’s economy, but it provides a livelihood for a smaller proportion of today’s population <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/agriculture-and-fishing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Farmers harvest corn from their farms, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank/Chhor Sokunthea, taken on 17 July 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Key agricultural commodities and products include rice, rubber, corn (maize), vegetables and fruit, and cassava (tapioca). More than 90 percent of Cambodia’s agricultural exports <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/agricultural-commodities-processing-and-products/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

One of the key goals of the 2030 agenda is to “decouple economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation”.622 Sustainable consumption and production involves promotion of resource and energy efficiency as well as reduction of economic, social and environmental costs. These are intended to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-12-responsible-consumption-and-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Environmental protection and conservation are given high priority in the Royal Government of Cambodia’s guiding strategy, the Rectangular Strategy Phase III (2014–2018). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/overview-of-policy-and-legal-framework/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Royal Government of Cambodia's land policy has three pillars: land administration, land management and land distribution. The objective of the country’s land policy is to facilitate the use and management of land and natural resources for socio-economic development in an equitable and sustainable manner. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/land-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chi Phat primary school, Koh Kong Province. Photo by ODC team, taken on 28 November 2017. Licensed under CC BY-Sa 4.0.access to free, good quality education in Cambodia is a right set out in the country’s Constitution: article 65: “The State shall protect and promote citizens’ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/education-and-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sustainable Development Goal 6 has 8 targets and 11 indicators, which will be used to drive action towards achieving universal access to safely managed water and sanitation and appropriate management of water resources.714 SDG 6 recognizes that sustainably managing water goes beyond providing a safe water <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-6-clean-water-and-sanitation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Beginning in 2002, the World Bank, Germany, Finland and Canada began a joint-program to promote land tenure security in Cambodia by providing financial and technical support to land titling efforts. Following the eviction of residents of the Boeung Kak Lake area of Phnom Penh due <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/development-and-assistance-for-land-tenure-and-land-titling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>