There is no large-scale industrial mining of gems in Cambodia, and few full-time miners. Most people involved in looking for gemstones fit it around other work – typically farm work – and mostly do it without licenses. as with artisanal mining, miners are often very <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/gemstone-mining/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minerals from Halpern Mineral Collection, San Francisco, Photo by Eric Hunt taken on October 21 2006. License under: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Many of Cambodia’s mineral resources are undeveloped, with most production concentrating on construction materials such as crushed stone, sand, gravel and limestone.1There is currently no <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/mineral-and-mineral-products/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

SDG 7 focuses on affordable, reliable and sustainable access to modern energy services. This includes ensuring universal access to energy services (SDG 7.1), increasing the proportion of renewable energy sources used to supply these services (SDG 7.2) and doubling the rate of energy efficiency improvements <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg7-affordable-and-clean-energy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The garment industry has rooted in Cambodia earlier than the footwear industry. as a result of trade privileges given by the U.S. and EU, both industries have blossomed. as of 2013, the garment and footwear industries were accountable for about 80 percent of Cambodia’s total <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/garments-and-textiles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

There is currently no oils refinery in Cambodia. although a refinery has been planned, its construction has been delayed several times, reportedly over financing difficulties. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/oil-refineries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Legal aid is provided either by the Bar association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BaKC), internationally funded Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and public interest law firms. a special legal team under the supervision of the Prime Minister, aiming to assist impoverished women, particularly those in prison, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/legal-aid-providers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Young child drinks clean water in Cambodia. Photo by Cecilia Snyder, taken on 12 July 2003. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Water pollution can be defined in many different ways. Basically, it is the contamination of water when pollutants are discharged into water bodies without treatment <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/water-pollution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sustainable Development Goal 4 &ndash; Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all &ndash; focuses on education as a fundamental human right that is necessary for the achievement of all the SDGs.105 Education supports the achievement of gender equality by empowering women and is crucial to creating <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-4-quality-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rural energy cooperative in Cambodia. Photo by Nomade Moderne, taken on 23 March 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The electricity distributed in Cambodia is partly generated within the country and partly imported. For many years, local generation was on a relatively small scale, and was <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/electricity-infrastructure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Though there are multiple forms of communal property, the rights associated with indigenous communal property are subject to significant legal and socio-economic issues. Indigenous communities are culturally very different from the rest of Cambodia, and the law provides them with the opportunity to obtain collective <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/communal-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For most of the 21st century, Cambodia has enjoyed significant economic expansion, moving from a period of political turmoil to emerge as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Cambodia achieved lower-middle-income status in 2015, largely as a result of free-market reforms, the introduction <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/securities-exchange-policy-and-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In October 2020, tropical storms LINFa and NaNGKa struck Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. The storms resulted in at least 48 fatalities, 15 missing people and more than 830,400 affected citizens, as reported by the aSEaN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian assistance on disaster management (the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/floods/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Since the 1990s, the Cambodian economy has recorded a substantial expansion led by the tourism, manufacturing and construction sectors. One of the highest economic growth rates in the world allowed Cambodia to become a lower-middle-income country in 2015 226The country has a strategic position in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/business-structures-and-legal-registration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) is initiated to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. The global SDG 5 consists of 9 targets (3 targets as means of implementation) and 14 indicators. The objectives of SDG 5 are expressed in terms <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-5-gender-equality/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The mining sector in Cambodia is mostly undeveloped, and active mining enterprises are typically small-scale quarries producing materials for construction, such as laterite, marble, granite, limestone, gravel and sand. There is no industrial-scale extraction of minerals, although many exploration licenses have been granted to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/mining/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

SDG 9 focuses on the development of sustainable and resilient infrastructure and industries, including small-scale enterprises. It encourages scientific research and the upgrade of the technological capabilities of industries. access to information and communications technology and affordable Internet access are included. The goal has 5 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-9-industry-innovation-and-infrastructure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The launch event of a project improving the delivery of public services through ICT in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia. Photo by the ODC team, taken on 28 June 2017. Licensed under a CC BY-Sa 4.0.Civil society, representing the interests of ordinary citizens, is the part of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/civil-society/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s extractive industries have traditionally operated on a small scale, mostly mining construction materials, gold or gemstones. While commercial production of minerals or oil has yet to begin on a large scale &ndash; these products made up just 0.1% of the country’s exports in 2016386 &ndash; <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/extractive-industries-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Together, fighting climate change. Photo by 350.org, taken on 12 October 2010. Licensed under CC BY-NC-Sa 2.0.Clean Development MechanismThe Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), defined in article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, allows a country with an emission-reduction or emission-limitation commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/mitigation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

table { width: 100%; } table td { vertical-align: middle; } Cambodians gathering along the Chaktomuk riverside in Phnom Penh to watch boat racing during the Water Festival. Photo by Patrik M. Loeff, taken on 24 November 2007. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.PopulationProvisional results from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/population-and-censuses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>