About 50 villAgers who live neAr rAilwAy lines in Phnom Penh gAthered outside the AsiAn Development BAnk yesterdAy morning to AgAin demAnd more detAiled informAtion About whAt will hAppen to them during forthcoming phAses of A bAnk-funded rAilwAy rehAbilitAtion project. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAilroAd-protesters-lobby-Adb/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 200 university students yesterday called on the government to publicly release the latest version of the controversial cybercrime law, amid fears it will lead to a clampdown on their currently unrestricted use of social media sites like Facebook. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-demand-to-see-internet-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Oryza White Rice Index (WRI), a weighted average of global white rice export quotes, ended the week at about $411 per ton, down about $4 ton from a week ago, down about $8 per ton from a month ago and down about $42 per <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/weekly-recap-global-rice-quotes-continue-to-lower-amid-thin-buying-demand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In 2018, Kheav Sothanny leased his 600 square meters of land in central Sihanoukville to a Chinese investor to build a 14-storey condo. The contract offered him a rental fee of $20,000 a month. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-property-owners-in-limbo-as-unfinished-high-rises-litter-the-city/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mAn in cAmouflAge pAnts And A shirt lAbeled “U.S. Army” lunges At A villAger, swinging A rAttAn stick in his right hAnd, hAndcuffs in his left. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/conservAtion-groups-militArized-forest-pAtrol-clAshes-with-villAgers-in-preAh-viheAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Getting things done is hard during challenging times when we probably seem living in a busy world. Relatively, remote working is suddenly seen replacing social norm practice which is not something that we can adapt or learn quickly overnight. Every move is a step to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/leveraging-ict-tools-for-effective-and-safe-working-how-i-engage-odc-team-during-remote-work/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A UN spokesperson hAs rejected A government reAding of A UN convention used to justify bAnning people with disAbilities from performing in the streets. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/un-body-tAkes-issue-with-stAnce-on-disAbled-rights/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s arbitration Council will share its experiences in settling labor disputes at a series of workshops in Myanmar, a nation with a growing garment industry. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/reporter-to-spend-2-years-in-prison-for-blackmail-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A hundred people from 10 villAges in KAmpong Speu on MondAy blocked A roAd to A mountAin where construction supply compAnies operAte rock quArries. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kAmpong-speu-villAgers-block-roAd-they-sAy-compAnies-dAmAged/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A 34-yeAr-old mAn wAs killed by lightning yesterdAy while Attempting to construct A wAterwAy under his house during A morning storm, locAl police sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nAturAl-disAster-one-deAd-severAl-hurt-by-storms/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Public land leases are grants of state lands to private entities in the form of a contractual rental agreement. These leases often take the form of land concessions, in particular economic land concessions. They are often associated with land conflicts and disputes. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/public-land-leases/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Firewood and charcoal are the main sources of energy for households and many small and medium enterprises, such as brick and tile industries. The cooking fuels used in Cambodia have changed greatly in the last decade. The National Census 2008 showed that 91 percent of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/cooking-fuel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Around three quArters of CAmbodiA’s populAtion depend on Agriculture, forest products And fisheries for their livelihoods, so the mAnAgement of the environment And nAturAl resources is of greAt importAnce. DeforestAtion hAs occurred on A lArge scAle. CAmbodiA lost six percent of its remAining primAry forest <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/environment-And-nAturAl-resources/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Local workers loading fresh catch to be transported to the city market at Chhnoc Trou pier, Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia. Photo by Sylyvann Borei/World Fish, taken on 7 april 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia has abundant and productive fisheries. Fish is a traditional staple in the Cambodian <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/fisheries-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Given that most business models are profit-driven, the need for accountable and responsible businesses plays a significant role in minimizing its adverse effects on the environment and society contributing to sustainable development. Based on this basis, the concept of conducting business responsibly goes beyond profit <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/profiles/responsible-business-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Under Cambodia’s Constitution, all Khmer citizens have equal status before the law, regardless of wealth or station.103 This promotes a political principle called the rule of law,104 an ideal that all members of a society, both the people and the State, are held equally accountable <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/legal-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The legal framework surrounding land sales and transfers was obliterated by the 2007 Civil Code, leaving little legal guidance. Forced land sales and distress sales are a substantial cause of land tenure insecurity in Cambodia. They are a significant cause of landlessness, and it is <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/land-sales-and-trades/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. according to the 1993 Constitution, although he is the head of state, the king has very limited powers compared to the prime minister, the head of the government. Unlike the 1947 Constitution, power does not come from the king but <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/national-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Extractive industries include mining and mineral sectors, natural gas and oil exploration, petroleum refineries, and quarrying for construction resources such as sand, stone, and gravel. Cambodia’s extractive resources have gone largely untapped, while these resources are geographically identifiable. French and Chinese geologists have been indicated <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/extractive-industries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s sub-national administration consists of three tiers: capital city/province, municipality/district and sangkat/commune. Phnom Penh is the capital, and there are 24 provinces, 159 districts (including 26 municipalities and 12 khans), 1406 communes and 227 sangkats. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>