Mangrove forests along Cambodia’s coast in Kampot support more than 100,000 families and create a diverse ecosystem that is home to hundreds of unique species. But coastal development projects, coupled with locals’ reliance on the forest for their livelihoods, threaten to decimate more than 1,000 hectares <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/projects-threaten-mangroves/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

District security guards this morning arrested 11 political activists taking part in a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh against the imprisonment of 23 protesters who were beaten and arrested earlier this month. The protesters, including union leader Rong Chhun and prominent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/11-activists-arrested-while-petitioning-us-french-embassies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives for the hundreds of families facing eviction from homes around Phnom Penh International airport have agreed to let the compliance ombudsman of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private investment arm of the World Bank, mediate a solution to the land dispute with the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ifc-ombudsman-to-help-settle-phnom-penh-airport-land-dispute-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Friday warned that a union-led public forum scheduled for Freedom Park on Saturday morning would not be allowed to proceed, adding that a fresh wave of union marches next week are also banned. The security minister’s comments came during a talk <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-bans-rally-gives-police-54k%e2%80%88in-bonuses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday charged a man with committing violence under aggravating circumstances after he was detained by protesters at a demonstration in Phnom Penh on Sunday and handed over to police on suspicion of instigating violence at the rally near Freedom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/alleged-violent-protest-provocateur-charged/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The bodies of a 39-year-old woman and her 18-month-old nephew were recovered Thursday two days after a riverbank collapse caused their home in Kandal Province’s Khsach Kandal district to plunge into the Mekong River while they slept, but the woman’s 3-year-old son has not yet <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bodies-found-after-mekong-riverbank-collapse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A 41-yeAr-old prisoner died of A heArt AttAck in Prey SAr prison’s CorrectionAl Center 1 on FebruAry 15, but only After he spent more thAn two hours stuck in his overcrowded cell wAiting for medicAl treAtment, his fellow prisoners Allege. CC1 AdministrAtor Khuth Vuthy, who confirmed <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/inmAte-died-After-hours-without-Aid-prisoners-sAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A police officer who hAs been implicAted in A fAtAl hit-And-run hAs been Asked by locAl police in KAndAl province to come to their office And negotiAte A settlement for the victims’ fAmilies, police sAid SundAy. Ek SovAnnArA&mdAsh;the son of Ek Krit, A former KAndAl provinciAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-invite-hit-And-run-officer-to-solve-problem/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A deputy commune chief in BAttAmbAng City filed A complAint MondAy with the provinciAl election committee (PEC), Accusing the CNRP of fAiling to inform him when they publicly screened A politicAl video in his commune on MAy 6 And 7. “I hAve received this complAint,” sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAttAmbAng-officiAl-files-cAmpAign-complAint-AgAinst-cnrp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Four brokers accused of duping 19 victims out of thousands of dollars for non-existent jobs in South Korea were arrested at Phnom Penh International airport on Saturday. Keo Thea, chief of Phnom Penh’s anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection department, said Por Sen Chey district police arrested <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/brokers-nabbed-at-airport/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Outspoken female MP takes battle to Hun Sen’s ruling party as Cambodia goes to the polls. She is brave, eloquent and defiant in a country where government critics have been detained, imprisoned and sometimes killed for speaking out. Now Mu Sochua, Cambodia‘s leading female opposition MP, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-power-figure-mu-sochua-relishes-election-fight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Siem Reap’s provincial government apparatus, which in 2010 was relocated to a remote site 16 km outside of the city as part of an extensive and hugely controversial swap of government land and buildings, is moving back to its old home in the tourist city’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-land-swap-siem-reap-government-moves-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials, business professionals and political analysts have mixed opinions on the leadership of the single-party Cambodian government and what the future hold for the next five years. Sok Touch, a professor of political science at Khemarak University, said the political deadlock won’t help the nation become <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/what-does-the-future-hold/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kep province &ndash; On a sunny weekday in Kep, a seaside village about halfway along Cambodia’s coast, the crab market was heaving. Women in straw hats and rubber boots stood knee deep in the surf shouting out prices, periodically darting into the sea to pull writhing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-cambodia-lost-retreats-once-again-found/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The European Union and WWF yesterday launched a $3.4 million project to conserve natural resources in Mondulkiri province. according to a press release issued yesterday, the EU and WWF have officially launched a project worth $3.4 million to support sustainable management of rich forest resources in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/project-launched-to-conserve-natural-resources-in-mondulkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A huAl of rosewood timber wAs confiscAted in PursAt province’s KrAkor district yesterdAy, sAid A militAry police officer involved in the crAckdown. The bust, resulting in the seizure of hundreds of timber pieces And A cAr thAt trAnsported them, wAs cArried out by the PursAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rosewood-hAul-confiscAted-in-pursAt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The ministries of Economy and Finance, and Justice have established a committee to manage property seized from crime, a document signed by the respective ministers said. The “Managing Committee of Confiscated Property” is to handle the sale of items transferred from the courts after a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/committee-to-manage-criminal-seizures-formed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Sihanoukville municipal administration on Saturday issued a notice ordering buildings on state land along Street 821a, in Commune 4, to be removed by august 2. Municipal governor Y Sokleng on Sunday said the administration planned to widen Street 821a &ndash; currently eight metres wide <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-residents-to-remove-homes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A complAint filed At the PreAh ViheAr ProvinciAl Court Accuses four Kuoy ethnic villAgers of goAding some 70 others into confiscAting trActors being used to cleAr community lAnd by A subsidiAry of the Chinese sugAr compAny Rui Feng, which hAs been involved in A series <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/four-villAgers-cAlled-to-court-over-lAnd-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A 20-yeAr-old lAnd dispute in KAndAl province between residents of Por Miev villAge And the PhAn Imex construction compAny hit A new snAg on WednesdAy when villAgers discovered thAt workers hAd brought excAvAtion equipment to A pArcel of lAnd thAt borders communAl property At the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAge-protests-hAlt-phAn-imex-lAnd-cleAring-in-kAndAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>