Mondulkiri villagers say a local road has been blocked by a private landowner, but they are not sure who is behind the development and a commune chief says he is unaware of the dispute. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mondulkiri-road-blocked-by-private-development-residents-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Governor Vy Samnang of Takeo province on Tuesday endorsed a proposal to establish a special economic zone (SEZ) on a 32-hectare area in Bati district by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Chaoshan. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/takeo-to-establish-sez-in-bati-district/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia could see less preferential economic treatment by Europe in coming years, as it graduates as a more developed country, the EU’s ambassador to Cambodia says. In an interview with VOa Khmer in Phnom Penh, ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain said Cambodia currently enjoys tariff exemptions under a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/development-could-mean-loss-of-eu-trade-preference-ambassador-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The deaths of at least two Cambodian workers and injuries sustained by 10 colleagues at a shoe factory southwest of Phnom Penh once more shine a light on conditions in the global garment manufacturing industry. Thursday’s accident at the Wing Star Shoe factory in the Cambodian <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-factory-deaths-shine-spotlight-on-conditions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A finAnciAl review by USAID, the U.S. government’s development Arm, into locAl heAlth NGO Reproductive And Child HeAlth AlliAnce (RACHA) hAs found finAnciAl mismAnAgement coupled with A lAck of trAnspArency And oversight within the orgAnizAtion thAt mAy point to evidence of frAudulent Activity. Well-known for its <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/usAid-review-of-heAlth-ngo-finds-litAny-of-irregulArities/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Friday confirmed that the deployment of armored personnel carriers (aPCs) to Phnom Penh from the Thai-Cambodian border is part of a concerted security operation in response to the opposition’s plans to hold protests against the outcome of the July 28 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-says-armored-vehicles-sent-to-maintain-security/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

SIEM REAP CITY &ndAsh; Opposition leAder SAm RAinsy wAs greeted TuesdAy by 15,000 supporters And A smAll dust storm At the CNRP’s first post-election rAlly in Siem ReAp, where he once AgAin cAlled on Prime Minister Hun Sen to stAnd down. Arriving on A scheduled flight <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/in-siem-reAp-rAinsy-AgAin-cAlls-for-hun-sen-to-step-down/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court has summoned for questioning three villagers accused of torching in May a shed on disputed land granted to the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem. The case is another example of courts resurrecting longstanding land disputes that had gone <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/courts-resurrect-land-disputes-after-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of 12 ethnic minority villAgers in RAtAnAkkiri province hAve filed A complAint with the provinciAl court over whAt they clAim is collusion between other villAgers And locAl Authorities to illegAlly log luxury timber from 193 hectAres of lAnd inside A community forest. The Prov <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ethnic-minorities-file-illegAl-logging-complAint/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Three highly venomous cobras were thrown early Tuesday morning into the Phnom Penh home of a family locked in a dispute with a private company that wants to develop the family’s land in Tuol Kok district. Ly Sreang Kheng, 58, his wife Mok Siv Hong, 51, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cobras-thrown-into-land-dispute-familys-home/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police in Kompong Chhnang province on Tuesday said they were looking for three suspects in the murder of a local journalist on Friday night and may soon add more names to the list, but still had no motive for the attack. However, the provincial coordinator for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/killing-of-journalist-may-not-be-linked-to-illegal-fishing-reports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Seven million young lobsters had been released into Cambodia’s rivers and Tonle Sap Lake this year in an effort to build the nation’s fish and shellfish stocks, officials said yesterday. Nao Thouk, general director of the Fisheries administration at the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said, about <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wild-lobster-stocks-replenished/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A drAft AgriculturAl lAnd lAw threAtens to eliminAte property rights And effectively remove All limitAtions on the size of economic lAnd concessions, A coAlition of civil society groups sAid in A stAtement releAsed.The drAft of The LAw on the MAnAgement And Use of AgriculturAl LAnd, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/property-rights-threAtened-ngos-clAim/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has added 3 new layers of forest cover in Cambodia from 2015 to 2017 in both Khmer and English. You can find document in various format such as GeoTIFF and JPEG.=> Please click here to get in to the dataset page <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-added-3-new-map-layers-of-forest-cover-in-cambodia-2012-2016/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “List of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)​ Companies in Cambodia” by adding 22 new CSR data. This dataset provide a comprehensive and insightful overview of corporate initiatives that have a significant impact on the social and environmental <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-odc-updated-an-existing-dataset-on-list-of-corporate-social-responsibility-csr-companies-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Red Cross (CRC) is the principal humanitarian society in Cambodia. The government has designated it as an auxiliary to public bodies offering humanitarian assistance. In addition to the national headquarters, the CRC has 25 branches.1 CRC was founded in 1955 and has worked <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/red-cross/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is set up as a multi-party democracy under a constitutional monarchy. The King serves as the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of the Royal Government of Cambodia. Norodom Sihamoni,59 the King, was crowned in 2004 after the abdication of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cabinet approved a Law on accounting and audits at a meeting Friday morning. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/law-on-accounting-and-audits-approved-by-cabinet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Community fishery refuges, Battambang, Cambodia. Photo by alan Brooks/WorldFish, taken on 2 November 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Fishing practices in Cambodia are classified into three broad categories: small-scale or family fishing, medium-scale and large-scale or commercial fishing.In 2001, aware of the need to safeguard <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/community-fisheries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nineteen onshore blocks have been delineated for possible oil exploration. Contracts have been awarded for three. No oil is currently extracted in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/onshore-oil-and-gas-exploration-and-extraction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>