Logging truck in Mondulkiri protected forest , Cambodia. Photo by Global Water Forum, taken on 23 February 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-Sa 2.0Cambodia is deeply concerned about deforestation. While the country seeks fast economic development, forests represent a tremendous national treasure. In order to help <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/forest-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) was thrilled to host a panel discussion on “Strategic environmental assessment (SEa) in Mekong countries” at the 42nd annual Conference of the International association for Impact assessment: Resilience through impact assessment and Leadership on 10th May 2023 at Borneo Convention Centre <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/strategic-environmental-assessment-in-mekong-country/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The emergence and spread of COVID-19 have brought significant economic pressure on nations around the globe. The pressures on Cambodia are evident in multiple aspects of the country’s economy. The country’s administration has halted certain operations within its economy since confirming its first case in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/response-to-covid-19-cambodias-economic-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Small and medium enterprises (SME) have long been considered a vital driver to economic growth for developing economies. SMEs stimulate job creation throughout the country. Migration of employment to neighboring countries and the unemployment rate has significantly decreased due to a rising number of SMEs, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/small-and-medium-enterprises-sme/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On the morning of September 23, anti-eviction champion Tep Vanny was grappling with a legion of security guards blocking the entrance of the Daun Penh district offices while fellow protesters dismantled a razor-wire barricade nearby. The next day, she was on a plane to Washington <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tep-vanny-from-boeng-kak-protester-to-globe-trotting-advocate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has ordered ang &amp; associates Lawyer Co. Ltd., a company headed by well-known businessman Kith Meng, to cease logging in an area of Stung Treng province where a hydropower dam will be built. Sesan district governor Yeang Srey Sary said Thursday that a delegation <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-suspends-logging-in-stung-treng-dam-concession/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Economists and analysts on Thursday shrugged off the opposition CNRP’s threat to stage nationwide labor strikes, arguing that while such a move could lower profits for companies in the short term, it would not significantly deter foreign investors. Mr. Rainsy, who mentioned the possibility of strikes <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investors-play-down-impact-of-labor-strikes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An NGO’s plAn to build An “entire city” for the victims of A forced eviction hAs been bAcked by the Phnom Penh municipAl government, with preliminAry construction AlreAdy under wAy. The $2.2 to $2.5 million project, devised by the orgAnisAtion People for CAre And LeArning, is expected <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngo-plAns-to-build-mini-city/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Taiwanese food supplier Ve Wong, one of two sugar company owners locked in a long-running battle with villagers in Koh Kong’s Sre ambel district, has made an eyebrow-raising offer &ndash; to give the disputed land back. The company’s offer, posted to the non-profit Business and Human <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-twist-in-cambodian-sugar-firm-saga/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police in Preah Sihanouk province yesterday arrested a British national in a guesthouse for alleged drug possession. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/brit-hauled-in-on-drug-allegations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 11 June 2024, Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) conducted a full-day training session in Siem Reap city, Siem Reap province, for the project “Strengthening Informal Economies and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Cambodia through Open Data and Digital Literacy,” funded by the Center <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/representatives-from-diverse-businesses-in-siem-reap-attended-odcs-training-on-business-and-digital-literacy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As CAmbodiA emerged from yeArs of conflict, pressures grew on nAturAl resources And sensitive AreAs. In response, A number of protected AreAs were creAted by royAl decree in 1993 to protect ecologicAlly And culturAlly importAnt plAces. More detAiled guidelines on mAnAging the country’s protected AreAs <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/protected-AreAs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is pleased to announce that we will take part in the implementation of the Innovations for Social accountability in Cambodia (ISaC) project after receiving a 5-year cooperative agreement as an ISaC sub-awardee. ISaC is a five-year (2019-2024) project funded by the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/innovations-for-social-accountability-in-cambodia-isac/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Woman working in the salt fields in Kampot. Photo by douglasjonesjr, taken on 28 March 2014. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.Salt is produced in Kampot and Kep provinces, where seawater is allowed into salt evaporation ponds  as the water evaporates, salt crystals are left behind <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/salt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Up a sweeping jungle valley in a remote corner of Cambodia, Chinese engineers and workers are raising a 100-meter- (330-foot-) high dam over the protests of villagers and activists. Only Chinese companies are willing to tame the Tatay and other rivers of Koh Kong province, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-is-top-dam-builder-going-where-others-wont/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen pushed ahead with forming a new government on Tuesday and said he had rejected a demand from the main opposition party, which says it won July’s general election, to be given senior positions in parliament. Hun Sen told reporters that, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-hun-sen-pushes-on-with-forming-government-rejects-opposition-role/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The documentary “Even a Bird Needs a Nest,” which premiered Thursday night at Meta House in Phnom Penh, starts off strong: an interview of Prime Minister Hun Sen speaking about the country’s progress and development. “The period of Hun Sen is a period of searching for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-documentary-explores-the-societal-costs-of-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia suffers from severe annual flooding, and many people who can’t swim die every year as a result. an innovative solution to the generations-old problem may have been found, not by policy hacks or scientists, but by children. a group of 11-year-olds from Cambodia’s one-of-a-kind Liger <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/small-people-big-ideas-kids-win-award-for-flood-solution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the predawn hours of May 6, a flatbed truck packed with lengths of illegally logged timber sped past a checkpoint in Ratanakkiri province, knocking aside a police car and racing off. Police later tracked down the truck to a house in Banlung City. In the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/how-cambodias-secretive-timber-auctions-are-fueling-the-illegal-logging-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ministry of Women’s AffAirs. Photo tAken from the Ministry’s FAcebook PAge, tAken on 17 September 2016.EstAblishmentUnder RoyAl Decree No. NS/RKM/0197/22, the Ministry of Women’s AffAirs wAs formAlly estAblished on 24 JAnuAry 1996. The Ministry becAme the Ministry of Women And VeterAn’s AffAirs under the RoyAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/ministry-of-womens-AffAirs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>