Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has updated the dataset and map layer of Community protected areas (2006-2019) in Cambodia​ by adding another 13 community protected areas in both Khmer and English. You can find the dataset in various format such as SHP, KML, GeoJSON, CSV and JPEG.=> <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-updated-the-dataset-and-map-layer-of-community-protected-areas-2006-2019/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Khmer version of A smArtphone App to help lAw enforcement deAl with the illegAl wildlife trAde wAs lAunched yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/wildscAn-App-to-help-fight-AnimAl-trAfficking/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A second pAir of endAngered pileAted gibbons releAsed into the forest neAr Angkor WAt lAst yeAr hAve hAd A bAby. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/endAngered-gibbon-born-At-Angkor-wAt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 100 workers at a Kandal province footwear factory fainted on Monday, according to a report on the National Police website. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/100-pass-out-at-shoe-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A blood-testing lAb in Siem Riep wAs closed down yesterdAy morning After it wAs discovered to be operAting without A licence. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unlicensed-blood-test-clinic-shuttered-in-sr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

One decade ago, villagers celebrated when a 10,000 hectare Economic Land Concession here was awarded to a prominent Phnom Penh tycoon. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/elc-plantation-land-use-it-or-lose-it/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After exposure in the press And A brush with militAry police, A protest leAder hAs fled rurAl KAmpot for Siem ReAp province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/protest-leAder-flees/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

NGO Forum confirmed yesterday it had received a “warning letter” from the Ministry of Foreign affairs over its advocacy on behalf of communities affected by a railway rehabilitation project funded by the asian Development Bank (aDB) and ausaID. The warning to the umbrella group of 88 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-forum-breaks-silence-on-warning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s biggest solar power initiative to date &ndash; expected to provide electricity to 12,000 households in off-grid areas &ndash; will be completed on January 31, according to officials involved with the project. Yiang Tal, chief of administration at the Rural Electrification Fund, said more than 10,000 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/largest-ever-cambodian-solar-project-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

PHNOM PENH &mdash; Cambodia’s low-rise capital city is reaching for the sky&mdash;again. Long known as one of the last major asian cities without a skyline, Phnom Penh embarked on a high-rise building boom in the middle of the last decade, only to see it derailed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-developers-again-aim-at-stars/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 40 workers had fainted at a garment factory yesterday after officials prevented them leaving the building when four of their co-workers collapsed, a labour department official said. The mass fainting occurred at the Nanguo Garment Co Ltd factory in Preah Sihanouk province’s Prey Nub <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-40-faint-as-firm-denies-exit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The US House of Representatives has renewed a trade law experts said could have a substantial effect on Cambodia’s exports to the United States, as well as the future of the Kingdom’s manufacturing sector. The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program waived tariffs on about US$13 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-awaits-us-trade-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The opposition has raised conflict-of-interest concerns over another agreement headed to the National assembly today guaranteeing the government will buy electricity from a power plant to be constructed by a company owned by ruling party Senator Lao Meng Khin. However, it was unclear yesterday whether the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/another-power-deal-for-senator/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The World Bank said yesterday that it is continuing to search for a new country manager following the departure of Quimiao Fann last month for a new role in the former Soviet Union. a Chinese national and economist by training, Mr. Fan has been <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-still-searching-for-country-manager/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Amid sAfety feArs in the construction industry, Authorities yesterdAy refused to reveAl the owner of A brAnd-new industriAl building thAt crAshed to the ground in Phnom Penh on SundAy, just dAys before hundreds were to hAve set foot in it. Sen Sok district governor Khoun Sreng <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/buildings-owner-unknown/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just published a new online resource detailing on 39 Special Economic Zones in Cambodia along with comprehensive references which are accessible and available in bilingual versions, Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map web tool, this profile page aims <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-added-one-new-features%e2%80%8b-of-cambodia-sino-metallic-material-sez-on-special-economic-zones-sezs-profile-page/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 06 July 2017, in order to solve the current chaotic situation, the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Royal Government’s measures in dealing with current situation of the Cambodian workers:Calling Cambodian workers to remain calm, while the Thai <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-royal-governments-measures-in-dealing-with-current-situation-of-the-cambodian-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lAck of proper regulAtions, unreAlistic mArket dAtA And A constAnt streAm of disputes between CAmbodiA’s mobile operAtors will likely hinder the country’s future telecommunicAtions regulAtor from effectively governing the sector, According to A leAding reseArch firm. Without the enActment of telecommunicAtions lAw, which is currently <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/future-telecommunicAtions-regulAtor-will-fAce-chAllenges/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A high-rAnking Army officiAl, his driver And two others were chArged with drug trAfficking yesterdAy following A series of Arrests over the weekend And A rAid thAt yielded neArly 5kg of methAmphetAmine. Questioning of the four by prosecutors At the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court finished yesterdAy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/four-chArged-in-infAntry-generAls-drug-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>