One of the key goals of the 2030 agenda is to “decouple economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation”.1 Sustainable consumption and production involves promotion of resource and energy efficiency as well as reduction of economic, social and environmental costs. These are intended to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-12-responsible-consumption-and-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Romam Gvin could be described as a counterintuitive voter. Intuition might lead you to believe that Mr. Gvin blames the government for the loss of his land to the Vietnamese rubber company that now owns everything for as far as the eye can see here in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/despite-land-loss-minorities-back-status-quo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

‘Top up $2 and get 30 free minutes daily for 20 days. Top up $5 and expand the same offer for a month. and, for a $10 recharge, that half-an-hour freebie lasts 50 days.” Mobile operator Beeline, which announced the promotion in august, called it “another <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/resurgent-mobile-deals-could-hurt-margins-analysts-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Environmental protection and conservation are given high priority in the Royal Government of Cambodia’s guiding strategy, the Rectangular Strategy Phase III (2014–2018). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/overview-of-policy-and-legal-framework/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Health Ministry on Monday released a statement warning travellers of Ebola after the World Health Organisation declared a new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/health-ministry-warns-travellers-of-ebola-outbreak/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The meeting of a bipartisan committee to discuss the draft trade union law has been delayed yet again, according to a ruling party official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/meeting-on-draft-union-law-pushed-to-monday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

International legal experts say a group of laws recently passed in Cambodia to reform the judiciary does little to ensure a balance of powers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/legal-experts-say-justice-ministry-granted-excessive-power-over-judiciary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Lawmakers at a CPP-only session of the National assembly voted yesterday to approve a new law on commune elections and an updated set of internal rules for the assembly. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-assembly-votes-in-two-new-measures-cnrp-absent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A dAy After being AwArded the fledgling Gusi PeAce Prize in MAnilA, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s youngest son, Hun MAny, returned home to A hero’s welcome on ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hun-mAny-hAiled-on-return-with-peAce-prize/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Only 80 Mekong River dolphins remain. Conservation efforts are underway in Cambodia but these unique animals are facing a new threat from a mega dam in neighboring Lao. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mega-dam-threatens-mekong-dolphins/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A cAmpAign will be lAunched country-wide to educAte the public About how to properly use finAnciAl services, A forum on microfinAnce in Phnom Penh wAs told yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nAtionAl-bAnk-to-lAunch-finAnciAl-literAcy-cAmpAign/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Immigration police arrested a Belgian man in Phnom Penh on Monday for using a forged passport to withdraw nearly $50,000 from Canadia Bank, officials said on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/belgian-arrested-for-stealing-48k-from-canadia-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The U.S.’s Denver Art Museum on MondAy officiAlly returned A 10th century sAndstone sculpture tAken from A CAmbodiAn temple during civil-wAr erA to CAmbodiA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/u-s-denver-Art-museum-returns-looted-10th-century-sculpture-to-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National assembly yesterday passed a contentious trade union law, just hours after a group of pro-union demonstrators and Daun Penh district security guards clashed violently outside. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-union-law-passes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has signed into effect a sub-decree that aims to create a clear licensing and exploration framework for the Kingdom’s nascent mining industry. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-inks-sub-decree-to-control-mining-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thirteen ethnic Tumpuon villagers have been summonsed to appear at Ratanakkiri Provincial Court on Wednesday over a long-running land dispute with a rubber firm in Bakeo district. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ratanakkiri-villagers-decry-land-grab-summons/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lAwyer for two opposition lAwmAkers brutAlly beAten outside pArliAment lAte lAst month hAs filed A complAint to the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court demAnding $50,000 in compensAtion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/compensAtion-sought-for-AttAcked-mps/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A recent forum highlighted A growing concern of CAmbodiAn youth About CAmbodiA’s lArgest lowlAnd evergreen forest, Prey LAng, And the impActs of deforestAtion cAused by illegAl logging. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/uni-students-urge-protection-for-prey-lAng-forest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A shArp rebound in internAtionAl rubber prices hAs put workers At plAntAtions in CAmbodiAn bAck to work, And hAs infused the sector with A rAre sense of optimism. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rubber-prices-bounce-bAck/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prominent Cambodian political activist and commentator Kem Ley was shot dead in broad daylight while sitting in a coffee shop at a gas station in Phnom Penh Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-activist-gunned-down-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>