SDG 15 focuses on the sustainable use of terrestrial (land-based) biodiversity and ecosystems such as forests, grasslands, deserts and mountains and their interaction with freshwater systems. It aims to protect and restore their ecological function. the work includes applying sustainable land and forest management practices and ...

Social land concessions (SLCs) are intended to provide to the landless or land-poor land on which to establish residences and/or generate income through agriculture. the Cambodian Government that more than 30,000 households have received land as social land concessions. Despite its pro-poor intention, the SLC ...

Election ballots, Cambodia. Photo by Daniel Littlewood, taken on April 20, 2004. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0History of Cambodia’s electionsCambodia saw consecutive civil wars for more than 20 years after the coup in 1970. In 1991, parties in the conflict reached agreement to end the ...

According to the Kingdom of Cambodia’s 2019 general population census, the total Cambodian population is 15,552,211 (51.31% of females).173 By 2021, the population increased to 16,589,023.174 Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and other minorities also live in the country. Indigenous ethnic groups known as “Khmer Loeu” live ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia has acknowledged The potential of The tourism industry as a source of Cambodia’s socio-economy growth, including job creation and poverty reduction. Tourism has been considered one of Cambodia’s key economic pillars, both international and domestic. In The early 2000s, The ...

Cambodia’s sub-national administration consists of three tiers: capital city/province, municipality/district and sangkat/commune. Phnom Penh is the capital, and there are 24 provinces, 159 districts (including 26 municipalities and 12 khans), 1406 communes and 227 sangkats. ...

Starting from 2001, work began on promoting the formation of a Cambodian Stock Exchange (CSE or CSX) as a means of supporting the economic system in Cambodia’s development. A stock exchange facilitates the buying and selling of stocks among investors. Dr. Bit Seanglim, Chairman of ...

One of the key goals of the 2030 Agenda is to “decouple economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation”.327 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 ...

Construction of a laboratory funded by Chinese money. Photo by Michael Coghlan, taken on 10 January 2014. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0China, while once being at odds with the current government, is now Cambodia’s largest development partner. the two nations have grown increasingly close in recent ...

Cambodia relies heavily on its groundwater resources to overcome water shortages during the dry season. More than half of the population depends on it when enough surface water is not available. At a certain depth, the ground is saturated with water, and the upper surface ...

Goal 16’s full title is “Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.” It has a monitoring framework of 12 targets (2 around means of implementation) and 23 indicators.  Transition ...

Public policies are a system of laws, regulatory measures, and plans of action implemented by the government to ensure that its functions are performed predictably and consistently.437 Policies typically outline the guiding principles of an operation; meanwhile, regulations set procedural expectations. Currently, there are no ...

For most of the 21st century, Cambodia has enjoyed significant economic expansion, moving from a period of political turmoil to emerge as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Cambodia achieved lower-middle-income status in 2015, largely as a result of free-market reforms, the introduction ...

Under Cambodia’s Constitution, all Khmer citizens have equal status before the law, regardless of wealth or station.479 This promotes a political principle called the rule of law,480 an ideal that all members of a society, both the people and the State, are held equally accountable ...

A land concession is a grant of rights over an area of land for a specific purpose. In Cambodia land concessions can be granted for various purposes, including agribusiness, redistribution of land to the landless and land-poor, infrastructure development, mining and fishing. they have been ...

The launch event of a project improving The delivery of public services through ICT in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia. Photo by The ODC team, taken on 28 June 2017. Licensed under a CC BY-SA 4.0.Civil society, representing The interests of ordinary citizens, is The part of ...

The rights to freedom of association are protected under Cambodia’s laws. Article 36 of The Constitution of The Kingdom of Cambodia provides that ‘Khmer citizens of both sexes shall have The rights to create unions and participate as its members’. Thus, under The 1997 Labor ...

Cambodia’s forests have seen a significant reduction of total forest and dense forest cover in recent years, the growth of plantations, particularly rubber, and an ongoing problem with illegal logging. ...

The primary legal requirements for environmental impact assessments (EIAs) in Cambodia are set out in Content II, Book V of The Environment and Natural Resource Code575, Chapter III of The Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management 1996576(EPNRM Law), and The Sub-Decree no. 72 ...