Community forest
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The Forest Law of 2002 provides a legal basis for rural communities to use and help manage forests through community forestry. ...
After Deadly Factory Collapse, Safety Improvements Scarce
On May 16, immediately after the ceiling of a shoe factory collapsed in Kompong Speu province, leaving two people dead, promises were made to prosecute those responsible for the tragedy and to conduct a nationwide inspection of all factories. “We will have a committee investigate clearly ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-deadly-factory-collapse-safety-improvements-scarce-39041/
PPMM #22: Highwater Risk Analysis & [Forest Cover] Change Detection
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PPMM #22: Highwater Risk Analysis & [Forest Cover] Change DetectionPlease consider yourself invited!In honor of the recent Water Festival, let’s re-celebrate it in our own geeky way – via mapping. WaterSHED Cambodia and 1001 Fountaines took a raincheck but expressed an interest in giving a ...
Expropriation
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The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Land Law of 2001 both guarantee an individual’s right to property protection. Though part of the Government’s policy framework since 2002, not until 2010 did a legal framework exist to govern the process by which the ...
Ms. THOL Syvane
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Ms. THOL Syvane is a recent graduate of Master of International Business from The University of Melbourne, Australia. She also holds a Bachelor of Finance and Banking at Royal University of Law and Economics, and a Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as a Foreign ...
Championing Girls in IT - Passerelles Numeriques Cambodia
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Passerelles Numeriques (PN) is a non-profit IT training center. PN has programs in France, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. PN Cambodia was launched in 2005. The sponsorship are supported by Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), SUPINFO, CISCO, Microsoft, HP, Accenture, Steria, and Osiatis. The ...
Jobs: ICT in Education Project Officer
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is the leading open data platform in Cambodia and envisions a sustainable, democratic and participatory development for the country. The mission of ODC is to ensure access to information and improve the data ecosystem by making up-to-date and reliable content on ...
Success story of data literacy training program: LY Vichheka
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In Cambodia, data-driven storytelling is almost non-existent and still a very new concept to most journalists, media branches, newsrooms and CSOs. In the newsrooms, data journalism is rarely produced due to limited data literacy.The project aimed to train people in data-driven storytelling. While there is ...
Land sales and trades
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The legal framework surrounding land sales and transfers was obliterated by the 2007 Civil Code, leaving little legal guidance. Forced land sales and distress sales are a substantial cause of land tenure insecurity in Cambodia. They are a significant cause of landlessness, and it is ...
Biofuel crops
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Biofuel crops have a significant potential for contributing to future energy requirements worldwide. Agricultural lands offer energy farming as an alternative to their usual role of food production. Biofuel crops are an environmentally valuable means of sustainable energy production.1 The demand for transport fuels in ...
Forest policy and administration
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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 ...
Energy policy and administration
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Electricite du Cambodge (EdC). Photo by bmeabroad, taken on 10 November 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Low electrification rates and over-dependence on fossil fuel imports have contributed to Cambodia ranking 120 out of 124 nations in the new World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index ...
Gender equality and Open Data Day 2020
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The theme for Open Data Day 2020 “Equal Development” is aligned with the Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since global SDG 5 focuses on Gender Equality and to celebrate International women’s rights day which happened to fall on the same week as the event, it ...
ODC’s third GIS workshop: GIS application in land management and education
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In the second GIS workshop, ODC received 21 participants who successfully attended and awarded in the three-day workshop with theme focusing on “data collection and application of GIS”. This time, “GIS application in land management and education” are in the center.Welcoming remark by Mr. Phy ...
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge: COVID-19 related activities update on 25 February 2020
On 25 February 2020, the Institute Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC) has announced on the update of COVID-19 related activities. Utilizing BLS-3-level biosafety and biosecurity capacity in conjunction with multiple diagnostic tests according to the WHO interim guidance, IPC has implemented, validated, and ensured diagnostic capacity ...
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge
Press release on the progress of digital policies and regulations in the digital sector in Cambodia
On 4 November 2022, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication of Cambodia (MPTC) released a public announcement on the Progress of Digital Policies and Regulations in the Digital Sector in Cambodia.To promote the digital sector’s development in Cambodia, the Royal Government has set out key ...
Ministry of Post and Telecommunication of Cambodia (MPTC)
Adaptation
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UN’s Bali Climate Change Conference. Photo by Oxfam International, taken on 4 December 2007. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Climate change is a continuing problem. In Southeast Asia, Cambodia is one of the countries that is most affected and underprepared. As it is a developing country, ...
Hydropower dams
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In 2003, a national sector review for hydropower was prepared by the Ministry for Industry, Mines and Energy (now Ministry of Mines and Energy) and the Cambodian National Mekong Committee (CNMC). This report identified 60 possible sites for hydropower development in Cambodia and estimated the ...