Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Red Cross”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Red Cross”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of Cambodia Red Cross (CRC).=>Please click here to go to “Red Cross”. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-red-cross/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia updates a new topic page on “Extractive industries”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates a topic page on “Extractive industries”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of Extractive industries in Cambodia.=>Please click here to go to “Extractive industries”. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-updates-a-new-topic-page-on-extractive-industries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Forest protection"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Forest protection”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of Forest protection in Cambodia.=>Please click here to go to “Forest protection”. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-forest-protection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Strategic environmental assessment in Mekong countries
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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/strategic-environmental-assessment-in-mekong-country/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Expropriation
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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/expropriation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Jatropha
Jatropha, known in Cambodia as “Lhong Kwong”, is commonly grown in the Kingdom. Jatropha mainly grows in the mountainous regions of the north and central parts of Cambodia but is not restricted to those areas. It can be found in Battambong, Pursat, Kampong Speu, Sihanouk, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/jatropha/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Imports
The total value of Cambodia’s international trade amounted to $35.8 billion in 2020, a 2.5 percent increase on the $34.9 billion in 2019 even after the Covid-19 pandemic slowed global trade, according to Ministry of Commerce (MoC) reports from 2020. The main sources of Cambodia’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/imports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
PPMM#16 - Polling Station Density Maps and 'Election Page' Project
ODC Senior Mapper Mean Naro presented polling station density maps.On May 28, the ODC team hosted a monthly Phnom Penh Mapping Meet-up (PPMM), in which ODC, Urban Voice of Cambodia, and John Weeks presented on recent project updates and results. Urban Voice presented results from href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/ppmm16-polling-station-density-maps-and-election-page-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia publishes three new datasets on "Result of the 4th mandate of commune/sangkat council election 2017"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published 3 new datasets on “Result of the 4th mandate of commune/sangkat council election 2017” in both Khmer and English. These datasets shows the official result of the recent commune election at provincial level by three classifications: (1) number and percentage href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-three-new-datasets-on-result-of-the-4th-mandate-of-communesangkat-council-election-2017/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Disasters
Storms, flooding and drought are the disasters that affect the largest number of people in Cambodia, and they also bring the highest cost. Climate change is likely to make things worse, with drier dry seasons predicted and more rainfall and violent storms in the wet href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/disasters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Forest policy and administration
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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/forest-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Administration
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. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Higher education
Higher education, in general, refers to education beyond the secondary level. Higher education institutions (HEIs) in Cambodia can be classified into three categories: The Royal Academy, university, and college. Cambodia’s higher education consists of an associate degree, four years of undergraduate education, two years of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/higher-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Patient rights
Access to quality healthcare is fundamental to enhancing citizens’ livelihoods and advancing towards more sustainable growth and development in countries all over the world. Along with increasing public demand for better health infrastructure and adequate access to healthcare services, many countries face the need to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/patient-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Plants
Although there are often new discoveries,241 a global lack of up to date data on botanical research makes plants biodiversity hard to assess in Cambodia. Compared to neighboring countries, the number of plant species is low, mostly due to the relative country’s flat landscape.242 Botanical knowledge href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/plants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
The hybrid workshop on the open of extractive industrial and environmental data for a better economy
On December 17, 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with the Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Organization (CIPO), Cambodia Indigenous Women Association (CIWA), and Cambodia Indigenous People Alliance (CIPA), and other relevant local NGOs, hosted a hybrid workshop on the open of extractive industrial and environmental href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/the-hybrid-workshop-on-the-open-of-extractive-industrial-and-environmental-data-for-a-better-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Environmental impact assessment (EIA): importance and opportunity to engage the local community
The opening of the Cambodian economy in the 1990s and the new Investment Law (2021) encouraged investment in development projects in a range of sectors, including extractive industries, physical infrastructure, agriculture, hydropower, and ecotourism, among others. These sectors are obligated to carry out the Environmental href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/environmental-impact-assessment-eia-importance-and-opportunity-to-engage-the-local-community/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Renewable energy production
Renewable sources of energy include biofuels, solar, wind, tidal and geothermal energy. Fossil fuels such as petroleum or coal are not renewable. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/renewable-energy-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chinese aid
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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/chinese-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Strategic environmental assessment in Cambodia
Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) represents an advanced tool for estimating and evaluating the consequences of specific development plans, programs and policies. In contrast to widely-used environmental impact assessment (EIA) taking place at the end of the decision-making process, SEA is conducted before all major decisions href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/strategic-environmental-assessment-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
