Climate action plan needed
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said yesterday that climate change will be a concern in some Asian countries, including Cambodia. He encouraged the countries to find ways to manage any affects on their economies. Economists recognize it will lower growth in some main sectors of the economy – href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/climate-action-plan-needed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012101259257/Business/climate-action-plan-needed.html
Garment Makers Gear Up for IPOs
Two foreign-owned garment manufacturers will submit disclosure documents to Cambodia’s capital market regulator next month, the companies’ underwriter Phnom Penh Securities Firm Plc. said yesterday. The initial public offerings for the two private companies, expected by the end of the year, should boost action on the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-makers-gear-up-for-ipos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062957093/Business/garment-makers-gear-up-for-ipos.html
Open Development Cambodia publishes Oil and Gas Blocks and Natural Protected Areas profile pages
Open Development Cambodia has published two profile pages of Oil and Gas Blocks and Natural Protected Areas. Please click here to access profile page of Oil and Gas Blocks.Please click here to access profile page of Natural Protected Areas. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/odc-publishes-oil-and-gas-blocks-and-natural-protected-areas-profile-pages/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Animals
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Cambodian animals are state property under Article 48 of the Forestry Law of 2002. This places the Forestry Administration (FA) in charge of research programs and conservation duties. The FA carries this out through its Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity. Conservation programs in the field href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/animals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Land classifications
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Land in Cambodia is divided into three classifications: private property, state private property and state public property. The distinction between state private property and state public property is essential to determining how state land is to be used. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/land-classifications/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Commerce
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In 1996, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) was established by law. Its organization and functioning is defined by a sub-decree of the Royal Government of Cambodia. After a nomination of the Prime Minister’s candidate and the vote of confidence on the cabinet by the National href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/ministry-of-commerce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Concessions
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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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/concessions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Wild capture commercial fishing and natural fisheries
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The fishes on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia. Photo by llee Wu, taken on 10 September 2010. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0The 2006 Fisheries Law classifies fishing activity into three broad categories: family or subsistence, small-scale and commercial.Commercial fishing is allowed only in the open season href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/commercial-fishing-and-natural-fisheries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Banking and financial services
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According to the Annual supervision report 2020 by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the key bodies in the banking system consists of:51 commercial banks12 specialized banks75 microfinance non-deposit taking institutions6 microfinance deposit-taking institutions245 rural credit institutionsIn addition, there are financial leasing companies, third-party processors, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/banking-and-financial-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
His Excellency Chhieng Yanara, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister and Secretary General of the Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CRDB/CDC) held a Courtesy and discussion meeting with Mr. Andreas Zurbrugg, Deputy Head of Mission of Australian Embassy and colleagues through video conference
On 13 September 2021, the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued a press release on His Excellency Chhieng Yanara, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister and Secretary General of the Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CRDB/CDC) href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/his-excellency-chhieng-yanara-minister-attached-to-the-prime-minister-and-secretary-general-of-the-cambodian-rehabilitation-and-development-board-of-the-council-for-the-development-of-cambodia-crdb/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
The Council for the Development of Cambodia
Environment and natural resources policy and administration
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The 7th National Consultation Workshop on the Draft of the Environment and Natural Resource Code of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Photo by Open Development Cambodia, taken on 22 March 2018. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.With 76% of its people living in rural areas,119 Cambodia holds href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/environment-and-natural-resources-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Environment and natural resources
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Around three quarters of Cambodia’s population depend on agriculture, forest products and fisheries for their livelihoods, so the management of the environment and natural resources is of great importance. Deforestation has occurred on a large scale. Cambodia lost six percent of its remaining primary forest href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/environment-and-natural-resources/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup #15
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Mean Nara, ODC’s Senior Mapper, spoke to the audience about the launch of the GeoServer.On April 30, the ODC team hosted a monthly Phnom Penh Mapping Meet-up (PPMM), in which ODC, Atlas, and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut presented on the recent project updates and results. As href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/phnom-penh-mapping-meetup-15/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
MoE: Notice on dissemination of the updated documents for environmental and social safety
On 12 March 2020, the Ministry of Environment (MoE) released a public announcement on dissemination of the updated documents for environmental and social safety in the implementation of the project “Sustainable Landscape and Ecotourism in Cambodia”, in the purpose to increase public awareness and getting href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/moe-notice%e2%80%8b-on-dissemination%e2%80%8b-of%e2%80%8b-the-updated%e2%80%8b-documents%e2%80%8b-for%e2%80%8b-environmental%e2%80%8b-and%e2%80%8b-social%e2%80%8b-safety/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Environment
Leveraging ICT tools for effective and safe working: how I engage ODC team during remote work
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Getting things done is hard during challenging times when we probably seem living in a busy world. Relatively, remote working is suddenly seen replacing social norm practice which is not something that we can adapt or learn quickly overnight. Every move is a step to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/leveraging-ict-tools-for-effective-and-safe-working-how-i-engage-odc-team-during-remote-work/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Carbon trading and other Payments for Ecological Services (PES)
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Forest view. Photo by Open Development Cambodia, taken on 05 December 2021. Under license CC BY-SA 4.0.Cambodia is covered with forest, accounting for around 13.1 million hectares in 1973, and it is had fallen to 8.7 million hectares in 2014.151 However, based on the Ministry href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/carbon-trading-and-other-payments-for-ecological-services-pes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sihanoukville port sees steady growth
Revenue at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port increased 13.6 per cent year on year between January and June, port officials confirmed yesterday. As the state-owned enterprise gears up for listing on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, the neighbouring Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone will play an increasingly important role in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-port-sees-steady-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070357157/Business/sihanoukville-port-growth.html
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Photo taken from the ministry’s Facebook Page, taken on 23 August 2023.EstablishmentUnder Royal Decree No. NS/RKM/0196/10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) was formally established on 24 January 1996. The ministry has a total of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-international-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/ppmm-22-highwater-risk-analysis-forest-cover-change-detection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Procurement
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“Stopping corruption may start from us” (Khmer version on Clean Hand poster), in Kratie province, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank Photo Collection, taken on November 22, 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0In Cambodia, the activities of buying goods, construction work, repairs, and services and consultation href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/procurement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...