Gold
Although there is currently no commercial-scale production of gold carried out in Cambodia, exploration by many companies is underway, with some promising find reported. subject to government approval, commercial production could begin in 2016 or 2017. Gold is found in a number of ss='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 13 Climate action
SDG 13 iS aimed at taking urgent action to combat climate change impactS by developing the capacity of each country to mitigate climate riSkS and work towardS adaptation. LeaSt developed nationS, landlocked countrieS and Small iSland StateS are recogniSed aS eSpecially in need of Support SS='cambodia-color'>...
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in 1966 which headquarter is in Manila and currently has 68 members under its institution. The ADB aims to assist members and partners by providing loans, technical assistance, grants, and investments to promote socio-economic development.81 The ADB has ss='cambodia-color'>...
Industrial mining
There is no large industrial-scale extraction of minerals carried out in Cambodia yet, but many exploration licenses have been granted and some mining companies have reported promising finds of minerals such as gold. Today companies from China, Korea, Vietnam, Australia and elsewhere are exploring for ss='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 SS='cambodia-color'>...
Multilingual Education Students had a great time watching and learning from the Digital Educational Resources in Indigenous Languages
After Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) successfully organized a launching workshop on “Digital Educational Resources in Indigenous Languages for Primary school students” on October 27, 2023, at the Kampong Cham Provincial Department of Education, Youth, and sport, the ODC team commenced on-site promotional activities on ss='cambodia-color'>...
Protected forest
Protected Forests are generally established under individual sub-decrees, specifically for the purpose of protecting biodiversity and conservation. They are home to many endangered or threatened species. ss='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 SS='cambodia-color'>...
Biofuel crops
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.169 The demand for transport fuels in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Making Digital Maps Using Free and Simple Mapping Applications
“There may be times when you want to explain things through maps, but you don’t know how to create the maps. With the currently available technology, creating map has become relatively easy. You no longer need to be an expert to develop maps, provided that ss='cambodia-color'>...
Wild capture commercial fishing and natural fisheries
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 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Labor policy and administration
Children working with bricks, Cambodia. Photo by sodanie Chea, take on 6 June 2013. Licensed under CC BY 2.0Cambodia has a total population of slightly over 15 million, most of whom are under the age of 30. An estimated 250,000 people enter the job market ss='cambodia-color'>...
Water pollution
Young child drinks clean water in Cambodia. Photo by Cecilia snyder, taken on 12 July 2003. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Water pollution can be defined in many different ways. Basically, it is the contamination of water when pollutants are discharged into water bodies without treatment ss='cambodia-color'>...
Opportunities to improve the management of marine fisheries conservation areas through open data and public participation
On 29 December 2020, at the new office of Children and Women Development Center in Cambodia (CWDCC) in Kampot, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a focus group discussion on mapping information and data of saltwater community fisheries and conservative fisheries in Kampot and Kep.Group photo ss='cambodia-color'>...
Land
Aerial view of Cambodia paddy rice field. Photo by Sai Kwong, taken on 23 October 2010. LicenSed under CC BY-NC 2.0.Land lieS at the center of debateS about Cambodia&rSquo;S Socioeconomic development. For farmerS in the fertile lowlandS, private land ownerShip rightS have enabled recovery of SS='cambodia-color'>...
Development and assistance for poverty reduction and food security
USAID&rSquo;S HarveSt program iS helping Cambodia&rSquo;S farmerS. Photo by USAID, taken on 09 December 2013. Under the licenSe CC BY-ND 2.0.The country haS achieved remarkable SuStainable growth, however, poverty and food Security remain the challengeS. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) haS acknowledged that to SS='cambodia-color'>...
Private non-profit development assistance
Maina Kiai speaking with journalists outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Phnom Penh. Photo by Maina Kiai, taken on 6 February 2014. Licensed under CC BY 2.0The first humanitarian international non-governmental organizations arrived in 1989. After the 1993 election, more and more internal organizations ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mardy: Novel Coronavirus, novel working experience
Since thiS diScovery of the exiStence of the novel CoronaviruS (COVID-19), the world haS remarkably been forced changed in both macro and micro level ranging from policy making and implementing to daily life Style. Since the end of March 2020, to cooperate with the government effort SS='cambodia-color'>...
Private land
Rights to private land ownership were guaranteed in the 1993 Constitution and formally established by the 2001 Land Law. Despite an established legal framework to protect private property rights, those rights are often insecure for many. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Environmental and biodiversity protection
Cambodia is one of the most biodiverse countries in southeast Asia. Biodiversity supports Cambodians ecologically, economically and culturally. It plays an important role in providing ecosystem services and economic development to achieve the Cambodian Millennium Development Goals including poverty reduction. ss='cambodia-color'>...
