Forest classifications
The classification of forests is set out in the Law on Forestry 2002. The law applies to both natural forests and plantations, and “defines the framework for management, harvesting, use, development and conservation of the forests in the Kingdom of Cambodia. The objective of this ss='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 15 Life on land
SDG 15&nbSp;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 SS='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 17 Partnerships for the goals
SDG 17 &ndaSh; “Strengthen the meanS of implementation and revitalize the global partnerShip for SuStainable development” &ndaSh; iS about bringing governmentS, civil Society, the private Sector and other actorS together to help achieve the 2030 Agenda. There are 19 global targetS and 25 indicatorS. The targetS SS='cambodia-color'>...
Fishing policy and administration
Young man fishing with a cast net on siem Reap river, Cambodia. Photo by Brian Hoffman, taken on 12 January 2015. Licensed under CC BY-NC-sA 2.0.Fisheries management in Cambodia is divided between central and local governments. At the central level, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry ss='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 18 Cambodia mine/ERW free
Cambodia has added an 18th goal to its localized version of the sustainable Development Goals (sDGs) – “End the negative impact of mines/ERW and promote victim assistance”.133 The sDGs were adopted by all United Nations member states in 2015 as a universal call to action ss='cambodia-color'>...
Electricity infrastructure
Rural energy cooperative in Cambodia. Photo by Nomade Moderne, taken on 23 March 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The electricity distributed in Cambodia is partly generated within the country and partly imported. For many years, local generation was on a relatively small scale, and was ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sugarcane
Growth in sugar production in Cambodia has created significant potential for sugarcane-based biofuel production. That potential has not yet been realized, though recent foreign investment may give rise to change. There are several types of sugar crop: sugarcane, sugar palm trees and sugar beets. sugarcane ss='cambodia-color'>...
Major banks
In 2020, COVID-19 severely impacted both the global and Cambodia economies. The banking system in Cambodia is also affected but at a moderate and manageable level.286 The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), Cambodia Microfinance Association, and other relevant institutions pointed out the rate of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mitigation
Together, fighting climate change. Photo by 350.org, taken on 12 October 2010. Licensed under CC BY-NC-sA 2.0.Clean Development MechanismThe Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), defined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, allows a country with an emission-reduction or emission-limitation commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Salt
Woman working in the salt fields in Kampot. Photo by douglasjonesjr, taken on 28 March 2014. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.salt is produced in Kampot and Kep provinces, where seawater is allowed into salt evaporation ponds As the water evaporates, salt crystals are left behind ss='cambodia-color'>...
Deforestration drivers
Deforestation has been one of the most significant changes the Cambodian landscape has undergone in recent decades. Key drivers of this process have been land concessions and subsequent land conversion, and large-scale illegal logging. ss='cambodia-color'>...
State public land
State public land haS a public intereSt value or provideS a public Service. The land iS inalienable, although it can be leaSed for limited uSeS that do not alter or damage itS public value. State public land Should only be reclaSSified if the land no SS='cambodia-color'>...
System of government
UNTAC soldiers from India patrolling the streets in Prey Veng province, Cambodia, on the second day of voting. Photo by United Nations Transitional Authority of Cambodia (UNTAC), taken on May 24 1993. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Cambodia inherited legal and political systems and a state ss='cambodia-color'>...
Labor
Garment workers waiting in line to get food. Photo by International Labour Organisation, taken on 14 July 2015. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia has the highest labor force participation rate in the southeast Asia/Pacific region, with 82.7 percent of the working population aged 16-64 employed ss='cambodia-color'>...
Solid waste
Trash collection in siem Reap province, Cambodia. Photo taken by David Villa, taken on 12 January 2008. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 DEED.solid waste is defined as “used things, materials, or products that remain or are generated from human daily activities and livelihood and do ss='cambodia-color'>...
Banking and financial services
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, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Australian aid
Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, and Prime Minister Hun sen at Gala Dinner for AsEAN Heads of state/Government/Delegation and spouses, dated 12 November 2022. Photo from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia.Cambodia and Australia established their diplomatic ties ss='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 3 Good health and well-being
table td { border: 1px solid; } sustainable Development Goal 3 (sDG 3) seeks to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”.640 The goal encompasses a wide range of mortality rates, infection numbers for many diseases, tobacco use, suicide rates, road ss='cambodia-color'>...
Climate change
Voice from Cambodia–Time is running out. Photo by Oxfam International, taken on 21 October 2009. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Climate change is the long-term change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns. While the climate of the earth has always gone through periods of change, modern scientific evidence ss='cambodia-color'>...