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Scant proof found of illegal logging: official

9 August 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Public land lease
Forests and forestry / land / Land and Natural Resources / Logging and timber / O’Yadav district / protected forest / Ratanakkiri / Rattanakiri province

Following an investigation of alleged illegal logging by Vietnamese Company 72 in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district forests yesterday morning, provincial Forestry Administration officials claimed nothing seemed awry. Four villagers patrolling the forest at the border of Vietnam reported they had seen six Vietnamese loggers with two tractors, ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/scant-proof-found-illegal-logging-official

Land Battle Headed to Court

27 May 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Protected forest / Social development
Adhoc / Adhoc Investigator / Bakeo district / Bakeo District Governor / compensation / deforestation / Disputed Land / ethnic minority / ethnic Tampuon / Forest / forest clearance / forest clearing / Heng Bunthan / illegal logging / indegenous group / Laminh commune / Laminh Commune Chief / land conflict / Land dispute / Land rights / logging / Mean Promony / Pen Sophon / protected forest / Rattanakiri / Rattanakiri province / Rattanakiri Provincial Court / Suo Village / Tampuon / villagers

Eight ethnic Tampuon villagers from Ratanakkiri’s Bakeo district will file a lawsuit at provincial court today alleging that more than 70 hectares of protected forest have been illegally cleared by a police official and six villagers from a neighbouring commune. Ting Kham Se, 52, of Laminh ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052765851/National/land-battle-headed-to-court.html

Dad ‘Threatened’ by Court

22 May 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease
Adhoc / Adhoc Provincial Coordinator Chhay Thy / Chhay Thy / Disputed Land / DM Group / DM Group Company / economic land concession / ELCs / Eng Chamnag / Farmland / land clearing / Land rights / Ratanakkiri provincial court / Ratanakkiri Provincial Court Judge / Rattanakiri / Rattanakiri province / rubber / Rubber DM Group Company / Rubber plantation / Ry Sarun

The father of three youths allegedly beaten by DM Group workers earlier this month said court officers yesterday threatened to imprison him if he did not agree to compromise with the company and drop the case. Ry Sarun appeared at Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday to answer ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052265776/National/dad-threatened-by-court.html

Forest Allegedly Cleared By Company

Local authorities and Ratanakkiri provincial forestry officials yesterday visited an area in O’Yadav district where community leaders say a Vietnamese company known as “Company 72” has razed an estimated 1,000 hectares of protected forest since 2011. “The villagers complained to the authorities many times, but ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042965293/National/forest-allegedly-cleared-by-company.html

Japan to provide Cambodia with nearly 34 mln USD grant aid

Cambodia will sign to receive 33.9 million U.S. dollars in grant aid from Japan for three projects in small hydropower dams, healthcare and education, according to a news release from Cambodia’s foreign ministry on Monday. ...

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/8172378.html

Land dispute arrests soar 144 pct in 2012

14 February 2013
The Cambodia Herald
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Siem Reap / Social development
Adhoc / Battambang / Battambang Province / Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association / defamation charges / disinformation charges / incitement charges / Kampong Cham / Kampong Cham Province / Kampong Thom / Kampong Thom Province / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / mondolkiri / Mondolkiri Province / Rattanakiri / Rattanakiri province / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / Thun Saray

The number of people arrested over land disputes jumped 144 percent from a year earlier to 232 in 2012, the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (Adhoc) said Thursday. Speaking at a news conference, he [Adhoc president Thun Saray] said Adhoc last year received 70 ...

http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=Mjk2OWQyMTBhNWE

Logging Reporter Arrested

10 December 2012
Radio Free Asia
Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber
Chut Wutty / deforestation / Hang Serei Oudom / illegal timber smuggling / illegal timber trade / Khmer Democratic Journalists’ Association / Koh Kong Province / Kratie’s Snoul district / mining / Rattanakiri province / Taing Try / Virakchum Khmer Daily

Cambodian authorities arrest a journalist who exposed the illegal smuggling of timber. Taing Try, a reporter affiliated with the Khmer Democratic Journalists’ Association, was taken into custody on Friday, police in Kratie’s Snoul district told RFA on Sunday. But Ing Savoeun, a representative from the ...

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/reporter-12102012174729.html