Land
Public land lease
Fear still lingers in Pro Ma
- 16 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
- Beehive Radio director Mam Sonando / Casotim / Cassava / Chhlong / Chhlong district governor Som Sarith / deforestation / eviction / forced eviction / forest clearing / Kan Sovan / Kratie Province / Land dispute / land eviction / land title / land-titling program / Mam Sonando / Pro Mar / Pro Mar shooting / Som Sarith / Sreng Pho / Touch Rem
A year to the day since armed soldiers stormed into the remote village of Pro Mar in Kratie province, killing a 14-year-old girl, arresting her husband and evicting hundreds of families, Sreng Pho still has nightmares. “I’m really scared when I think back to that day ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051665654/National/fear-still-lingers-in-pro-ma.html
Cambodian PM inaugurates rubber processing plant in far northern province
- 15 May 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Investment / Land / Public land lease / Rubber / Trade
- Chinese aid / dry rubber / ELCs / Exports / job creation / Malaysian aid / Ministry of Commerce / Phnom Penh / Prime Minister Hun Sen / processed rubber / rubber / rubber exports / rubber plantations / rubber processing plant / rubber sector / rubber trees / Sesan district / Sopheak Nika Investment Agro-Industry Company / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday inaugurated a rubber processing plant here, saying the factory would contribute to developing the country’s fast-growing rubber sector. The 7 million U.S. dollar plant, invested by Cambodia’s Sopheak Nika Investment Agro-Industry Company, was built on the area of 9 ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/15/c_132384351.htm
Two Held For Razing Huts In Land Dispute
- 15 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
- Cassava / cassava plantation / CRC Company / CRD Chief of Staff Ngvieng Hong Fou / CRD company / CRD rubber company / Deputy District Police Chief Phan Chanthon / destruction / Disputed Land / evictions / forced eviction / Global Witness / HAGL / Hoang Anh Gia Lai / Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) / Hoang Anh Ratanakkiri / land disputes / luxury timber / Meas Pov Bora / Ngvieng Hong Fou / O'Chum district / Phan Chanthon / Plantation Destructions / Provincial Minor Crimes Office / Provincial Minor Crimes Office Chief / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / rubber / Rubber plantation / rubber trees / timber / Vietnamese company / Vietnamese Firm Hoang Anh Gia Lai / Vietnamese rubber company / Vietnamese Rubber Group / villagers / Watchdog Group
Ratanakkiri provincial police on Monday arrested the chief of staff of a Vietnamese rubber concessionaire and his Cambodian translator who are believed to have burned down more than $5,000 worth of property related to a land dispute in O’Chum district, police said. Meas Pov Bora, chief ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051565632/National/two-held-for-razing-huts-in-land-dispute.html
Arrests Threatened In Ratanakkiri
- 15 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crime and law enforcement / Economic land concessions and plantations / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development
- Adhoc / Adhoc Senior Investigator Chan Saveth / Company 72 / deforestation / ELCs / ethnic Jarai / ethnic Jarai villagers / ethnic minorities / evictions / Farm Land / forced evictions / Forest / forest clearing / Forestry Administration / Land rights / Lom village’s Forestry Protection Committee Leader / Lom Villagers / Men Sarun Co Ltd / O’Yadav district / O’Yadav District Governor Dork Sar / Paknhai commune / protected area / protected forest / protests / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Sav Finh / Vietnamese company / Vietnamese Company 72 / villagers
Provincial authorities in Ratanakkiri have warned ethnic Jarai villagers that they will be arrested if they continue to stop bulldozers belonging to a Vietnamese company from clearing forest in O’Yadav district’s Paknhai commune, community leaders said yesterday. Sav Finh, leader of Lom village’s forestry protection committee, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051565625/National/arrests-threatened-in-ratanakkiri.html
IFC, Deutsche Bank respond to Global Witness report
- 14 May 2013
- Radio Free Asia
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Rubber
- Deutsche Bank / Deutsche Bank Head of Communications Michael West / Deutsche Bank Managing Director Michael West / Dong Phu Rubber / Dragon Capital / DWS / environmental management / forced evictions / Global Witness / HAGL / Hannfried von Hindenburg / Hoang Anh Gia Lai / Hoang Anh Gia Lai company / Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group / IFC / IFC Head of Communications Hannfried von Hindenburg / illegal logging / Investment / land acquisitions / Land grabs / Land rights / Michael West / rubber / Rubber Barons / Rubber Barons report / rubber plantations / social risk management / VEIL / Vietnam Rubber Group / Vietnamese rubber companies / VRG / World Bank
On May 13, we ran an interview with London-based NGO Global Witness accusing the Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation of financing two Vietnamese rubber companies that are allegedly involved in land grabs in Cambodia and Laos. We asked both banks for a response ...
Vietnam rubber tycoon rejects land grabbing accusations
- 14 May 2013
- Thanh Nien News
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Rubber / Social development / The poor
- Cambodian Government / company shares / corporate environmental responsibility / corporate social responsibility / deforestation / Deutsche Bank / Doan Nguyen Duc / environmental responsibility / forced evictions / forest protection / Global Witness / Global Witnesses / HAGL / HAGL Group / HAGL Group chairman Doan Nguyen Duc / HAGL shares / Hoang Anh Gia Lai / Hoang Anh Gia Lai chairman Doan Nguyen Duc / Hoang Anh Gia Lai company / IFC / illegal logging / job creation / Kien Thuc news / land acquisitions / Laos / Laos government / Radio Australia / Royal Government of Cambodia / rubber / Rubber Barons / Rubber Barons report / Rubber Companies / rubber plantations / stock market / Taxes / VRG / World Bank
A Vietnamese rubber tycoon has rejected accusations by Global Witness, a group that campaigns on resource issues, that it was involved in a land grabbing crisis in Southeast Asia. Doan Nguyen Duc, the chairman of Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group, told Vietnamese media the information ...
Cambodia Plantations Not IFC’s First Controversy
- 14 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Rubber / Sihanoukville / Sugar
- Cambodia Airports / Deutsche Bank / Deutsche Bank spokesman Michael West / Dong Phu / DWS Vietnam Fund / Equitable Cambodia / forced evictions / forest clearing / Global Witness / Global witnesses report / HAGL / Hannfried von Hindenburg / Hoang Anh Gia Lai / IFC / IFC spokesman Hannfried von Hindenburg / IFC’s compliance ombudsman / illegal logging / KSL / Michael West / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh International Airport / Plantations / rubber / Rubber Barons / rubber plantations / Sihanoukville airport / sugar / sugar plantations / VEIL / Vietnam Enterprise Investment Limited / Vietnam Rubber Group / Vinci Group / World Bank
In the wake of a new report from environmental rights group Global Witness rebuking the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Deutsche Bank for investing in rubber plantations accused of illegal logging and forced evictions, both institutions have denied responsibility and deflected the blame ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-plantations-not-ifcs-first-controversy-23793/
Residents Rally At Palace For Release Of Land Activist
- 14 May 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease
- Amnesty International / Boeung Kok / Boeung Kok Community / Borei Keila / Borei Keila community / Disputed Land / ELCs / King Norodom Sihamoni / Land dispute / Ministry of Justice / Phnom Penh / PJ Prison / Prey Sar / Prey Sar Prison / protests / Royal Palace / Thmor Kol / Thmor Kol community / Yorm Bopha
Around 30 residents from Boeung Kok, Borei Kei and Thmor kol communities gathered and knelt down Monday in front of the Royal Palace to seek intervention from the King to release jailed land activist Yorm Bopha. In the petition, they asked him to intervene the ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=OWNiYWVhYmQ4ZmM
Deutsche Bank, IFC Rubber Investments Questioned
- 13 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Land / Public land lease / Rubber
- "tiger skin" policy / Bangkok / Cambodia / concessions / Deutsche Bank / Doan Nguyen Duc / Dong Nai / Dong Phu / Dragon Capital / EIA / ELCs / environmental impact assessments / ethnic minorities / evictions / Global Witness / HAGL / HAGL Group / Heng Brother / Hoang Anh Gia Lai / Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) / Hong Kong / IFC / illegal logging / kratie / Laos / logging / London Stock Exchange / Ministry of Agriculture / protesting evictions / Ratanakiri / rubber / Rubber Companies / rubber plantations / Tan Bien / UK / VEIL / Vietnamese company / Vietnamese Enterprise Investment Limited / Vietnamese rubber companies / Vietnamese Rubber Group / villagers / VRG
Deutsche Bank and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) have poured millions of dollars into Vietnamese rubber companies operating in Cambodia that have engaged in illegal logging and forced evictions of local farmers, the environmental rights group Global Witness says in a new report ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deutsche-bank-ifc-rubber-investments-questioned-23598/
The canes of wrath
- 10 May 2013
- Southeast Asia Globe
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
- Agro-Business / agro-business firms / American Sugar Refinery Company / assault / Boycott Blood Sugar campaign / child labor / child labour / compensation / CPP / CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat / criminal activity / Dr Nirun Pitakwatchara / Dr Pung Chhiv Kek / EBA / economic land concession / education / ELC / ELC scheme / EU / EU in Cambodia ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain / Europe / European Parliament / European Union aid / Everything But Arms / Everything But Arms Agreement / Everything But Arms scheme / Everything But Arms Treaty / Exports / farming / forced evictions / Human Rights / human rights violations / illegal possession of land / ILO / International Labor Organisation / International Labour Organisation / Jean-Francois Cautain / Jones Day / Jones Day law firm / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Province / Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Public Company Limited / KKP / KKS / KKS industry / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Koh Kong Sugar Industry / Koh Kong Sugar Plantation / KSL / labor / labour / land / Land grabs / Land rights / Land titles / Lawsuits / LICADHO / Licadho president Pung Chhiv Kek / livestock / London / Ly Yong Phat / National Human Rights Commission of Thailand / NGO Equitable Cambodia / NHRC / NHRC commissioner Dr Nirun Pitakwatchara / Nirun Pitakwatchara / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / OECD / Omlaing / Omlaing commune / Omlaing sugar plantation / Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development / Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises / PC Law Firm / Phnom Penh Sugar Company / Phnom Penh Sugar director Seng Nhak / Phnom Penh Sugar’s Omlaing plantation / plantation workers / Plantations / preferential trade scheme / protests / Pung Chhiv Kek / razed crops / Rees Broome law firm / Seng Nhak / shootings / subsistence farming / sugar / sugar exports / sugar industry / sugarcane / sugarcane plantations / Taiwan / Tate & Lyle / Tate & Lyle Sugars / Thailand / Thpong district / UK / UK’s High Court of Justice / UN / United Nations / United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights / US / US National Contact Point / Ve Wong Corporation / wages
Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...
Opposition Lawmakers Want ‘Social’ Land to Go to Farmers
- 10 May 2013
- Voice of America (VOA)
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Land / Public land lease / Rice
- agri-business / Agriculture & Agri-business / agriculture law / Casino / casino tariffs / ELCs / Farmers / Farmland / moratorium on Economic Land Concessions / moratorium on ELCs / National Assembly / rice / Sam Rainsy Party / Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Yim Sovann / social land concessions / Vun Chheang
Cambodian lawmakers have passed a new law on agriculture, but critics say the law does not go far enough to protect the country’s farmers. The law passed on Thursday evening, but not before debate at the National Assembly. During the debate opposition representatives called on the ...
Private property, public greed in Cambodia
- 9 May 2013
- The Politico
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
- American Sugar Refining / Cambodia Daily newspaper / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / Cambodian Center for Human Rights president Ou Virak / CCHR / Chinese aid / Chum Bun Rong / Deputy Director Chum Bun Rong / Displacement / Disputed Land / Domino Sugar / ELCs / forced evictions / Khmer Rouge / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Provice / land compensation / Land Law 2001 / Land-grabbing / Laos / Myanmar / National Land Authority / New York / Ou Virak / Phnom Penh / Prime Minister Hun Sen / sugar / sugar cane / Tate & Lyle / Tate & Lyle sugar / Thailand / The State Department annual Human Rights Report / TTY rubber company / United Nations / United States aid / Vietnam War
Mark Moorstein knew little about Cambodia before he got involved in a lawsuit on behalf of land owners there. But as it’s turning out, the suit could end up affecting most every country in Asia. Moorstein is a land-use lawyer in Northern Virginia who, like many ...
Kampong Thom Governor Vows to Give Land to Evictees
- 9 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Rubber
- Adhoc provincial coordinator / economic land concession / ELC / evictee / Kampong Thom / Kompong Thom / Kompong Thom provincial governor / Kraya commune / land eviction / Nhem Sarath / Rubber plantation / Santuk district / Tan Bien-Kompong Thom Rubber Development Company / Uth Sam On / Vietnamese rubber plantation
The newly appointed Kompong Thom provincial governor on Tuesday promised more than 500 families who were forcefully evicted by a Vietnamese rubber plantation more than three years ago that they would be given replacement land to farm on early next month. Security forces evicted villagers from ...
Firm Given Rights to All ELC Timber in Ratanakkiri
- 8 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Trade
- Adhoch senior investigator for land rights and natural resources Pen Bonnar / Agricultural Minister Chan Sarun / Agriculture & Agri-business / Asean Heritage-listed forest / Boeng Per Wildlife Sanctuary / casinos / Chheng Kim Sun / conservation area / deforestation / ELC moratorium / ELCs / Export / Forestry Administration / Forestry Administration chief Chheng Kim Sun / Forestry Administration legislation and law enforcement department / illegal logging / Land rights / Lor Raksmey / mining / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Agriculture secretary-general Lor Raksmey / mondolkiri / Mondolkiri Province / Pav Horm Phan / Pen Bonnar / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Protected areas / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Ratanakkiri provincial governor Pav Horm Phan / Rubber plantation / timber trade / tree felling / Try Pheap Import Export / Virachey National Park
The Ministry of Agriculture has signed a deal with Try Pheap Import Export to give the firm the right to purchase all timber felled in economic land concessions (ELCs) in Ratanakkiri province, according to a letter sent from the Agriculture Ministry to the Forestry Administration ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-given-rights-to-all-elc-timber-in-ratanakkiri-22788/
Old Soldiers Won't Fade Away
- 7 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 / Rubber
- Adhoc / Adhoc Senior Investigator Chan Soveth / Chan Soveth / Commune Thma Da / conservation zone / economic land concession / ELC / Hun Sen Volunteer Youths / Khmer Rouge Soldiers / Khoy Sokha / MDS / MDS Concession / MDS Import Export Co Ltd / MDS Import-Export Co Ltd Owner Oknha Try Pheap / Protected Forest Zone / Pursat / Pursat Province / Pursat Provincial Governor Khoy Sokha / Royal Government / rubber / rubber company / social land concessions / Thai-Cambodia Border / Thailand / Veal Veng district
“I don’t know how to protect the territorial integrity [of the nearby Cambodian-Thai border] – even my three hectares of land I cannot protect,” said Bun Chanthorn, 54, one of hundreds of retired and active soldiers who since 2010 have been battling the local authorities ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050765451/National/old-soldiers-won-t-fade-away.html
Kids beaten over ELC
- 6 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Rubber
- Adhoc provincial co-ordinator / Andong Meas district / Andong Meas district police chief of staff Kim Channa / Chhay Thy / DM Group / Kim Channa / Kim Rasmei / land-titling program / Phen Dyna / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Provincial military police commander Kim Rasmei / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri rubber concessionaire / Ratankkiri deputy provincial police chief / Uk Nhea
Five men working for Ratanakkiri rubber concessionaire DM Group, including a soldier, have been arrested for allegedly beating a villager and his children – one of whom, doctors say, may not survive – in a scuffle over their family’s land, the father said yesterday. Police confirmed ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050665430/National/kids-beaten-over-elc.html
Village patrols seize land-clearing tools
- 6 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Protected areas / Public land lease
- Cambodian Center for Human Rights / Chim Savuth / Company 72 / CRCK / deforestation / Forest preservation community of Paknhai commune / Hoeun Sopheap / illegal logging / Jarai / Kampong Thom / Lam village chief Sev Flin / Lom village / Men Sarun Co / Men Sarun Co Ltd / O’Yadav district / Paknhai commune / Prey Lang / Prey Lang Community Network representative Hoeun Sopheap / Prey Lang Forest / Ratanakkiri / Sandan district / Vietnamese company
Jarai villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district escalated the defense of their protected land this weekend, confiscating the keys and batteries of bulldozers owned by the Vietnamese company they claim has been illegally clearing the area, community leaders said yesterday. The move comes after a number of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050665426/National/village-patrols-seize-land-clearing-tools.html
Pushing the ELC envelope
- 3 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Protected forest / Public land lease
- Adhoc / Adhoc provincial co-ordinator Chhay Thy / Andong Meas / Beng Hong Socheat Khemaro / Chan Tong Yves / Doan Nguyen Duc / Eang Vuthy / ELCs / HAGL / Hoang Anh Andong Meas / Hoang Anh Andong Meas representative / Hoang Anh companies / Hoang Anh Daun Penh / Hoang Anh Lumphat / Hoang Anh Ouyadav / illegal logging / It Nody / Land Law / Lumphat / Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary / luxury timber / Matthew Rendall / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Land Management / NGO Equitable Cambodia / Nicolas Agostini / Oddar Meanchey / Ratanakkiri Province / Sciaroni & Associates / Seng Mony / Thailand / Virachey National Park
Three companies accused of illegal logging in Ratanakkiri province are in possession of a combined 30,000 hectares of economic land concessions (ELCs) that are likely illegal because they are owned by the same parent firm. Hoang Anh Andong Meas, Hoang Anh Lumphat and Hoang Anh Ouyadav ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050365405/National/pushing-the-elc-envelope.html
High Risk Seen in Kingdom’s Business Environment: Report
- 2 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Human rights / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
- ADB / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Asian Development Bank Deputy Director Peter Brimble / Brittan / Cambodia Country Risk Report / Climate Change / Constrains to Investment / Economic Governance / economic land concession / Economic Land Concession Scheme / forced eviction / H&M / Indonesia / Investment Analysis / Investment Concern / investment law / Investment Risk / Investor Protection / Japanese aid / labor rights / labor standards / labour standards / Maplecroft / Myanmar / National Arbitration Centre / Peter Brimble / Philippines / Puma / Tate and Lyle / Thailand / trade facilitation / UK / United Kingdom
Corruption, a weak judicial system and the potential for complicity with human and labour rights abuses are key risks for firms looking to invest in Cambodia, a new report [by Maplecroft, a UK-based global risk and strategic consulting firm] analysing investment risk in the Kingdom ...
Report Says Quarter of Forests Have Been Cleared in 40 Years
- 2 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Rubber
- Agence Kampuchea Presse / Burma / Cambodia / Chinese aid / deforestation / Ecosystems in the Greater Mekong Region / forest cover / Greater Mekong region / Hun Sen / illegal logging / Laos / Mekong region / Plantations / primary forest / Prime Minister Hun Sen / rubber plantations / Thailand / timber / World Wildlife Fund / WWF
Cambodia has lost almost a quarter of its forests in the past 40 years due to rapid development and China’s demand for timber, according to a new report released yesterday by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on the Greater Mekong Region. Looking at five countries in ...
Made in Cambodia: Foreign Industry Calls on Cambodia as the Next “Low-Cost” Alternative in All Things Manufacturing
- 1 May 2013
- Cambodian Business Review
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Investment / Special economic zones / Trade
- ASEAN / Automotive Component Manufacturing / Bangkok / Bangkok City / Bretton Sciaroni / Cambodian Economic Association / CEA / CEA President Chan Sophal / CH Steel Wire Industries / Chan Sophal / Chinese aid / Coca-Cola / Constrains to Economy of Scale / Consumer Product Manufacturing / Crown Cork / Denso / Denso Cambodia Co. Ltd. / Denso Executive Vice President Sojiro Tsuchiya / Export Revenue from Manufacturing / FDI / Ford Motor / foreign direct investment / Foreign Direct Investment Diversification / garment manufacturing / Garment Manufacturing Association of Cambodia / Global Supply Chain / GMAC / Hiroshi Uematsu / Hydroelectric Energy / hydroelectric plants / IBC’s Chairman Bretton Sciaroni / Indonesia / International Business Chamber of Cambodia / investment policy / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / labor disputes / Labor Shortage in China / Laurelton Diamond / light manufacturing / Low-cost Alternatives / Ltd / Mansin Co. Ltd. / Manufacturing Diversification / Microchips Assembly Lines / Minebea Co. / Minimum Wage Establishment / Nikko-Kinzoku Cambodia / Offshoring / Offshoring Risks Diversification / Offshoring Trends / Philippines / Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone / Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) / PPSEZ / PPSEZ managing director Hiroshi Uematsu / Production Competitiveness / Regional Supply Chain / Relative Advantage / Sihanoukville / Sihanoukville province / Sojiro Tsuchiya / Technological Constrains to Development / Thailand / Tiffany & Co / Tiger Beer / Value-added Manufacturing Plants / Wage Negotiation / Yamaha Motor / Yazaki Corp.
About a decade ago, global manufacturing firms staged a mass exodus to Asia in search of low-cost alternatives to increasing domestic wage demands and operational costs. The consensus was the continued development of a regional supply chain that had formed in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia, ...
Angry Villagers Confront Workers
- 1 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Social development
- Adhoc / coffee plantation / Community leader Sev Hem / Company 72 / Dork Sar / Lom village / Men Sarun Co Ltd / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Forestry and Fisheries / O’Yadav district / O’Yadav District Governor Dork Sar / Paknhai commune / palm oil plantation / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Sev Hem / Ten Village / Vietnamese Company 72 / Vietnamese Rubber Company 72 / Yatung Commune / Yatung Commune Chief Ro-chorm Vin
Jarai minority villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district protested in two locations yesterday against a Vietnamese company that community leaders say has been clearing their protected land and forcing villagers to accept inadequate compensation. Community leader Sev Hem said 30 angry villagers directly confronted five Company 72 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050165347/National/angry-villagers-confront-workers.html
Draft of New Public Land Policy Is Released
- 29 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Social development
- Chhith Sam Ath / Council on Land Policy / Council on Land Policy adviser Duy Pheng / deforestation / Duy Pheng / forced evictions / land disputes / land laws / land management / Ministry of Land Management Secretary of State Rath Sarin / Ministry of Land Management Urban Planning and Construction / natural resources / NGO Forum / NGO Forum Executive Director Chhith Sam Ath / Phnom Penh / public land policy / Rath Sarin
The government on Friday released a draft of a new public policy guide on the county’s contentious land sector, a move that was welcomed by NGOs, who also called for the government to hold further consultations on the draft. Local rights groups have singled out ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/draft-of-new-public-land-policy-is-released-20672/
Forest Allegedly Cleared By Company
- 29 April 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Logging and timber / Protected areas / Protected forest / Public land lease
- Adhoc / Adhoc Provincial Coordinator Chhay Thy / Chhay Thy / Company 72 / deforestation / ethnic Jarai community / Forestry Administration / illegal logging / Jarai community / Jarai Community Chief Sev Hem / O’Yadav district / Phat Phoeun / protected forest / Provincial Forestry Administration Deputy Chief Phan Phoeun / Ratanakkiri provincial court / Rattanakiri / Rattanakiri province / Rochorm Vin / Sev Hem / Ten Village / Yatung Commune / Yatung Commune Chief Rochorm Vin
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