Land

Prime Minister Hun Sen will divide state land in Kampong Thom province and award titles to more than 9,000 families who currently dwell on it during the Khmer New Year celebrations. ...

Cambodia has hosted the Philippines Mine Action Stakeholder Workshop to share experience in mine sector management. ...

The environment watchdog Anti-Corruption Natural Resource Protection and Civil Rights Protection Organisation (ACNCIPO) filed a complaint with the Kampong Speu Provincial Administration on March 28 – opposing what they allege is a company’s plan to clear 1,227ha of wildlife sanctuary land in Oral district’s Tasal ...

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) plans to declare Prey Veng as a mine-free province – the second, after Kep province. ...

Cambodia Mine Action and Victims Assistance Authority (CMAA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a US-based NGO to broaden partnership and cooperation on landmine clearance. ...

The United Nations have spoken highly of the achievements of Cambodia in mine clearance, providing safe land for the people and contributing to supporting peace and development in the country. ...

Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and the European Chamber of Commerce of Cambodia (EuroCham Cambodia) have discussed a cooperation on mine clearance in Cambodia. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has advised authorities to replant trees in the seized flooded forest land surrounding the Tonle Sap Lake. ...

A senior Ministry of Environment official urged commune and district administrations to stop signing certificates of transfer of rights, land use applications, or sale or purchase letters for state land within natural protected areas and biodiversity corridors under their jurisdiction. ...

Some 200 indigenous people in Mondulkiri province have come together to protest against a company for encroaching into their collective land. ...

Families who have to make way for Phnom Penh’s new mega airport are refusing to relocate to land set aside for them, and are demanding more monetary compensation for what they’re being forced to vacate. ...

Vendors and fishermen in Kep province have expressed their concerns over the development of a new beach as part of a state-owned project, with nearly three kilometers of land being dumped into the sea. ...

Officials in Preah Sihanouk province arrested 10 people over land grabbing in Kampong Seila district. Reports said almost 300 people were involved in the land encroachment in the province. ...

The US government is providing more than $6 million for demining efforts in Svay Rieng, Prey Veng, Kampong Cham, Tboung Khmum, Kratie, Ratanakkiri and Mondulkiri provinces and until 2025. ...

About 628 houses and plots of land are being given to as many families of war veterans living in Phnom Kravanh district in Pursat province. ...

More than 62,000 hectares of flooded forest land in six provinces surrounding Tonle Sap lake have been returned to the government, according to an official. ...

Speaking at a press conference on the progress and future direction of Phnom Penh on March 1, Deputy governor Keut Che said that from 2019 through 2021, the administration has solved the problems of 150 out of the 300 poor communities living on state public ...

Under a National Mine Action Strategy 2018-2025, the government is all set to achieve a mine-free Cambodia to the fullest extent possible in another three years. ...

The Tatok community is located alongside canal 03 in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district, where 35 families live. They are waiting for City Hall to issue them land titles after submitting their petition in late 2018. ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng urged sub-national administrations to increase monitoring and control of illegal land encroachment in protected areas to further prevent these crimes.   ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has paid tribute to deminers across Cambodia, whose efforts in the last 25 years have led to a dramatic decrease in mine-related casualties. ...

The Japanese Government has agreed to provide $1,799,166 for two projects under the framework of “The Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects”.​​ ...

Six representatives of the Bunong indigenous community have filed a complaint with the Mondulkiri Provincial Court seeking an investigation into their commune and village chiefs, who they alleged had turned a blind eye to infringement on their traditional burial grounds.​ ...

More than 60,000ha of flooded forest land in Zone 3 in the six provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake has been reclaimed from nearly 15,000 families and returned to the state. Officials have since reforested the area with different kinds of trees, bamboos and palm ...