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EU Won’t Investigate Land Concessions—for Now
- 20 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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The trade commissioner and foreign affairs representative of the European Union (E.U.) have turned down a request from 13 members of the European Parliament that they immediately investigate Cambodia’s much criticized economic land concessions, but said they were monitoring the issue closely. In a March letter ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-wont-investigate-land-concessions-for-now-25194/
The canes of wrath
- 10 May 2013
- Southeast Asia Globe
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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 ...
Milled Rice Exports Rise in the First Four Months
- 8 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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Milled rice exports have seen dramatic growth this year as the sector begins to take advantage of duty-free exports to European countries, an official and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. Thon Virak, director of state-owned rice exporter Green Trade, said Tuesday that in ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/milled-rice-exports-rise-in-first-four-months-22826/
European Lawmakers Press for Probe of Land Concessions
- 28 March 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 / Social development / Sugar / Trade
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Lawmakers from the European Union (E.U) are again urging the block’s trade commissioner to investigate Cambodia’s Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) over a raft of alleged rights abuses and consider revoking the duty free access their owners currently enjoy to member states. Going mostly to industrial ...
Footwear Sector To Have ‘Running Room’
- 13 March 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Investment / Trade
- Better Factories Cambodia / BFC / Chinese aid / EBA / European Union aid / Everything But Arms Agreement / Everything But Arms Treaty / footwear factories / footwear industry / Footwear Pilot Program report / Ho Chi Minh City / ILO / Indonesia / International Labour Organisation / Ministry of Commerce
Cambodia’s footwear industry has experienced significant growth over the past five years, with the number of factories doubling, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce. Meanwhile, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has announced it will monitor and report on footwear factories. As of November, 45 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031361901/Business/footwear-sector-to-have-running-room.html
Tate and Lyle faces boycott over Cambodian sugar land grabbing claims
- 30 November 2012
- The Ecologist
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economic land concessions and plantations / European Union aid / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar
- American Sugar Refining / boycott / Cambodia / Clean Sugar Campaign / Domino Sugar / EBA Treaty / EU / European Commission / European markets / European Union aid / Everything But Arms Treaty / human rights abuses / IDI / Inclusive Development International / Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Plc / Land evictions / Ly Yong Phat / Surya Subedi / tariff-free access / Tate and Lyle / UN Special Rapporteur on Cambodia
Following our investigation which highlighted allegations of human rights abuses in Cambodia’s sugar industry, activists are stepping up their campaign against sugar companies buying from the region. The call to boycott sugar company Tate and Lyle over allegations of illegal land seizures and human rights ...
