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32 Land Concessions Approved Since Moratorium
- 16 November 2012
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Human rights / Land / Public land lease / Social development
- Adhoc / commercial agriculture projects / Council of Ministers / Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) / environmental impact assessments / Environmental Protection Zones / evictions / foreign firms / human rights groups / international human rights groups / Kulen wildlife sanctuary / Land Concession Policy / local firms / Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries / Ministry of Environment / Mondolkiri Province / Oddor Meanchey Province / Preah Vihear Province / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Private Companies / Protected areas / Public property / rubber plantations / social impact assessments / Spokesman / State Private Property / Surya Subedi / U.N.'s human rights envoy to Cambodia
Despite a moratorium on the granting of new economic land concessions (ELCs), the government has approved at least 32 ELCs since Prime Minister Hun Sen announced their suspension in May. According to sub-decrees dated from May onward and provided by local human rights group Adhoc, Mr. ...
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Economic Census Sheds Light on Businesses
- 9 August 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Censuses / Economy and commerce
- Agro-business company / Animal feeds production / Battambang / Battambang Province / bricks / bus transportation / business / Cambodia / Cambodian businesses / casinos / cement / census / Chhay Than / commercial zone / drinking water / economic activities / economic census / Economics / fish sauce / food production / Footwear / garment / garment manufacturing / garments / gold / gold mining / guesthouses / Hotels / hydroelectric / hydroelectric power / hydroelectric power generation / hydroelectric power generation satation / Indonesia / industries / industry / Japan International Cooperation Agency / Japanese aid / Kampong Cham / Kampong Cham procince / Kampot / Kampot Province / Kandal / Kandal p / Kep / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Kompong Cham / Kompong Cham Province / machinery / mining / mining exp0loration / Ministry of Planning / Mondokiri Province / mondolkiri / Oddor Meanchey / Oddor Meanchey Province / Pailin / Pailin Province / Phnom Penh / Planning Minister / Planning Minister Chhay Than / Ratanakiri / Ratanakkiri Province / rice / rice milling / Road construction / rubber / sea transport / sea transportation / Siem Reap / Stung Tren Province / Stung Treng / sugar cane / Takeo / Takeo Province / timber / timber manufacturing / Tourism / transport / Transportation / workers
The Ministry of Planning yesterday released the preliminary results of the 2011 economic census, which found that Cambodia has a total of 503,008 businesses nationwide, of which nearly 20 percent are based in Phnom Penh. The census, which began on March 1 and was financed ...
Tax-Free Trade Access Will Stay, Says EU
- 2 August 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / European Union aid / Human rights / Social development / Sugar
- Cambodia / Cecilia Wikstrom / Duty-Free / EBA / EU / European Commission / European Union aid / Everything But Arms program / Heng San / Human Rights / Koh Kong Province / Kompong Speu Province / land / Land evictions / Ly Yong Phat / Mao Thora / Ministry of Commerce / Oddor Meanchey Province / Rafael Dochao Moreno / Sugar Companies / Trade benefits
The European Union has said that it has no plans to suspend Cambodia’s duty-free trade access even though there have been concerns over land evictions as a result of economic land concessions. The EU is seeking that human rights are not the cost of trade ...
Villagers’ Farmland Privatized for Military Use
- 1 August 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Environment and natural resources
- Adhoc / Chhum Thoeurn / concessions / Hun Sen / Military Development Zone / Ministry of Agriculture / Oddor Meanchey / Oddor Meanchey Province / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Privatization / privatized land / RCAF / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Srey Naren / State Private Property / State Public Property / Thai Border
3,800 hectares of forest in Oddor Meanchey province have been privatized for use by the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF). Families are facing eviction and the loss of their land after the seizures though some of the land was originally designated state public property. The ...