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Hun Sen sets out northeast development plans
- 22 December 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Rivers and lakes / Social development / Water resources
- Agriculture & Agri-business / development plan / Economic growth / environmentalism / extractive industries / Infrastructure / kratie / Laos / mining / mondolkiri / National Road 78 / natural resources / northeast Cambodia / Preah Vihear / Ratanakiri / Stung Treng / Tourism / triangle area
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday outlined the government’s plans to spur economic growth in the northeast of the country through implementing a wide range of projects in sectors such as agriculture and the extractive industries. Rights workers have warned that little information on the plans for ...
Rail line discussed for north Cambodia
- 22 November 2011
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Infrastructure / Rail / Transport infrastructure and facilities
- China Railway Siyuan Group / Infrastructure / Kampong Thom / kratie / Ministry of Public Works and Transportation / Nanning Survey and Design Institute Co Ltd / Preah Vihear / Rail / rail line / railway / Stung Treng / Transportation
A Chinese railway company may conduct a feasibility study on a 700-kilometre rail line in northern Cambodia, officials and local media reported yesterday. Officials from Nanning Survey and Design Institute Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China Railway Siyuan Group, discussed the study with the Ministry of ...
Prey Long march ends, villagers still resolute
- 12 November 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Land / Logging and timber / Social development
- agrobusiness / CRCK rubber company / deforestation / illegal logging / Kompong Thom Province / Kuy / Preah Vihear / Prey Long Forest / Prey Long People's Network / Protest / resin trees / Stung Treng Province / timber / trees / Vietnamese-owned
After walking and camping in the jungle for more than a week, Tha Sros and hundreds of other villagers finally reached the winding red dirt road that lead to the rubber plantation of Vietnamese-owned CRCK company, which has cleared a vast 6,000-hectare swathe out of ...
Protest planned despite warning
- 17 October 2011
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Land
- arrested / Kulan district / Land dispute / Preah Vihear / Protest / rubber firm / Siladamich Company / Srayong commune
Kulan district villagers embroiled in a land dispute in Preah Vihear’s Srayong commune say they will follow through with a planned 200-person protest against rubber firm Siladamich Company today despite being threatened with arrest. Village representative Lem Lom, 32, said yesterday that Srayong commune police and ...
Cambodia, Thailand Will Likely Resume Talks on Offshore Oil and Gas
- 5 September 2011
- The Southeast Asia Weekly
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Land / Off-shore oil and gas exploration and extraction / Oil and gas resources
- Abhisit Government / Abhisit Vejjajiva / ASEAN / bilateral cooperation / border issues / Cambodia / Cambodian National Petroleum Authority / Chuan Leekpai Government / Democrat Party / Foreign Minister / Former Democrat Prime Minister / Former Deputy Prime Minister / Former Minister of Defense / Former Thai Deputy Prime Minister / Gas / Gulf of Thailand / Hong Kong / Hun Sen / joint development area / Joint Technical Committee / Kandal Province / Kumming / MOU / Negotiations / offshore drilling / oil / Overlapping Claim Area / overlapping maritime claims / Pravit Wongsuwan / Preah Vihear / prime minister / Royal Government of Cambodia / Royal Thai Government / Surapong / Surapong Tovichakchaikul / Suthep Thaugsuban / Thai Foreign Minister / Thailand / The Bangkok Post / The Nation / Yingluck / Yingluck Government
Cambodia’s and Thailand’s governments will likely resume negotiations on offshore drilling for oil and gas which will bring mutual benefits of the area of overlapping maritime claims after Cambodia gave the green light for issues before the visit of new Thai foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul ...
1.3 Million Visitors Arrive in First Semester for 2011
- 25 August 2011
- The Southeast Asia Weekly
- Industries / Tourism
- Bassac River / Cambodia / Clean Resort Competition / cultural tourism / Director-General of Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism / Eco-tourism / Economics / Mekong river / Ministry of Tourism / Preah Vihear / Siem Reap / Thong Khon / Tith Chantha / Tonle Sap lake / Tonle Sap river / Tourism Minister / tourism zones / Tourist Communities Improvement Seminar / Tourists
About 1.3 million International visitors arrived in Cambodia in semester one in 2011 with an increase of 13.4 percent if comparing to the same period last year, Tourism Minister announced at a seminar this week. “It is expected that about 2.8 million tourists will pour ...
Japan Helps Cambodia Despite Difficulties
- 24 August 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / Japanese aid
- agriculture sector / aid / Cambodia / Chinese aid / construction / Department of Geo-Resources and Geotechnical Engineering of the Institute of Technology of Cambodia / Deputy Prime Minister / Economic Development / education equipment / Farmer Water User Communities / Farmer Water User Groups / Farmers / fertilizers / flooding / Foreign Affairs Minister / foreign companies / heavy equipment / Hor Namhong / human resources / industry / irrigation / Japanese aid / Japanese Ambassador / Japanese Embassy / Japanese Government / Kompong Cham / Kuroki Masafumi / Kuwait / Lim Kean Hor / loans / mining / Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / Minister of Water Resource and Meteorology / Ministry of Water Resource / oil / Preah Vihear / Prey Veng / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Production / rice cultivation / rice exports / Rice Policy / rice production / soft loan / Stung Sen Dam and Irrigation Project / Svay Rieng / tourism zones / Waiko River Irrigation Project / Water Expansion Policy / West Tonle Sap / West Tonle Sap Irrigation and Drainage Improvement
Japan on August 15th loaned Cambodia a package of US$ 53.3 million for the West Tonle Sap Irrigation and Drainage Improvement and a grant aid of US$ 0.7 million to improve education equipment of the Department of Geo-Resources and Geotechnical Engineering of the Institute of ...
Protected forest ‘is finished’
- 11 August 2011
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Protected forest
- agro-industrial development / agro-industry / An Mady Group Co Ltd / Boeung Per / Boeung Per Wildlife Sanctuary / business / Chhut Vuthy / Chhut Vuthy Director of the Natural Resources Protection Group / concession land / concessions / Development / Director of the Natural Resources Protection Group / Director of the Natural Resources Protection Group Chhut Vuthy / fishing cat / Forest / Government / government-backed appropriation / government-backed appropriations / Hun Sen / Kampong Thom / Kampong Thom Province / Kompong Thom / Kompong Thom Province / Kui / Kui ethnic minority / Kulen Promtep / Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary / land / Land concessions / Lim Heng / Mekong Rubber Co / Ministry of Environment / Ministry of Environment Secretary of State Thuk Kroeun Vutha / muntjac deer / natural resources / Natural Resources Protection Group / Okhna An Mady / Plantations / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Community Network for Action / Preah Vihear Province / Preah Vihear’s Rovieng district / prime minister / private land / Protected land / reclassified / resin / resin trees / resources / Romny / Romny commune / Romny commune of Preah Vihear’s Rovieng district / Rovieng / Rovieng District / Royal Decree / rubber / rubber plantations / Secretary of State at the Ministry of Environment Thuk Kroeun Vutha / Sovanpaum Co / threatened species / Thuk Kroeun Vutha / Thuk Kroeun Vutha Secretary of State at the Ministry of Environment / timber / trees / Try Pheap Import Export Co Ltd / Wildlife Sanctuary
In the latest government backed appropriation of protected land, nearly 20,000 hectares of the Boeung Per wildlife sanctuary have been reclassified as state private land for agro-industrial development. Two sub-decrees, obtained by The Post this week and initialed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on July ...
Forest on the auction block
- 9 August 2011
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Protected forest / Siem Reap
- Adhoc / Adhoc head of land programme Ouch Leng / agricultural development / Agriculture & Agri-business / Anlong Veng / Anlong Veng District / businessmen / Chut Wutty / Chut Wutty director of the Natural Resource Protection Group / compensation / concessions / developing agriculture / Development / diverse species / environment / environmental impact / environmental impact assessments / Forest / forest areas / Government / Hun Sen / illegal loging / Illegal poaching / Kulen Promptep / Kulen Promptep Sanctuary / land / Land concessions / law / leases / logging / Ministry of Environment / Ministry of Environment secretary of state Thuk Kreun Vutha / National Park / Natural Resource Protection Group / Natural Resource Protection Group director Chut Wutty / NGOs / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / Oddar Meanchey's Anlong Veng District / Ouch Leng / Ouch Leng head of the land programme at Adhoc / Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary / poaching / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / prime minister / Private Companies / private firms / reclassified / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / state / state private land / Thuk Kreun Vutha / Thuk Kreun Vutha secretary of state at the Ministry of Environment / token crops / villagers / wildlife / Wildlife Sanctuary
Almost 30,000 hectares of a wildlife sanctuary in Oddar Meanchey, Siem Reap and Preah Vihear provinces have been reclassified as state private land for agricultural development, drawing sharp criticism from rights groups. Four sub-decrees signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on July 22 reclassify land ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011080950943/National-news/forest-on-the-auction-block.html
P Vihear Concessions Raise Fears of Disputes
- 21 July 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations
- agri-business / Ang Cheatlom / Cambodia / Heng Roy International / Heng You International / Hun Sen / Kim Chea Thuon Group / Lan Feng International / Pol Kham Nare / Ponlok Khmer / Preah Vihear / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Ruy Feng International
Earlier this month Prime Minister Hun Sen approved five more economic land concessions totally 44,780 hectares in the Preah Vihear province. Largely distributed to agri-business companies there is fear that the concessions will lead to deforestation. Heng Roy International, Heng You International, Lan Feng International, ...