Land for Rubber Farms to Nearly Double by 2020
Cambodia expects to almost double the amount of land used to cultivate rubber between now and 2020, a move that rights groups say could result in more evictions across Cambodia. Ly Phalla, director general of General Directorate of Rubber Plantations, said yesterday that there are currently 181,500 hectares of land used for rubber plantations in Cambodia and that the government is aiming to increase that amount to 350,000 hectares by 2020. But rights groups say that economic land concessions for rubber plantations have resulted in villagers losing their land.
