1.5 mln hectares of land concessions granted

Hun Sen announced that 1.5 mln hectares of Economic Land Concessions were granted to private companies. 1.2 mln hectares, 80 percent, of the concessions are used for rubber plantation sector. … He said, that Cambodia still maintain[s] 9.2 mln hectares of forest land even though 1.5 mln hectares of land concessions were given. … This action reflects an equilibrium which has to be done in order to provide jobs for citizens to reduce poverty, migration, and as well as for environmental protection and sustainability of natural resources. …

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