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Rubber Firm Accused of Illegal Deforestation
- 26 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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A rubber company that has been repeatedly accused of encroaching on communal land belonging to an ethnic minority in Ratanakkiri province has cleared 150 hectares of forest outside of its economic land concession (ELC) in the past month, according to the senior investigator for local ...
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Land Is Life, and It’s Slipping Away
- 14 February 2013
- IPS News Agency
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- ANGOC / ASEAN / Association of Southeast Asian Nations / Boeung Kak / Boeung Kak Lake / Cambodia Land Law 2001 / Cambodia’s 2001 Land Law / Cambodian League for the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights / Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development / CPP / EBA / EBA Agreement / EBA Treaty / ELCs / Erdos Hong Jun Investment Co Ltd / EU / European Union aid / Everything But Arms Agreement / FDI / Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations / forced evictions / foreign direct investment / garments industry / Germany’s federal ministry for economic cooperation and development / Global Leadership Award / GTZ / infrastructure investments / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Province / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Korea / Land grabs / land investments / Land rights / LDC / LICADHO / Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / Parliament Member Mu Sochua / Phnom Penh / Shukaku / Shukaku Inc / Sugar Plantation / Tep Vanny / Thailand / The World Bank / tourism industry / US
Nean Narin, a humble man and father of three children, says his family is going hungry. Narin lives in the village of Boeung Kak, situated on the edge of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. For years, he and other villagers relied on the Boeung Kak Lake ...
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