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Despite Land Loss, Minorities Back Status Quo
- 15 July 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Elections / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Government / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Pepper / Public land lease / Rubber / Social development
- Adhoc / agro-industry / An Mady Group / ancestral land / Andong Meas district / Andong Meas district governor Nong Darith / Banlung / Bunlung Town / Cambodian Red Cross / Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle / cashew plantations / Cassava / cassava plantations / concessions / construction / CPP / CRC / Development Triangle agreement / Displacement / Economic Development / economic land concession / ELCs / ethnic minorities / Finance Minister Keat Chhon / Hoang Anh Gia Lai / Hun Sen / indigenous peoples land / indigenous peoples rights / Inh village / Institute of Developing Economies-Japanese External Trade Organization / Investment / Jarai / Jarai ethnic minority / Kachak ethnic minority / Keat Chhon / Keat Kolney / Kompong Cham / Kompong Cham Province / Kong Yu / Kong Yu village / land / Land policy and administration / land prices / Land rights / Land tenure and titling / Land-grabbing / latex / malaria / O’Yadaw district / pepper plantations / Plantations / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Road construction / roads / rubber / rubber plantations / schools / secondary forests / Talav commune / Trade / Try Pheap Import Export / UN / United Nations / Virachey National Park
Romam Gvin could be described as a counterintuitive voter. Intuition might lead you to believe that Mr. Gvin blames the government for the loss of his land to the Vietnamese rubber company that now owns everything for as far as the eye can see here in ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/despite-land-loss-minorities-back-status-quo-34786/
New Kompong Thom Governor Vows to Give Land to Evictees
- 10 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Social development / The poor
- Adhoc / Displacement / ELCs / forced evictions / Kompong Thom / Kompong Thom Province / Kompong Thom provincial governor Uth Sam On / relocation site / rubber / rubber plantations / Tan Bien-Kompong Thom Rubber Development Company
The newly appointed Kompong Thom provincial governor on Tuesday promised more than 500 families who were forcefully evicted by a Vietnamese rubber plantation more than three years ago that they would be given replacement land to farm on early next month. Security forces evicted villagers from ...
Private property, public greed in Cambodia
- 9 May 2013
- The Politico
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
- American Sugar Refining / Cambodia Daily newspaper / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / Cambodian Center for Human Rights president Ou Virak / CCHR / Chinese aid / Chum Bun Rong / Deputy Director Chum Bun Rong / Displacement / Disputed Land / Domino Sugar / ELCs / forced evictions / Khmer Rouge / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Provice / land compensation / Land Law 2001 / Land-grabbing / Laos / Myanmar / National Land Authority / New York / Ou Virak / Phnom Penh / Prime Minister Hun Sen / sugar / sugar cane / Tate & Lyle / Tate & Lyle sugar / Thailand / The State Department annual Human Rights Report / TTY rubber company / United Nations / United States aid / Vietnam War
Mark Moorstein knew little about Cambodia before he got involved in a lawsuit on behalf of land owners there. But as it’s turning out, the suit could end up affecting most every country in Asia. Moorstein is a land-use lawyer in Northern Virginia who, like many ...
SRP Commune Told to Stop Talking to Media about Dam
- 3 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Logging and timber / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Chap Piseth / dam / Displacement / fisheries / Forestry Administration / Hydrolancang International Energy Co Ltd / hydropower / Kbal commune / Lower Sesan 2 dam / luxury-grade wood / Reservoirs / Resettlement / Royal Group / Sith Samnag / Srekor commune / Srekor commune chief Siek Mekong / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Stung Treng Provincial Forestry Administration / The National Assembly / Triage Forestry Administration / Triage Forestry Administration deputy chief Chap Piseth
Officials from the Stung Treng provincial forestry administration have warned a local SRP commune chief against speaking to the media about the clearing of trees from a 36,000-hectare site to become the reservoir of a giant hydropower dam in the area, the commune chief said ...
Energy Minister Defends Lower Sesan 2 Project
- 14 February 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Law and judiciary / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Ame Trandem / compensation / consultation / destruction / Development / Displacement / draft law / energy minister / environmental groups / environmental impact assessment / food security / impact / International Rivers / local communities / Lower Sesan 2 / massive dam project / Mekong river / Mines and Energy / Ministry of Industry / National Assembly / NGO / Relocation / Stung Treng / Suy Sem
Energy Minister Suy Sem yesterday defended a draft law on the financing of a massive dam project in Stung Treng province which is slated for debate at the National Assembly on Friday. Environmental groups have called debate of the law premature, as no consultation with local ...
Lawmakers to Discuss Sesan 2 Dam Draft Law
- 12 February 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- 3S Rivers Protection Network / Cambodian workers / Cheam Yeap / Chhith Sam Ath / CPP lawmaker / Displacement / draft law / EIA / Energy Ministry / environmental groups / environmental impact assessments / hydropower project / Meach Mean / Ministry of Finance / National Assembly of Cambodia / NGO Forum / Nin Saphon / poverty / remote community / Sesan 2 Dam / Sesan district / Srekor commune / Stung Treng Province / Suy Sem / Ung Tea Seam
The National Assembly has announced that it will discuss a draft law on the financing of a controversial dam project in Stung Treng province on February 15, a move environmental groups called premature. Meach Mean, coordinator for 3S Rivers Protection Network – which has been ...
