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Two arrested in Kompong Thom for illegal transport of rosewood
- 16 November 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber
- Forest / illegal logging / illegal wood / Kompong Thom / rosewood / timber
Two men were arrested Monday in Kompong Thom province for illegally transporting nearly half a cubic meter of valuable rosewood, said a forestry official ...
Jarai man gets day in court
- 15 November 2011
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Social development
- Adhoc / Corruption / economic land concession / Forest / Jarai / land-sale / natural resources / private business / Ratanakkiri provincial court / state forest land / timber / Wood
A Ratanakkiri Provincial Court prosecutor yesterday summoned an ethnic minority Jarai man in O’Yadav district to explain to the court his allegations that local authorities had threatened to kill him for exposing a land-sale corruption racket. Romas Chhvang, 45, filed a complaint to the court at ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011111552760/National-news/jarai-man-gets-day-in-court.html
Tensions rise as villagers, armed police ready for protests
After several days of grassroots campaigning by local villagers to save Prey Long forest, tension in this part of northern Kompong Thom province is rising. The 300-strong group of campaigners seemed to be heading for a confrontation with provincial authorities, as officials warned yesterday that ...
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 ...
Adhoc Calls for Stronger Indigenous Land Rights
- 10 August 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Human rights / Social development
- Adhoc / Adhoc Techincal Assistant Orla Kelly / Agro-Business / agro-business concessions / Beng Hong Socheat Khemro / Beng Hong Socheat Khemro spokesman for the Ministry of Land Management / business / collective land titles / Collective Titling / Concession / Forest / Forests / Government / Human Rights group / Indigenous Communities / Indigenous Land Rights / Indigenous Pople / International Indigenous People's Day / land / Land concessions / Land Law / Land rights / law / Law on Forestry / Laws / Legislation / Ministry of Land Management / Ministry of Land Management spokesman Beng Hong Socheat Khemro / minority groups / Native Territories / Orla Kelly / Orla Kelly Techincal Assistant for Adhoc / Protected Areas Law / state land
The government must correctly implement the Land Law and allow indigenous people greater access to collective titling of their native territories, human rights group Adhoc said yesterday in a statement. Although there is a provision in the Land Law allowing indigenous groups to obtain collective ...
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
Mekong environment ministers talk on sustainable economic development
- 6 August 2011
- The Southeast Asia Weekly
- Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Energy / Energy policy and administration / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Social development / The poor / Water resources
- ADB / Agriculture & Agri-business / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Bindu Lohan / biodiversity / Biodiversity Conservation Corridor Initiatives / Cambodia / China Vietnam / Climate Change / conservation / Development / economic cevelopment / economic cooperation / Economic Development / Economic growth / economic sector / energy / energy tourism transport / environment / environmental challanges / environmental cooperation / environmental regulations / Environmentalists / Finland / food security / foreign diplomats / Forest / fovernment / GDP / GDP growth / GMS / Greater Mekong Sub-region / Greater Mekong Sub-Region Environment Ministers / Guangxi Zhuang / Hun Sen / Investment / Lao Myanmar / Mekong river / Mekong Sub region / natural resources / Netherlands / poverty rate / PRC / prime minister / Prime Minister Hun Sen / regional environmental cooperation / Samdech Hun Sen / sustainable economic development / Sweeden / Thailand / Water resources / Yunnan / Yunnan Province
Cambodia on July 28th hosted the 3rd Greater Mekong Sub- Region Environment Ministers to look forward to sustainable economic development in the region and to talk about current projects to reduce harm for regions and also to minimize several environmental challenges affecting natural resources, forest and ...
(Khem Sovannara and Chhorng Long Heng, p 7)
http://thesoutheastasiaweekly.com/?p=1289
Villagers target new rubber plantation
Villagers in Svay Rieng province from 10 villages have taken part in an armed protest against the granting of a land concession in the forest that will turn it into a rubber plantation. The villagers claim to have been on the land since 1979 and ...
