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EU Won’t Investigate Land Concessions—for Now
- 20 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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The trade commissioner and foreign affairs representative of the European Union (E.U.) have turned down a request from 13 members of the European Parliament that they immediately investigate Cambodia’s much criticized economic land concessions, but said they were monitoring the issue closely. In a March letter ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-wont-investigate-land-concessions-for-now-25194/
Land Is Life, and It’s Slipping Away
- 14 February 2013
- IPS News Agency
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Concessions / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Foreign investors / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Government / Industries / Investment / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Rivers and lakes / Sugar / Tourism / Water resources
- 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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