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Battambang Provincial Administration has mediated 140 cases of extrajudicial disputes in the last 7 months and confirmed commitment to resolve the issues. ...

In Koh Kong province, 200 families embroiled in a conflict over land allegedly stolen by sugar producers in 2006 have finally reached a settlement in late 2022. The NGO Equitable Cambodia released a statement announcing the settlement this week. ...

Nearly 80 people representing 56 families in Daun Ov community, Sangkat Cheung Ek, Khan Dangkor, who are worried about eviction, have urged the Phnom Penh authorities to expedite the issuance of land titles. And on-site development. ...

Hundreds of families facing displacement from a $1.5 billion airport project in Kandal province petitioned the provincial governor Monday, requesting authorities grant them land titles and allow them to continue living on the land. ...

Forest land in Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Trapeang Chor commune, Oral district, Kampong Speu province was looted by criminals. Hundreds of hectares of land were illegally demolished and cleared. This is according to the Baitong Warriors. ...

Siem Reap governor Tea Seiha said that in the past five years, the province has registered a total of 48,476 land titles. ...

Around 100 villagers representing thousands of families from seven Siem Reap communities facing land conflicts delivered petitions to relevant ministries in Phnom Penh, requesting land titles and solutions from provincial and national authorities this week. ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries recorded 841 instances of encroachment on protected land in 2022, imposing fines in 250 cases and sending 591 of them to court, according to its report. ...

More than 300 poor families face eviction to allow a private company to develop land in the Russei Keo district to the north of the Chroy Changvar bridge in Phnom Penh. ...

Koh Kong provincial authorities have denied that people fainted and died due to a protest in front of Koh Kong Provincial Hall on March 15, 2023, while protesters claimed that four people fainted and one died in hospital due to health problems during protests over ...

The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration has scheduled March 3 as the next date for mediation between real estate developer Borey VIP, its creditors and more than 350 families who say they have paid for homes which have not been built. ...

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction reported that from 2003 to 2022, the Ministry received 14,567 complaints of land disputes from across the country, resolving 11,085 cases with 3,482 cases still pending. ...

 Preav Hun cultivated bananas and mangos in the Areng valley of the Cardamom mountains for more than 25 years, but for the past six months Ministry of Environment officials have banned him and his indigenous Chorng neighbors from farming as the government rezones the protected ...

The Ministry of Interior has ordered the Tbong Khmum provincial governor to resolve land issues for more than 200 families in Memot and Tambor district, Tbong Khmum provinces after more than 10 years of dispute with private companies and authorities and seeking intervention from the ...

Villagers say Koh Kong provincial authorities have threatened to arrest residents and use bulldozers to demolish more than 100 of their plantation huts. ...

 Hundreds of families living along both sides of the so-called “94 canal” and facing relocation to make way for a new airport in Kandal province called for authorities to give them land titles, on-site development and an end to intimidation, during a public forum in ...

Some 40 villagers blocked a national road in Preah Sihanouk this week, lighting smoking fires and wielding sticks in front of authorities in a land dispute in an area that has seen prior violence and conflicting claims among military and powerful individuals. ...

Three families in Preah Sihanouk province, including that of a military veteran, are calling on army commander Hun Manet to resolve their long-standing land dispute against a local businessperson. ...

Cambodian authorities are calling the popular beach resorts on major tourist attraction Koh Rong Sanloem island “illegal” and claiming there are only “one or two” holdouts left after a sudden eviction notice. ...

About 100 communities with land issues from three communes in Kampong Speu province gathered in front of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction to urge the ministry to expedite resolve their land dispute with Tycoon Ly Yong Phat Company. ...

Citizens have land dispute with former sugar company in Oddar Meanchey province urges the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction to settle land dispute and give them back the title after the company goes bankrupt and withdraws from the economic land concession, which ...

Nearly 100 people have land dispute with Ly Yong Phat sugar plantation in Kampong Speu province gather in front of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction on the morning of January 26, 2023 to request this ministry to expedite the demolition procedure ...

A senior environment official called for calm after indigenous women’s communities urged relevant ministries and institutions to address their concerns by including their input into the draft amendments to the protected natural areas and forestry laws. ...

A leaked report from experts at an international body overseeing Angkor Archaeological Park reiterated past congratulations for Cambodia’s efforts to dismantle illegal structures in heritage areas amid mass evictions of roughly 10,000 families from the site. ...