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Fighting a different battle
- 28 August 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Anti-corruption / Elections / Government / Land / Land policy and administration
- Adhoc / Anlong Veaeng district / Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) / Battalion 383 / Brigade 8 / Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni / Cambodian People's Party / Khmer Rouge / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / Om Yentieng / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / Prime Minister Hun Sen
Sok Ren’s eyes dart from side to side as he explains in a hushed tone why he’s been detained at military barracks in Preah Vihear province, rarely allowed to leave and under near constant surveillance, since July 31. While casting his ballot for the Cambodian People’s ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fighting-different-battle
Flood death toll hits seven
- 14 August 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Development policy and administration / Disasters / Environment and natural resources / Floods / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Banteay Meanchey / Banteay Meanchey Province / disasters / Disasters & Disaster Management / Environmental & Natural Resources Management / Floods / Kampong Thom / Kampong Thom Province / Keo Vy / kratie / Kratie Province / Lake and Rivers / land / Mekong river / Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology / MOWRAM / National Committee for Disaster Management / NCDM / Oddar Meanchey Province / Poipet district / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / Sisophon district / South China Sea / storms / Svay Chek district / Thailand / Thma Pouk district / Tonle Bassac river / Tonle Sap river / Trapaing Prasat District / Ty Narin / Water resources
Relentless floodwater in Banteay Meanchey has killed at least seven people since late last month, when water began inundating the province, national disaster officials confirmed. Fatalities from the deluge in Banteay Meanchey include four adults and three children, National Committee for Disaster Management chief Keo Vy ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flood-death-toll-hits-seven
Couple say illegal wood is not theirs
Police seized about 600 pieces of luxury-grade rosewood weighing about 2,000 kilograms during a raid in Oddar Meanchey province on Sunday, but are still deciding whether to arrest the owners of the property on which it was found, an official said. Bun Heng, a communal forestry ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/couple-say-illegal-wood-not-theirs
Political bias alleged
- 17 July 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Land / Land tenure and land titling
- Adhoc / Adhoc coordinator / CNRP / Disputed Land / Konkriel commune / land conflict / Land dispute / land right violation / Land rights / land titling / Loeurng Noch / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / Phouk Thoeury / Samrong town / Srey Naren / student volunteers / Thon Nol
Four families in Oddar Meanchey province’s Samrong town have filed a complaint with their commune hall, alleging that a military official and a village chief are trying to block them from receiving land titles because the families support the Cambodian National Rescue Party. The families and ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/political-bias-alleged
REDD+ forest clearing unabated: community
- 15 July 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Community forest / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest classifications / Forests and forestry / Land / Land tenure and land titling / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
- Ang Dong Bor community / Ang Dong Bor community chief / Banteay Ampil deputy governor / Banteay Ampil district / border dispute / carbon credit program / Din Heng / Disputed Land / Dong Beng community forest / Forest / Hing Hoeurn / illegal logging / land conflicts / Land dispute / Ministry of Agriculture / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / Oddar Meanchey provincial community forest / Protected areas / protected forest / protests / REDD / Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Sar Khlai / state land / UN / United Nations
Since last year, up to a half of nearly 8,000 hectares of community forest has been encroached upon and cleared in Oddar Meanchey province’s Banteay Ampil district by soldiers, community representatives said yesterday. Din Heng, chief of Ang Dong Bor community, said the army has cleared ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/redd-forest-clearing-unabated-community
Protesters Mix Petitions, Black Magic to Get Land
- 13 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Civil society / Environment and natural resources / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Social development
- arrests / black magic / Corruption / Demonstrations / Forests / Housing / housing rights / Human Rights / land / land activists / Land grabs / Land rights / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Ministry of Justice / National Assembly / natural resources / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / petitions / Phnom Penh / protests / Russei Keo district / Supreme Council of the Magistracy / Supreme Court / violent protests
Sporting red bandanas and armed with the accoutrements of Khmer black magic, several hundred demonstrators representing embattled communities throughout the country held noisy protests outside several government offices yesterday, where they placed curses on corrupt officials and submitted written petitions demanding justice. Unlike previous protests that ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/protesters-mix-petitions-black-magic-to-get-land-30761/
Thailand, Cambodia Recommit to Border Growth
- 12 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Coal / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Imports / Land / Logging and timber / Minerals and mineral products / Trade
- Battambang / Battambang Province / borders / Cambodia / Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong / coal / coal power plants / construction / economic zones / Electricity / energy / Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong / Hor Namhong / illegal border crossing / illegal logging / Infrastructure / international checkpoints / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Koy Kuong / Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Koy Kuong / Oddar Meanchey Province / Phnom Penh / power plants / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / Pursat and Oddar Meanchey / Pursat Province / rail connections / Railways / road connections / roads / SEZs / Special Economic Zones / Surapong Tovichahchaikul / Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul / Thai-Cambodian border / Thailand / Trade
The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding in Phnom Penh yesterday reconfirming their commitment to developing their joint border with new economic zones, checkpoints and a 1,800-MW power plant. “We have agreed to create four international checkpoints to improve trade ...
Cambodia explores carbon
- 11 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Carbon trading and other Payments for Ecological Services (PES) / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Land / Logging and timber
- carbon / carbon credit / carbon markets / carbon offset schemes / carbon trading / Climate Change / community forest groups / emission reduction / Europe / Forestry Administration / global carbon market / International Energy Centre / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / Pact / Paul Dargucsh / Phnom Penh / Royal Government of Cambodia / rubber / Rubber Research Institute of Cambodia / rubber sector / Sunway Hotel / UN-backed Green Climate Fund / Yin Song
Prices in the global carbon market are too low to provide an incentive for Cambodian businesses to engage in carbon offset schemes, but there are other options for businesses to gain funds for emission reduction, industry experts say. Speaking on the sidelines of a two-day educational ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061166181/Business/cambodia-explores-carbon.html
Sugar firm under fire
- 3 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / The poor / Trade
- Angkor Sugar / Asia / blood sugar / child labour / Chongkal district / duty-free trade preferences / Eang Vuthy / ELC / Equitable Cambodia / EU / European Parliament / European Union aid / Everything But Arms / Food insecurity / force eviction / Human Rights / human rights abuses / Kampong Speu Province / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / KSL / Land concession / land conflict / Land dispute / land eviction / Land Law / LICADHO / Ly Yong Phat / Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation / O’Bat Moun / Oddar Meanchey Province / Phnom Penh Sugar Company / Senator Ly Yong Phat / social impact assessments / Somrang district / sugar / sugar cane-planting concessionaires / Sugar company / sugar concession / sugar plantations / Tate and Lyle / Thai conglomerate / Thai human rights body / Thai national human rights commission / Thai sugar manufacturer KSL / Thailand / Tonle Sugar Cane / trade preferences
Asia’s largest sugar company has been accused of torching hundreds of homes, orchestrating the imprisonment of a pregnant activist and using security forces to beat villagers – among a raft of other grave human rights abuses – by communities in Oddar Meanchey province. The allegations levelled ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060366024/National/sugar-firm-under-fire.html
The canes of wrath
- 10 May 2013
- Southeast Asia Globe
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Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...
Illegal Logging Threatens UN’s Carbon Trading Project
- 2 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Carbon trading and other Payments for Ecological Services (PES) / Community forest / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest classifications / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
- carbon emissions / carbon trading / Chhin Chanpor / community forests / deforestation / illegal logging / Keo Thy / Lieutenant General Chhin Chanpor / Ministry of Defence / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey community forest network / Oddar Meanchey Province / RCAF / REDD / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Battalion II / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Battalion II commander Keo Thy / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Region II / Samraong City / U.N.
The military’s ongoing clearing of community forests in Oddar Meanchey province risks derailing Cambodia’s first forest-based carbon trading scheme backed by the U.N., according to the latest assessment of the project. Community forest groups, who stand to earn millions from the project, said on Wednesday that ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/illegal-logging-threatens-uns-carbon-trading-project-21395/
Logger Reported Dead as Rosewood Trade Directive Announced
- 26 February 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Trade
- Adhoc / Anlong Veng District / Cambodia / Chinese aid / Forestry Administration / government directive / Imports / Interior Minister / Khieu Sopheak / Laos / logging / logging concessions / luxury wood / Oddar Meanchey Province / plantation developments / Prime Minister Hun Sen / RCAF / Rights group / rosewood / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Sor Kheng / Thai armed forces / Thai Border / Thailand / Thma Puok district
Amid reports that a second Cambodian has been killed this year by Thai armed forces while illegally logging in Thai border territory, officials had little detail yesterday on a government directive that is aimed at ending the international demand for rosewood from Cambodia. Prime Minister Hun ...
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 ...
Chinese Mining Firm Plans Siem Reap Extraction
- 22 January 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Copper / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Energy / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Gold / Industrial mining / Investment / Land / Minerals and mineral products / Mining / Public land lease / Siem Reap
- Anlong Veng District / Cao Yunde / Chea Bunlong / Chea Sim / Chi Kreng / Chi Kreng district / Chi Kreng mining licence / coal mine / copper / deparment of industry mines and energy / gold / Hong Kong / Khmer First Wealth Holding / Khmer Holding / Khmer Resources / Khmer Resources Investment / Khmer Resources Investment Holding Group / Khmer Resources Investment Holding Group Co. Ltd / mining licences / mining license / Ministry of Industry Mine and Energy / Nim Meng / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / Oddar Meanchey's Anlong Veng District / Phnom Penh / power plant / Preah Sihanouk Province / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) / Senate President Chea Sim / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / Taiwan
A Chinese conglomerate headed by an adviser to Senate President Chea Sim plans to begin extracting gold and copper in Siem Reap province in two months, the firm’s chairman said yesterday. Khmer Holding, a group of companies that claims vast mineral interests in Cambodia, opened an ...
Illegal Luxury Wood Seized From National Police Truck
- 28 December 2012
- The Cambodia Daily
- Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Siem Reap
- Banteay Srei district / Forestry Administration / Forestry Law / luxury wood / National Police / National Route 67 / Oddar Meanchey Province / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) / Siem Reap Province / Srenoy commune / Thailand / Trapaing Prasat District / Varin district
Forestry officials in Siem Reap province seized 14 cubic meters if illegally logged luxury wood being transported by a truck bearing National Police license plates, Forestry Administration officials said yesterday. ...
Oddor Meanchey forestry police let rosewood shipment go
- 22 November 2012
- The Cambodia Herald
- Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber
- Forestry Police / illegal logging / logging / Ministry of Interior / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / Ou Svay commune / Rath Sambo / rosewood / timber / Tropang Prosat district
Forestry police let a vehicle with a half cubic meter of rosewood go Wednesday after border soldiers stopped it in Ou Svay commune in Tropang Prosat district. The vehicle belonged to Rath Sambo, a police officer at the Ministry of Interior who fled the scene, sources ...
Three Arrested at Border
Three Cambodians including a border patrol solider were arrested by Thai soldiers whilst they and several other villagers transported illegally logged rosewood from Thailand into Cambodia last Friday. “Seven villagers escaped and three were arrested,” said Khuon Srey Sros, cheif of Oddar Meanchey Province, Thmor Daun ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012111359703/National-news/three-arrested-at-border.html
Illegal loggers, trafficker return
- 7 November 2012
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber
- Border / Cambodia / Chaom Sangam Cambodia-Thailand border checkpoint / loggers / logging / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / Thailand
Fourteen Cambodian men jailed in Thailand for drug trafficking or illegal logging have been released in the past week after reaching the end of their sentences, a border official said yesterday. Touch Ra, director of the Chaom Sangam Cambodia-Thailand border checkpoint in Oddar Meanchey province, said ...
Police: farmers intended to log
- 4 September 2012
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber
- Cambodia's borders / Farmers / illegal logging / Illegal trade / Oddar Meanchey Province / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Thailand / timber / timber logging / Wood / wood logging
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldiers arrested 18 Cambodian farmers trying to cross the border in Oddar Meanchey province to illegally log in Thailand on Saturday. The farmers, between 20 and 40 years old, were travelling in a rented van equipped with axes, saws and other tools, ...
REDD Forests Endangered by Loggers, Soldiers
- 23 July 2012
- The Cambodia Daily
- Carbon trading and other Payments for Ecological Services (PES) / Community forest / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest classifications / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Trade
- Banteay Ampil district / base / Beng commune / building / carbon trading scheme / carbon-trading project area / clinics / commune chief / community forest members / construction / deforestation / dollars / Families / farms / forest-based carbon trading scheme / Forestry Administration officials / Forests / local families / Military / military base / Neighbors / Oddar Meanchey Province / RCAF / rights groups / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) / Sa Thlai / schools / soldiers / trees
Banteay Ampil district, Oddar Meanchey province – The families of Beng commune have new neighbors: a battalion of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldiers building a military base inside one of 13 pockets across the province aiming to be the first forest-based carbon trading scheme ...