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Three Chinese companies won economic land concessions in Ratanakiri Province
- Weixin
- 16 Mar 2025
According to Cambodian media, the Ratanakiri Provincial Information Bureau recently issued a notice announcing the approval of 17 foreign-funded enterprises to obtain economic land concessions (ELC) in the province, covering agricultural planting, agro-industrial integration and beef cattle breeding. Among foreign companies that have obtained economic land concessions, Vietnamese companies dominate, followed by Chinese and Indian companies. In addition, 10 local companies have also obtained land investment with a total area of 146,366 hectares.
Kuy indigenous demand resolution over land dispute in Preah Vihear
- CamboJa News
- 04 Mar 2025
Indigenous community members in Preah Vihear province sought intervention for their communal land, which has been allegedly cleared by a company, Santana Agro Product Co Ltd., said to belong to a senior provincial official — a claim that has been denied by another official on the basis that it involves individual developers instead.
THACO invests $1B in Cambodia agriculture, eyes $800M yearly revenue by 2028
- Phnom Penh Post
- 17 February 2025
THACO AGRI, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s Truong Hai Group Corporation (THACO), operates fruit farms and cattle ranches on over 33,000 ha in Kratie and Ratanakiri provinces.
Pilleurs de Terre : à qui profite l’impunité ?
- Pressenza
- 14 October 2024
Pilleurs de Terre est un long-métrage documentaire réalisé par Fanny Paloma Escobar, qui suit les luttes des communautés autochtones contre les accaparements de terres par des filiales du groupe Bolloré, au Cambodge et au Cameroun. À travers cette interview, elle partage son parcours, les défis de la réalisation, et ses espoirs pour l’avenir de son film.
Food security to be a core business for Mega First
- The Edge
- 03 July 2024
Malaysia's MEGA First Corp Bhd has 1,830ha of coconut trees and 730ha of macadamia trees planted in Mondulkiri province, Cambodia, where it has slightly more than 6,000ha of concession land.
Koh Kong’s Chorng Indigenous People struggle with arrests and lawsuits in REDD+ zone
- CamboJa News
- 03 July 2024
Chorng indigenous community, who live around Cardamom Mountain National Park in Koh Kong province, Cambodia, experienced difficulties obtaining forest products or practicing rotational farming near their village as they have been informed that those areas are in the REDD+ zone, although there was no clear boundary.
Investigation confirms more abuses on Cameroon, Sierra Leone Socfin plantations
- Mongabay
- 27 June 2024
Earthworm investigators told Mongabay they were shocked by some of their findings of sexual harassment and gender-based violence on Socfin's plantations. "If they don’t make progress on these issues, we would stop working with them, as that’s our mission as a foundation.”
The Bunong people's land struggle with Socfin
- GRAIN
- 30 April 2024
Local communities in Mondulkiri province have been struggling to get their land back since 2008, when the Luxembourg-based Socfin group secured 12,000 hectares of their lands.
Vietnamese firm mulls multimillion-dollar agri-investment in Cambodia
- Khmer Times
- 25 April 2024
The Vietnamese conglomerate’s regional expansion will include 11,600 hectares dedicated to intensive banana production across the four new farms, two of which will be in Cambodia.
Activist charged with inciting unrest among villagers
- Khmer Times
- 08 April 2024
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged Keut Saray, the president of Khmer Students Intelligent League Association (KSILA), for inciting villagers embroiled in land disputes in Preah Vihear province to resist provincial authorities and the government.
Dozens of Cambodians charged in land dispute: activist
- AFP
- 13 Mar 2024
A Cambodian court has charged 29 people with illegally occupying state land following an incident in which authorities fired live rounds in a crackdown on a longstanding land dispute.
Loggers have ‘grabbed’ around 1m hectares of Indigenous land in DRC
- Carbon Brief
- 12 Mar 2024
A new study identifies around 18m hectares of land in Cambodia, Colombia and the DRC that have been acquired in large-scale deals for logging, intensive agriculture, fossil-fuel extraction and mining.