Around 2006, Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation., Ltd. One of major sugarcane and sugar companies in Thailand began to expand their production base to neighboring countries. This infograhpic solely looks at the case of sugarcane plantation investment in Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia.
On 30 August 2017, 40 people brought a petition to Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh calling for the withdrawal of sugar company Hengfu, that accused for grabbing tens of thousands of families land since 2011.
The Ministry of Land Management yesterday gave authorities in Koh Kong, Kampong Speu and Preah Vihear provinces one month to identify people affected by years-long sugar company land disputes.
About 100 community members locked in a long-running land dispute with the owners of Koh Kong Sugar Industry Company clashed with Chamkarmon district security forces after blocking the street in front of the Land Management Ministry
65 civil society organizations (CSOs) and non-government organizations (NGOs) from across the world signed a unity statement urging Cambodian government to release land rights activist Tep Vanny, who has been in detention for the past 12 months.
There were dramatic scenes outside Phnom Penh court this week as one of Cambodia’s most iconic activists, Tep Vanny lost an appeal to overturn her two and a half year jail sentence.
Villagers from three communities in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia traveled to Phnom Penh to seek government intervention in a long-running land dispute involving NK Venture, a Vietnamese firm, that got special permission to build a sugar plantation covering 670 hectares.
In an agreement mediated by the IFC’s watchdog mechanism, a controversial Vietnamese plantations company has reached a deal with 11 ethnic minority villages affected by its Ratanakkiri operations
Interview par le GITPA (Patrick Kulesza) de Frédéric Bourdier, membre du réseau des experts du GITPA pour l’Asie du sud est
A Chinese firm that plans to invest $2 billion into developing Cambodia’s first special economic zone (SEZ) dedicated solely to agricultural processing and storage has signed on a new partner to jumpstart the stalled project.
This report seeks to provide an overview of the current state of China’s overseas investment in agriculture in the Mekong region - including through land acquisitions - with a focus on Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
An Indian company locked in a land dispute with villagers in Svay Rieng province yesterday used machinery to clear land being used by the villagers for farming.
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