Au Cambodge, les ONG sous fortes pressions
- CCFD
- 04 May 2016
Aujourd’hui, les Cambodgiens quittent leur pays parce qu’ils n’ont plus de terre pour nourrir leur famille.
Cambodia
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Sugarcane plantation blamed for water shortage
- Khmer Times
- 27 April 2016
Land clearance and water consumption by the massive Rui Feng sugarcane plantation has been blamed to worsen drought in Preah Vihear village, Cambodia.
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Police block Preah Vihear villagers’ planned sugar protest
- Phnom Penh Post
- 20 April 2016
More than 200 angry ethnic Kuoy villagers who claim their land has been stolen by a Chinese-owned sugar company were blocked from protesting as Prime Minister Hun Sen inaugurated the firm’s mill in Preah Vihear province.
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Protests planned for Preah Vihear sugar plant’s opening
- Phnom Penh Post
- 19 April 2016
Representatives of more than 100 ethnic Kuoy villagers plan protest over the opening of a $360 million sugar mill – one of the largest in Asia– owned by Chinese company Rui Feng (Cambodia) International, which has been involved in series of land disputes with local villagers since 2012.
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HLH Group splurges US$10m on agricultural food processing park in Cambodia
- SBR
- 18 April 2016
Singapore's HLH Group, which already has a 10,000 ha concession in Kampong Speu Province, says it will invest US$10 million to for a 400-hectare agricultural food processing park in Cambodia.
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Q&A on impact of economic land concessions in Southeast Asia
- New York Times
- 26 Mar 2016
Authorities in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar have granted hundreds of long-term land leases called economic land concessions to foreign and domestic developers to set up rubber, sugar or other plantations or mining projects. A closer look at the issue
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Cambodia's zeal for rubber drives ethnic group from land
- Associated Press
- 25 Mar 2016
The Bunong say they never were warned their land would be taken and were not offered compensation before the land started to be cleared — two steps required under Cambodian law.
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‘No land revolution’ coming: official
- Phnom Penh Post
- 01 Mar 2016
While vast tracts of Cambodia remain concentrated in the hands of a few and accusations of land grabbing remain rife, the broader distribution of land is more than equitable, the government says.
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ANZ still owes villagers over sugar loan: Oxfam
- Phnom Penh Post
- 16 February 2016
Australian banking giant ANZ has come under fire for its response to a scandal over its financing of a sugar plantation previously linked to forced evictions and child labour in Kampong Speu province.
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Australian banks and land grabs
- Oxfam
- 15 February 2016
Almost two years ago Oxfam revealed that Australia’s Big 4 Banks — the ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac — are backing agriculture and timber companies linked to land grabs in developing countries.
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Thai firm: Sugar farm damage assessment is almost finished
- Cambodia Daily
- 12 February 2016
A Thai environmental auditing firm has confirmed that it is assessing the fallout from a trio of plantations in Oddar Meanchey province that Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol abandoned in late 2014 amid mounting accusations of land grabbing.
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Thai company’s return to sugar group challenged by NGOs
- The Cambodia Daily
- 09 February 2016
Three local NGOs have filed a complaint with international sugar industry group Bonsucro for readmitting Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol even though thousands of families forced off the company’s former plantations in Oddar Meanchey province have yet to be fully compensated.
