Cambodia

Time to sow the seeds of land reform in Cambodia
- Establishment Post
- 07 April 2015
A growing number of reports link Cambodia’s land titling campaign with land grabbing and deforestation, particularly in indigenous communities.
Une filiale de la Banque Mondiale épinglée
- Les Echos
- 03 April 2015
Au Cambodge, au Honduras, en Inde et au Guatemala, des ONG relatent des faits de répression, d'accaparements de terres et de violences ayant entraîné des morts suite aux prêts de la Société financière internationale.
Indigenous rights ‘denied’
- Phnom Penh Post
- 27 Mar 2015
Land concessions and economic development have trampled efforts by Cambodia's indigenous communities to secure customary lands. In 2015, a report says, 267 Economic Land Concessions occupied 2,196,628 hectares, or more than 60 per cent of Cambodia’s arable land.
Cambodian land grabs threaten traditional communities
- VOA
- 26 Mar 2015
Seoung Sarat says he lost his right leg in 2009 because of a conflict with a company that was granted his land by the government to use for large-scale farming.
Local groups pour capital in agriculture projects
- VietNamNet
- 19 Mar 2015
The head of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group, Doan Nguyen Duc, now owns 46,000 ha of rubber, 10,000 ha of sugar cane and 6,000 ha of corn in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar and plans to raise 236,000 cows in Laos.
Villagers in northeast Cambodia refuse to give up land for rubber plantation
- RFA
- 10 Mar 2015
More than 200 representatives from remote northeastern Cambodian province refused to accept gifts from land concession company in exchange for clearing their communal land for a rubber tree plantation.
Major tycoons added to concessions watchlist in Cambodia
- Phnom Penh Post
- 10 Mar 2015
Fourteen companies have been put on a watchlist by Cambodia's Ministry of Environment for failing to live up to their investment promises. The ministry also said it had reduced the firms' land concessions by 14,000 hectares.
Cambodian land conflicts surge
- The Diplomat
- 21 February 2015
In a statement released Thursday, The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (Licadho) said it had registered 10,625 families newly affected by land conflicts in 2014, more than three times the number of families documented in 2013.
Land disputes triple in Cambodia in 2014: rights group
- World Bulletin
- 19 February 2015
Local NGO Licadho says registered more than 10,625 families newly affected by land conflicts.
Beverage companies wary of ‘blood sugar’ in supply chain
- VoA Khmer
- 17 February 2015
The “blood sugar” plantations in Cambodia have been accused of violently evicting villagers in order to raze farmland and build their plantations. Representatives from Coca-Cola and Pepsi said they are not aware of sugar in their supply chain supplied by rights violators.
Myanmar, Cambodia seek investors for rice business
- Gulf Times
- 13 February 2015
Two Southeast Asian countries, Myanmar and Cambodia, have declared to participate in the global rice business through foreign investors from Middle East, China, South Korea, Japan and Thailand.
Who’s winning the struggle for land in Cambodia?
- Oxfam America
- 29 January 2015
Changes and sudden loss of lands for indigenous people have far-reaching implications besides livelihood, income, and food. Despite pressure on indigenous communities, people are finding ways to defend their rights.