“A decade ago, my family lost our land, the [Chinese] company tore down my house and banned us from using our farmland. Now I live near my land awaiting a resolution.”
Category: Cambodia
Cambodia looks to hydropower, but…
A number of Chinese companies have received approval from the Cambodian government to build hydropower dams across the Mekong.
Mekong basin’s vanishing fish signal tough times ahead in Cambodia
“Hydropower development through 2040 will eliminate migratory fish in large parts of the Mekong. No Mekong migratory fish species will be able to survive in the reservoirs of dams planned by 2020 and 2040.
Plantations Skirted Laws to Amass Land, Driving Locals Into Debt
Thousands of indigenous Kuy people in Preah Vihear province are losing their livelihoods as due to one Chinese company clearing 20,000 hectares of forests and locals’ farmland.
Plundering Cambodia’s forests
Meet the man on a mission to take down Cambodia’s timber tycoons and expose a rampant illegal cross-border trade.
Alleged land grab in Phnom Oral area
Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organisation director Chea Hean requested Kampong Speu provincial governor Vei Samnang to take back 243ha of land in Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary as state property.
Cambodia’s Historically Abundant Freshwater Fisheries are Disappearing
Defeat Diabetes Foundation travels to Cambodia to speak with local fishermen about the declining fish population and its effect on their health
Cambodia says relocated Vietnamese Tonle Sap families cannot own land
Relocated families are setting up new homes on the designated 40-hectare area in the province only by way of renting small individual plots from a Cambodian landowner.