Economic Land Concessions to attract investors result in few benefits at the cost of huge social and environmental impacts.
Category: Cambodia
Turning the tide on Cambodia’s forests destruction
In pictures how timber and agribusiness companies are ravaging lands that are supposedly protected and how Indigenous people are trying to stop the destruction.
Cambodia’s sweeping new environment code languishes
Deforestation, illegal sand mining and other environmental problems are rampant in Cambodia, which has lost nearly a quarter of its tree cover since 2000.
Can Cambodia’s fragmented agriculture sector save the economy?
My family used to harvest 40 bags of rice from just 1ha. These days, we cannot even sustain that amount from 3ha.”
Cambodia needs technocratic leaders to stay relevant in Industry 4.0
Cambodia ranked 98th out of 129 countries in the 2019 Global Innovation Index, while Vietnam ranked 42nd and Thailand ranked 43rd.
To Avoid Overdependence on China, Cambodia Needs to Build Its Relations With India
Bring in the Indian card to balance China’s economic and geopolitical influence in Cambodia as well as in Southeast Asia.
Protect the giant ibis through the pandemic
The ibis’s historical range stretched across Southeast Asia, but only 194 Critically Endangered individuals remain, constrained to the northeastern region of Cambodia.