This working paper reviews the experiences of the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) with 14 “small
grants for impact” that were contracted in early 2006 and operated for periods of 12 to 18 months. For a total
investment of under US$1 million – less than the equivalent of a…
Abstract: "Political dynamics of the global land grab are exemplified in Cambodia, where at least 27 forced evictions took place in 2009, affecting 23,000 people. Evictions of the rural poor are legitimized by the assumption that non-private land is idle, marginal, or degraded and available…
A map showing the location of 238.50 hectares of land being requested for agro-industry investment in Sandan district of Kampong Thom by Hean Kok Ham company.
In Cambodia there is an increasing trend of large land acquisitions, inadequate protection of land rights, and a high incidence of land disputes. About 1.04 million hectares were approved as Economic Land Concessions (ELC) for foreign and domestic companies in 2010, as a means of increasing…
ABSTRACTED FROM INTRODUCTION: Women’s access to and control over land can potentially lead to gender equality alongside addressing material deprivation. Land is not just a productive asset and a source of material wealth, but equally a source of security, status and recognition. Substantive…
An exclusive focus on external forces risks the production of an overgeneralized account of a ubiquitous neoliberalism, which insufficiently accounts for the profusion of local variations that currently comprise the neoliberal project as a series of articulations with existing political economic…
Reclassifying 410 hectares as state private land in Beoung Per Wildlife Sanctuary in Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear provinces for agro-industry, rubber plantation and animals raising investment under lease or concession condition.
Reclassifying 350 hectares as state private land in Beoung Per Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom provinces for agro-industry, rubber plantation and animals raising investment under lease or concession condition.
Determining 321 hectares as sustainable use zone in Dorng Peng Multiple Use Area in Koh Kong province, and granting to land for agro-industry and rubber plantation investment to Lim Lung Co., Ltd.
Reclassifying 7,472 hectares as state private land in Kulen-Prumtep Wildlife Sanctuary in Siem Reap province for agro-industry investment under lease or concession condition.
Reclassifying 3,000 hectares as state private land in Banteay Chhmar Nature Protection Area in Thmar Puok district, Banteay Meanchey province for agro-industry investment under lease or concession condition.
Reclassifying 9,237 hectares as state private land in Kulen-Prumtep Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province for agro-industry investment under lease or concession condition.