Land lies at the center of debates about Cambodia’s socio-economic development. Despite urbanization tendencies, agriculture remains the main source of income for over three quarter of the population. For farmers in the fertile lowlands, private land ownership rights have enabled recovery of their livelihoods after decades of violent conflict. Meanwhile, the resource-rich uplands and border areas have been the site of large-scale land acquisitions for cash crop production and extractive industries.
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Land Area
17,652,000 ha
GDP/Capita
4,354.6 USD
Total population
16,589,000
Urban population
23.4 %
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Women owning land
8.6 %
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02 May 2023
The Joint Credit Mechanism REDD+ (JCM REDD+) project will enable Cambodia to maintain the conservation of the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. The project is being extended to more than 50 villages around the sanctuary.
At a last week meeting held to review the sanctuary’s progress in 2022 and plan a…
18 April 2023
The Land Portal Foundation has launched a new Land & Investments Portfolio that unpacks the key concepts, terms, international frameworks and policies, and many other aspects critical to understanding how land investments affect society.
The portfolio explores different perspectives and data on…
13 March 2023
Main photo: An indigenous group erects a sign to calling out the illegal grabbing of their collective land in Andong Kraloeng community, Mondulkiri province. Photo supplied.
Just 38 indigenous communities out of 455 have received communal land titles since the government first made them available…
Customary practices undermine principles of joint ownership in male-headed households and gender-biased norms often prevent women from exercising or claiming their rights to the land.
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12 July 2024
The webinar “Pathways to Customary Land & Forest Rights in the Mekong” took place on July 2nd, 2024. This was the second webinar in the series ‘State of Land in the Mekong region’ which aims to highlight the evolving environment of land governance in this dynamic region, including Cambodia, Lao…
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State of Land in the Mekong Region
Land tenure in Mekong forest landscapes: advancing the recognition of customary rights and responsible investment practices
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26-27 May 2021
Recent global disruptions…