Cambodia

The Canadian company Stevia Nutra Corporation announced that it has entered into a “Services Provision Agreement” with Ecologica Co. Ltd, a Cambodian agro-development company, to develop largescale stevia plantations in Cambodia

Film inspiré d'un rapport APRODEV sur l'accaparement des terres au Cambodge

Stop Tate and Lyle Sugars buying from suppliers that bleed Cambodian farmers by taking their land. Boycott Tate and Lyle Sugars until they compensate the families who have lost everything so that they can make a profit.

An EU scheme to boost trade with developing nations is fueling land grabs in Cambodia, activists say, with thousands evicted from their property to make way for a booming sugar industry.

Après deux ans de pourparlers avec Tate and Lyle Sugars, qui importe le sucre cambodgien en Europe, les communautés appellent au boycott du sucre de la marque la plus ancienne au monde.

Statement by Cambodia Clean Sugar Campaign

As the World Bank held its Annual Conference on Land and Poverty in April, campaigners accused it once again of facilitating and legitimising 'land grabs' that harm local communities.

Authorities say the land is owned by the government, but the activists claim the previously state-owned land already has been awarded to a Russian company to be developed as a plantation.

Magnum photographer uses iPad to highlight Cambodian land grabbings

Le gouvernement du Cambodge a annoncé lundi avoir suspendu l'attribution de nouvelles concessions aux entreprises privées, alors que les tensions foncières suscitent désormais des violences inquiétantes.

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen temporarily suspended new land concessions to private companies in an effort to ease political pressure over an issue that has triggered social unrest and occasional violence.

This report from APRODEV documents how communities in Cambodia have lost their livelihoods because of land grabbing by national and international business corporations.