Cambodia

Forced Evictions Rampant in Cambodia, Says Report
- The Epoch Times
- 24 November 2011
Women are at the forefront of being evicted in Cambodia.
Cambodia: Contract for acacia and sugar cane plantation with Heng Yue International (China)
- 08 November 2011
Contract between the Government of Cambodia and the Chinese company Heng Yue International for a 8,959 ha concession for the production of acacia and sugar cane.
Les communautés autochtones cambodgiennes victimes des projets industriels
- Novethic
- 17 October 2011
La FIDH dénonce les impacts d'une filiale du groupe Bolloré sur la communauté des Bonong au Cambodge. Un exemple des conflits fonciers qui se multiplient aujourd'hui dans le pays autour de concessions accordées par le gouvernement.
Cambodian monk defies his superiors to document and oppose land grabs
- Irish Times
- 16 September 2011
Buddhist monks across Cambodia have been ordered by their superiors not to give food or shelter to the Venerable Sovath Luon, whose only crime has been to stand up against brutal land seizures.
Global land grabs creating security and political problems
- ABC
- 13 September 2011
It's become known as the global land grab. More and more wealthy countries are buying up agricultural land in the developing world in at attempt to hedge against high food prices.
Bittersweet Harvest: Thai sugar company on land grab in Cambodia?
- Khmerization
- 13 September 2011
Major Thai producer among businesses facing land-grab allegations in Cambodia's lucrative sugar industry.
Scope of land evictions revealed
- Phnom Penh Post
- 16 August 2011
Victims of land disputes nationwide are being encouraged to unite, as figures released yesterday highlighted the magnitude of what is often referred to as an “epidemic of land grabbing” in Cambodia.
South Korea to expand overseas farming on rising food costs
- Bloomberg
- 10 July 2011
Korea wants to secure a total of 380,000 hectares of overseas farmland by 2018, the agriculture ministry said in an e-mailed statement today. Priority countries include the Philippines, Cambodia, Ukraine, Indonesia and Russia.
Le « sucre du sang » au Cambodge
- L'Usine Nouvelle
- 25 May 2011
En visite privée dans le Pays des Khmers, la parlementaire européenne Cecilia Wikström a constaté de nombreuses violations des droits humains et d’accaparement des terres des villageois par les sociétés sucrières
EU parliamentarian condemns Cambodia’s “blood sugar” exports
- dpa
- 20 May 2011
A member of the European Parliament said Friday she would push for the European Union to suspend trade preferences for Cambodian sugar after meeting villagers who had been evicted to make way for huge concessions.
Revealed: The bitter taste of Cambodia’s sugar boom
- The Ecologist
- 13 May 2011
Sugar may seem innocuous enough, but sweet-toothed Western consumers could be fuelling conflict between poor farming communities and big business with every spoonful. Sam Campbell reports from Phnom Penh
Land ist Leben: Der Griff von Investoren nach Ackerland
- Zeitpunkt
- 11 May 2011
Das Dossier ist herausgegeben von "Brot für die Welt", dem evangelischen Entwicklungsdienst und dem Forschungs- und Dokumentationszentrum Chile-Lateinamerika in Zusammenarbeit mit der Redaktion Welt-Sichten.