Cambodia

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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17,652,000 ha

3,869.5 USD

16,249,798

23.4 %

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31.5 %

52.1 %

322,000 ha

8.6 %

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Indigenous Communities Urge Action on Collective Land Titles

13 March 2023

Just 38 indigenous communities out of 455 have received communal land titles since the government first made them available in 2009, with indigenous activists and rights groups bemoaning the notoriously slow process.

Indigenous Community Banned From Farming Over Unclear Zoning in Areng Valley

17 February 2023

A hazy Cambodian government land zoning and titling initiative known as Sub-Decree 30 has made life problemativ for indigenous community

Government Approves New Economic Land Concession Despite Moratorium, Conflict Ensues

16 January 2023

The government awarded a new Economic Land Concession (ELC) in March 2022 for the first time in nearly a decade and despite an existing moratorium on ELCs

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Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests

Value: $15,281,096.00

Donors: Government of Belgium

Influencing for Sustainable Natural Resources Governance

Donors: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development

Donors: World Bank Group

Support to Community Forestry and Fishery

Value: $2,200,000.00

Donors: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Contribution to the protection of land rights II

Value: $6,240,000.00

Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Improvement of livelihoods and food security of former landless households in Cambodia

Value: $1,100,000.00

Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

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.

Investment Governance in Cambodia: A Window of Opportunity

25 May 2022

Cambodia’s new investment law could open the way for more inclusive, sustainable investment. In a series of virtual meetings, stakeholders from across Cambodia came together to assess the challenges and opportunities arising from that law and investment governance generally. This blog has been…

WEBINARS: Capturing Knowledge from the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT)

Over the past nine years, the project on Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT)has helped countries make political commitments towards the eradication of hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition, with the…

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More on this country

Indigenous Communities Urge Action on Collective Land Titles

Indigenous Community Banned From Farming Over Unclear Zoning in Areng Valley

Government Approves New Economic Land Concession Despite Moratorium, Conflict Ensues

Cambodia

projects

Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests

Influencing for Sustainable Natural Resources Governance

Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development

Support to Community Forestry and Fishery

Contribution to the protection of land rights II

Improvement of livelihoods and food security of former landless households in Cambodia

Investment Governance in Cambodia: A Window of Opportunity

WEBINARS: Capturing Knowledge from the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT)

Growing the Field

Agrisud International

Analyzing Development Issues Centre Cambodia

Asian Partnership For The Development Of Human Resources In Rural Asia

Camagra Investment Group Ltd

Cambodia Development Resource Institute

Cambodia Ministry Of Environment

Cambodia Ministry Of Planning

Cambodian Center For Human Rights

Cambodian Committee For Women

Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee

Cambodian Human Rights And Development Association

Cambodian Indigenous Youth Association