November
“Villagers Threaten to Forcibly Resist Eviction”
More than 300 villagers resisted to be forcibly evicted by the Try Pheap Company in Preah Vihear Province. According to the village 1000 hectare is being seized for the rubber plantation by the company.
Category:Illegal land grabbing, Land rights
Date: November, 4th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013):
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-threaten-to-forcibly-resist-eviction-46526/
“Boeung Kak villagers closer to land titles”
City hall officials had begun measuring land in the Boeung Kak community yesterday . City hall spokesman Long Dinmanche said “…after measuring the land and the sizes of their houses, 32 familyies will receive legal land titles.”
Category: Land titles, Land rights, Land disputes
Date: November, 7th , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boeung-kak-villagers-closer-land-titles-linkfix
Related articles: The Cambodia Daily(2013) http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-start-measuring-boeng-kak-land-46730/
“Illegal logging ‘rampant’ in sanctuary”
Three tractors travelling out of Kampong Speu were caught by the provincial military police. According to the director of Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organization (NRWPO) reported that these accused men were illegally transporting timber woods our of the protected area.
Category: Illegal Logging
Date: November, 7th , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-logging-%E2%80%98rampant%E2%80%99-sanctuary
“NGOs threaten to sue over Don Sahong Dam”
“Environmentalists and NGOs are threatening to sue developers of a controversial hydropower dam, claiming the project would cause irreversible damage to the Mekong River.” According to the executive director of Cambodian Volunteers for Society and the program manager of Fisheries Action Coalition Team, more than 60 million people who lives along the river will be negatively impacted from the food security and economic livelihood for generation.
The Don Sahong Dam project will be taking place less than two kilometers north of Cambodian-Lao border.
Category: Natural Resources Rights
Date: November, 7th , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-threaten-sue-over-don-sahong-dam
“Coca-Cola to Investigate Sugar Sourced From Cambodia”
Coca-Cola, the soft drink giant, said that they will not tolerate the land grabs and will not “source any sugar produced by companies that refuse to comply with human rights standards.” They gave examples from “…several sugar plantations in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province where hundreds of families have been displaced due to economic land concessions granted by the government for sugar cane plantations.”
Category: Land Grabbing, Natural Resources Rights
Date: November, 9-10th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013):http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/coca-cola-to-investigate-sugar-sourced-from-cambodia-46784/
“Thai Sugar Firm meets with Koh Kong Evictees”
“Thailand’s Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Limited(KSL) made offer to settle the yearslong land dispute with the Cambodian families who accused the company for illegally grabbing their land.”
Category: Land Grabbing, Thai-Cambodian land disputes
Date: November, 11th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013):http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thai-sugar-firm-meets-with-koh-kong-evictees-46811/
“Partial victory at the ICJ: Most of disputed territory left unresovled”
“The International Court of Justice yesterday unanimously declared that its 1962 judgement awarding judgment awarding the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia also gave the Kingdom sovereignty over the promontory that them temple sits on.”
Category: Thai-Cambodian land disputes, Preah Vihear disputed territory
Date: November, 12th , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/partial-victory-icj
“Thailand Says No troop pullback from Preah Vihear Just yet”
Thai Major General Tharakorn Thammawinthorn stated that their troops from Preah Vihear will not pull out right away until the two government held more talks.
Category: Thai-Cambodian land disputes, Preah Vihear disputed territory
Date: November, 13th , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):
“Wildlife sanctuary ‘illegally logged’”
Piles of luxury woods, Thnong and Neang Nuon wood, were discovered in Ratanakkiri province. These wood allegedly “fell inside the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary-stockpiled in ware house of economic land title holders.” The Rights group, ADHOC, and the local villagers accused Agrico Co, Ltd and Hoang Anh Lumphat repeatedly being accused of illegal logging in the area. “Adhoc says it will continue to investigate the case.”
Key word: Illegal logging
Date: November, 18th , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wildlife-sanctuary-%E2%80%98illegally-logged%E2%80%99
Related Article: The Cambodia Daily (2013): http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-accused-of-logging-in-wildlife-sanctuary-47155/
“Firm Logging in Wildlife Sanctuary Granted Únofficial’Concession”
“The Rattanakkiri provincial governor says that Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary has been granted unofficial land concession inside the protected zone” and that the officials are powerless to stop the illegal logging in the area.
Key word: Illegal logging, Daun Penh Agrico, Try Pheap
Date: November, 19th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013): http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-logging-in-wildlife-sanctuary-granted-unofficial-concession-47256/
“Preah Vihear Residents protest Future Eviction”
53 families from Srayong commune’s Srayong Khang Choeung village in Preah Vihear province gathered in front of the head quarters of FP Malaysia to protest against the company and its rubber plantation which have been putting restrictions on the community members cultivate their farmland.
Key word: Srayong commune’s Srayong Khang Choeung village, Preah Vihear, FP Malaysia, land grabbing, evictions
Date: November, 19th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013):http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/preah-vihear-residents-protest-future-eviction-47273/
“ELC in Nature Preserve is Illegal, Government Spokesman Says”
The spokesman for the Council of Ministers criticized regarding the alleged illegal logging case in Rattanakkiri province as “unlawful” deed and the “local authorities in Ratanakkiri must stand accountable for allowing the concession to be granted.”
Key word: Illegal logging, Daun Penh Agrico, Try Pheap
Date: November, 20th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013):http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/elc-in-nature-preserve-is-illegal-government-spokesman-says-47379/
“Boeng Kak Activists Call for Supreme Court to Free Yorm Bopha”
Boeng Kak commune activists marched around the Supreme Court in ‘Phnom Penh yesterday calling for the release of Yorm Bopha who will have the final appeal hearing on Friday. The commune activists claim that ”Phnom Penh Municipal court’s warrant is unjust because the procedure was wrong.” Other international organizations such as Amnesty International also released statement which stated, Yorm Bopha “…must be freed immediately and unconditionally.”
Key word: Yorm Bopha, Tep Vanny, Boeng Kak Commune protest, Land Rights
Date: November, 20th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013):http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boeng-kak-activists-call-for-supreme-court-to-free-yorm-bopha-47391/
“Report calls out Pheap”: Tycoon blamed for 1,445 evictions
Try Pheap, one of the largest logging tycoon in Cambodia, was criticized in The Cambodian Human Rights Task Force (CHRTF)’s recently released report for displacing families and encroaching on protected forest areas and helping to facilitate a cross-border illegal logging operation…According to the report, at least 1,445 families have been evicted from their homes during Pheap’s acquisition of about 68,088 hectares since 2010.”
Key word: Try Pheap, Illegal Logging, forced-eviction, natural resources rights violation of Cambodia, Choeung Sopheap
Date: November, 20th , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-calls-out-pheap
“Numbers don’t add up: Timber tally questioned”
“The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has released a nine-month status report on 2013’s illegal timber seizures, saying it had confiscated among other things more than 2,000 kg of rosewood-a figure that represents only a tiny fraction of seizures reported by the Post this year…”(Titthara, 2013) Read more article at Phnom Penh Post…
Key word: illegal logging, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Cambodia, Rosewood, Timber
Date: November, 21st , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/numbers-don%E2%80%99t-add
“Suspected Loggers shot dead by Thais: report”
“3 Cambodian suspected of illegal logging in Thailand reported shot dead on Tuesday morning after the gunfight which lasted more than 10 min…”
Key word: illegal logging, Thai-Cambodia conflict, Katharalak district Rosewood, Timber
Date: November, 21st , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/suspected-loggers-shot-dead-thais-report
“Answers demanded on dam site”
Tycoon Kith Meng is being alleged for the illegal logging against its suspension orders of logging around the reservoir area of the controversial Lower Sesan II dam.
Key word: illegal logging,
Date: November, 22nd , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/answers-demanded-dam-site
“Defamation suits follow NGO report”
Tycoon Try Pheap filed defamation complaint against the two informants whom Cambodian Human Rights Task Force interviewed regarding to the report released on Pheap’s land concession forced evict 1000s of families, and facilitating illegal logging.
Key word: illegal logging, Try Pheap, Cambodian Human Rights Task Force
Date: November, 25th , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/answers-demanded-dam-site
“Villagers Get Land Title After Torching Excavator”
42 families in Preah Vihear province protested to their pending eviction caused by a Chinese company who plans to establish a sugarcane plantation. Human rights group ADHOC facilitates the case.
Key word: Forced eviction, Preah Vihear, Chheb district, ADHOC
Date: November, 25th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013): http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-protest-eviction-by-chinese-company-47808/
“Try Pheap Given Exclusive Rights to Seized Wood”
According to the Forestry Administration , Try PHeap Import Export have paid $3.4 million for the exclusive rights to collect nearly 5000 cubic meters of confiscated luxury timber. Adding on , it stated that “Try Pheap is allowed to sell the timber to any local or international buyers the company desires.”
Key word: illegal logging, Try Pheap, Cambodian Human Rights Task Force, ADHOC
Date: November, 26th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013): http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-protest-eviction-by-chinese-company-47808/
Related article: The Phnom Penh Post (2013) “Villagers ‘paid to log’ lost land” http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-%E2%80%98paid-log%E2%80%99-lost-land
“Dragon Tail Logging Scandal Back in Court”
The court case of Moeung Samoeun and its illegal logging ring in the Ratanakkiri province’s Virachey National Park, appeared at the Appeal Court on Thursday.
Key word: illegal logging, Ratanakkiri Province, Virachey National Park, Moeung Samoeun
Date: November, 26th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013): http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/dragons-tail-logging-scandal-back-in-court-47889/
“Villagers fight mining venture”
“Nearly 70 representatives from 278 families in Preah Vihear’s Rovieng district are seeking intervention after a national mining company began drilling on their farmland.”(Seangly, 2013). Adhoc takes the case.
Key word Preah Vihear’s Rovieng district, mining company, land grabbing, land dispute
Date: November, 26th , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013): http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-fight-mining-venture
“Villagers say petition is a ‘trick’”
Villagers in Kandal province stated that they have been tricked into thumbprinting a petition supporting tycoon Try Pheap claiming that the company is not related to illegal logging. Many were not informed nor allowed to see what document they were thumbprinting for.
Keywords: illegal logging, Kandal, Try Pheap, ADHOC
Date: November 27, 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013): http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-say-petition-%E2%80%98trick%E2%80%99
“Collusion alleged in logging”
Border officials guarding between Vietnam and Cambodia were accused by the Jarai villagers in Ratanakirri’s O’Yadav district for allowing illegal Vietnamese loggers to cross the border.
Keywords: illegal logging, Vietnam border, ADHOC
Date: November 27, 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013): http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/collusion-alleged-logging
“Felling illegal: villagers”
Daun Penh Agrico company alleged for illegal logging in Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary yesterday. Villagers witnessed the forest being disturbed by 19 men with felling trees. Adhoc provincial representative said “ the company responsible was likely to be daun penh agrico which was granted an 8,825-hectare economic land concession in the sanctuary in 2011.”
Keywords: illegal logging, Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, Ratanakkiri, Daun Penh Agrico Co Ltd
Date: November 27, 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013): http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/felling-illegal-villagers
Related article: The Cambodia Daily (2013)/-Ex-Environment Minister Says Deforestation Exaggerated: http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ex-environment-minister-says-deforestation-exaggerated-47930/
“Activists patrol forest crime”
Prey Lang community began their 2nd around of forest patrol this year. About 500 community activists and members set out 5 day campaign to prevent forest crimes such as illegal logging, forced evictions, violation of natural resources rights against the community.
Keywords: Prey Lang, illegal logging, forced evictions, violation of natural resources rights against the community.
Date: November 28th , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013): http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-patrol-forest-crime
“ NGOs Reject Claim that Virachey Park Safe from loggers”
Keywords: illegal logging, Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, Ratanakkiri, Daun Penh Agrico Co Ltd.
Date: November 28th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013): http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-reject-claim-that-virachey-park-safe-from-loggers-48067/
“ Thais return jailed loggers”
Cambodian prisoners who have been arrested last March, 2013 for illegally logging the rose wood, were released by the Thai authorities yesterday.
Keywords: illegal logging, Thailand, Rose wood
Date: November 29th , 2013
Source: The Phnom Penh Post (2013): http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thais-return-jailed-loggers
“ Boeng Kak Activists protest state violence against women”
Boengkak activists and victims of land grabbing marched to Daun Penh district yesterday to protest against violence against women. .
Keywords: Tap Vanny, Yorm Bopha, Boeng Kak
Date: November 29th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013): http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boeng-kak-activists-protest-state-violence-against-women-48194/
“ Farmers Accuse Mining Company of Threatening Land Grab”
“Some 300 farmers protested for a second day at their local commune office in Preah Vihear provinces yesterday against a mining company they accuse of threatening to steal their land unless they accepted its compensation offer to relocate…(Aun,2013)
Keywords:
Date: November 29th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013): http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/farmers-accuse-mining-company-of-threatening-land-grab-48209/
“ Official Retracts Comments about logging in Wildlife Sanctuary”
Keywords: illegal logging, Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, Ratanakkiri, Daun Penh Agrico Co Ltd.
Date: November 29th , 2013
Source: The Cambodia Daily (2013): http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-retracts-comments-about-logging-in-wildlife-sanctuary-48211/
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