by James Fair
Since the late 1990s, the Cambodian government has granted at least nine private companies Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) within the park for commercial crop plantations such as acacia and sugar cane, ecotourism and general infrastructure developments.
Botum Sakor National Park in southern Cambodia has lost at least 30,000 hectares of forest over the past three decades.
Decades of environmental degradation go back to the late 1990s when the Cambodian government began handing out economic land concessions for the development of commercial plantations and tourist infrastructure.
NGOs in Cambodia are said to be unwilling to speak out against the destruction of Botum Sakor because they are afraid they will not be allowed to operate in the country if they do.
Directory of Community Guidance on Agreements Relating to Agriculture or Forestry Investments
While there are a number of existing resources that can assist communities and their advocates in their interactions with investors over land from negotiating better agreements with investors, to monitoring whether investors fulfill the terms of their agreements these resources are not always easy to find. CCSI has created a detailed directory that lists relevant guides and other documents, provides links to the original documents, and includes brief descriptions of their content. This directory, provided as a Google document, is available here; it can be viewed online, downloaded, emailed, and printed.
Casinos, condos and sugar cane: How a Cambodian national park is being sold down the river
by James Fair on 4 May 2021
Botum Sakor National Park in southern Cambodia has lost at least 30,000 hectares of forest over the past three decades.
Decades of environmental degradation go back to the late 1990s when the Cambodian government began handing out economic land concessions for the development of commercial plantations and tourist infrastructure.
NGOs in Cambodia are said to be unwilling to speak out against the destruction of Botum Sakor because they are afraid they will not be allowed to operate in the country if they do.
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