{"id":4021,"date":"2013-11-15T15:21:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T08:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adhoccambodia.org\/?p=4021"},"modified":"2013-12-09T15:20:44","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T08:20:44","slug":"current-news-briefingsland-and-natural-resources-rights-of-cambodia-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/current-news-briefingsland-and-natural-resources-rights-of-cambodia-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Current news briefings:Land and Natural Resources Rights of Cambodia  November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>November<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0\u201cVillagers Threaten to Forcibly Resist Eviction\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>More than 300 villagers resisted to be forcibly evicted by the Try Pheap Company in Preah Vihear Province.\u00a0\u00a0 According to the village 1000 hectare is being seized for the rubber plantation by the company.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Category:<\/b>Illegal land grabbing, Land rights<br \/>\n<b>Date: <\/b>November, 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 , 2013<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/villagers-threaten-to-forcibly-resist-eviction-46526\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/villagers-threaten-to-forcibly-resist-eviction-46526\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cBoeung Kak villagers closer to land titles\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><i>City hall officials had begun measuring land in the Boeung Kak community yesterday .\u00a0 City hall spokesman Long Dinmanche said \u201c&#8230;after measuring the land and the sizes of their houses, 32 familyies will receive legal land titles.\u201d<\/i><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Category: <\/b>Land titles, Land rights, Land disputes<br \/>\n<b>Date: <\/b>November, 7<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 , 2013<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/boeung-kak-villagers-closer-land-titles-linkfix\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/boeung-kak-villagers-closer-land-titles-linkfix<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related articles:<\/b> The Cambodia Daily(2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/officials-start-measuring-boeng-kak-land-46730\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/officials-start-measuring-boeng-kak-land-46730\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cIllegal logging \u2018rampant\u2019 in sanctuary\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Three tractors travelling out of Kampong Speu were caught by the provincial military police.\u00a0 According to the director of Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organization\u00a0 (NRWPO) reported that these accused men were illegally transporting timber woods our of the protected area.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Category: <\/b>Illegal Logging<br \/>\n<b>Date: <\/b>November, 7<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 , 2013<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/illegal-logging-%E2%80%98rampant%E2%80%99-sanctuary\"><i>http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/illegal-logging-%E2%80%98rampant%E2%80%99-sanctuary<\/i><\/a><i> <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cNGOs threaten to sue over Don Sahong Dam\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cEnvironmentalists and NGOs are threatening to sue developers of a controversial hydropower dam, claiming the project would cause irreversible damage to the Mekong River.\u201d 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.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Don Sahong Dam project will be taking place\u00a0 less than two kilometers north of Cambodian-Lao border. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Category: <\/b>Natural Resources Rights<br \/>\n<b>Date: <\/b>November, 7<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 , 2013<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/ngos-threaten-sue-over-don-sahong-dam\"><i>http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/ngos-threaten-sue-over-don-sahong-dam<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cCoca-Cola to Investigate Sugar Sourced From Cambodia\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Coca-Cola, the soft drink giant, said that they will not tolerate the land grabs and will not \u201csource any sugar produced by companies that refuse to comply with human rights standards.\u201d They gave examples from \u201c&#8230;several sugar plantations in Cambodia\u2019s Oddar Meanchey province where hundreds of families have been displaced due to economic land concessions granted by the government for sugar cane plantations.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Category: <\/b>Land Grabbing,<b> <\/b>Natural Resources Rights<br \/>\n<b>Date: <\/b>November, 9-10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 , 2013<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/coca-cola-to-investigate-sugar-sourced-from-cambodia-46784\/\"><i>http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/coca-cola-to-investigate-sugar-sourced-from-cambodia-46784\/<\/i><\/a><i> <\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cThai Sugar Firm meets with Koh Kong Evictees\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThailand\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Category: <\/b>Land Grabbing,<b> <\/b>Thai-Cambodian land disputes<br \/>\n<b>Date: <\/b>November, 11<sup>th<\/sup> , 2013<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/thai-sugar-firm-meets-with-koh-kong-evictees-46811\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/thai-sugar-firm-meets-with-koh-kong-evictees-46811\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cPartial victory at the ICJ: Most of disputed territory left unresovled\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThe International Court of Justice yesterday unanimously declared that its 1962 judgement awarding judgment awarding the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia\u00a0 also gave the Kingdom sovereignty over the promontory that them temple sits on.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Category: <\/b>Thai-Cambodian land disputes, Preah Vihear disputed territory<br \/>\n<b>Date: <\/b>November, 12<sup>th<\/sup> , 2013<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/partial-victory-icj\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/partial-victory-icj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cThailand Says No troop pullback from Preah Vihear Just yet\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>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.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Category: <\/b>Thai-Cambodian land disputes, Preah Vihear disputed territory<br \/>\n<b>Date: <\/b>November, 13<sup>th<\/sup> , 2013<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/thailand-says-no-troop-pullback-from%E2%80%88preah%E2%80%88vihear-just-yet-46904\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/thailand-says-no-troop-pullback-from%E2%80%88preah%E2%80%88vihear-just-yet-46904\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0\u201cWildlife sanctuary \u2018illegally logged\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Piles of luxury woods, Thnong and Neang Nuon wood, were discovered in Ratanakkiri province.\u00a0 These wood allegedly \u201cfell inside the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary-stockpiled in ware house of\u00a0 economic land title holders.\u201d 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.\u00a0 \u201cAdhoc says it will continue to investigate the case.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key word: <\/b>Illegal logging<br \/>\n<b>Date: <\/b>November, 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 , 2013<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/wildlife-sanctuary-%E2%80%98illegally-logged%E2%80%99\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/wildlife-sanctuary-%E2%80%98illegally-logged%E2%80%99<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Article:<\/b> The Cambodia Daily (2013): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/firm-accused-of-logging-in-wildlife-sanctuary-47155\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/firm-accused-of-logging-in-wildlife-sanctuary-47155\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cFirm Logging in Wildlife Sanctuary Granted \u00danofficial\u2019Concession\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><i>\u201cThe Rattanakkiri provincial governor says\u00a0 that Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary has been granted unofficial land concession inside the protected zone\u201d and that the officials are powerless to stop the illegal logging in the area.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key word: <\/b>Illegal logging, Daun Penh Agrico, Try Pheap<br \/>\n<b>Date: <\/b>November, 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 , 2013<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/firm-logging-in-wildlife-sanctuary-granted-unofficial-concession-47256\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/firm-logging-in-wildlife-sanctuary-granted-unofficial-concession-47256\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cPreah Vihear Residents protest Future Eviction\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><i>\u00a053 families from Srayong commune\u2019s 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.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><b>Key word: <\/b><i>Srayong commune\u2019s Srayong Khang Choeung village, Preah Vihear, FP Malaysia, land grabbing, evictions<\/i><br \/>\n<b>Date: <\/b>November, 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 , 2013<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/preah-vihear-residents-protest-future-eviction-47273\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/preah-vihear-residents-protest-future-eviction-47273\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cELC in Nature Preserve is Illegal, Government Spokesman Says\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><i>The spokesman for the Council of Ministers criticized regarding the alleged illegal logging case in Rattanakkiri province as \u201cunlawful\u201d deed and the \u201clocal authorities in Ratanakkiri must stand accountable for allowing the concession to be granted.\u201d <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key word: <\/b>Illegal logging, Daun Penh Agrico, Try Pheap<br \/>\n<b>Date: <\/b>November, 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 , 2013<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/elc-in-nature-preserve-is-illegal-government-spokesman-says-47379\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/elc-in-nature-preserve-is-illegal-government-spokesman-says-47379\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cBoeng Kak Activists Call for Supreme Court to Free Yorm Bopha\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><i>Boeng Kak commune activists marched around the Supreme Court in \u2018Phnom Penh yesterday calling for the release of Yorm Bopha who will have the final appeal hearing on Friday.\u00a0 The commune\u00a0 activists claim that \u201dPhnom Penh Municipal court\u2019s warrant is unjust because the procedure was wrong.\u201d Other international organizations such as Amnesty International also released statement which stated, Yorm Bopha \u201c&#8230;must be freed immediately and unconditionally.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key word: <\/b>Yorm Bopha, Tep Vanny, Boeng Kak Commune protest, Land Rights<br \/>\n<b>Date: <\/b>November, 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 , 2013<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/boeng-kak-activists-call-for-supreme-court-to-free-yorm-bopha-47391\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/boeng-kak-activists-call-for-supreme-court-to-free-yorm-bopha-47391\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cReport calls out Pheap\u201d: Tycoon blamed for 1,445 evictions<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Try Pheap, one of the largest logging tycoon in Cambodia, was criticized in The Cambodian Human Rights Task Force (CHRTF)\u2019s recently released report for displacing families and encroaching on protected forest areas and helping to facilitate a cross-border illegal logging operation&#8230;According to the report, at least 1,445 families have been evicted from their homes during Pheap\u2019s acquisition of about 68,088 hectares since 2010.\u201d <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key word: <\/b>Try Pheap, Illegal Logging, forced-eviction, natural resources rights violation of Cambodia, Choeung Sopheap<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November, 20<sup>th<\/sup> , 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/report-calls-out-pheap\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/report-calls-out-pheap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cNumbers don\u2019t add up: Timber tally questioned\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThe Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has released a nine-month status report on 2013\u2019s 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&#8230;\u201d(Titthara, 2013) Read more article at Phnom Penh Post&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key word: <\/b>illegal logging, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Cambodia, Rosewood, Timber<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November, 21<sup>st<\/sup> , 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/numbers-don%E2%80%99t-add\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/numbers-don%E2%80%99t-add<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cSuspected Loggers shot dead by Thais: report\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201c3 Cambodian suspected of illegal logging in Thailand reported shot dead on Tuesday morning after the gunfight which lasted more than 10 min&#8230;\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key word: <\/b>illegal logging, Thai-Cambodia conflict, Katharalak district Rosewood, Timber<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November, 21<sup>st<\/sup> , 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/suspected-loggers-shot-dead-thais-report\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/suspected-loggers-shot-dead-thais-report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cAnswers demanded on dam site\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Tycoon Kith Meng is being alleged\u00a0 for the\u00a0 illegal logging against its suspension orders of\u00a0 logging around the reservoir area of the controversial Lower Sesan II dam.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key word: <\/b>illegal logging,<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November, 22<sup>nd<\/sup> \u00a0, 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/answers-demanded-dam-site\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/answers-demanded-dam-site<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cDefamation suits follow NGO report\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Tycoon Try Pheap filed defamation complaint against the two <\/i>informants whom <i>Cambodian Human Rights Task Force interviewed regarding to the report released on Pheap\u2019s land concession forced evict 1000s of families, and facilitating illegal logging.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key word: <\/b>illegal logging, Try Pheap, Cambodian Human Rights Task Force<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November, 25<sup>th<\/sup> \u00a0\u00a0, 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/answers-demanded-dam-site\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/answers-demanded-dam-site<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cVillagers Get Land Title After Torching Excavator\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>42 families in Preah Vihear province protested to their pending eviction caused by a Chinese company who plans to establish a sugarcane plantation.\u00a0 Human rights group ADHOC facilitates the case.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key word: <\/b>Forced eviction, Preah Vihear, Chheb district, ADHOC<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November, 25<sup>th <\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0, 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013): \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/families-protest-eviction-by-chinese-company-47808\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/families-protest-eviction-by-chinese-company-47808\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cTry Pheap Given Exclusive Rights to Seized Wood\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>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\u00a0 luxury timber. Adding on , it stated that \u201cTry Pheap is allowed to sell the timber to any local or international buyers the company desires.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key word: <\/b>illegal logging, Try Pheap, Cambodian Human Rights Task Force, ADHOC<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November, 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 \u00a0, 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013): \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/families-protest-eviction-by-chinese-company-47808\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/families-protest-eviction-by-chinese-company-47808\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related article: <\/b>\u00a0The Phnom Penh Post (2013) <b><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cVillagers \u2018paid to log\u2019 lost land\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><i><b> <\/b><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/villagers-%E2%80%98paid-log%E2%80%99-lost-land\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/villagers-%E2%80%98paid-log%E2%80%99-lost-land<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cDragon Tail Logging Scandal Back in Court\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>The court case of Moeung Samoeun and its illegal logging ring in the Ratanakkiri province\u2019s Virachey National Park, appeared at the Appeal Court on Thursday.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key word: <\/b>illegal logging, Ratanakkiri Province, Virachey National Park, Moeung Samoeun<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November, 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 \u00a0, 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013): \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/dragons-tail-logging-scandal-back-in-court-47889\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/dragons-tail-logging-scandal-back-in-court-47889\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cVillagers fight mining venture\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cNearly 70 representatives from 278 families in Preah Vihear\u2019s Rovieng district are seeking intervention after a national mining company began drilling on their farmland.\u201d(Seangly, 2013).\u00a0 Adhoc takes the case.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key word<\/b><i> Preah Vihear\u2019s Rovieng district, mining company, land grabbing, land dispute<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November, 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 \u00a0, 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/villagers-fight-mining-venture\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/villagers-fight-mining-venture<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cVillagers say petition is a \u2018trick\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Villagers in Kandal province stated that they have been tricked into thumbprinting\u00a0 a petition supporting tycoon Try Pheap claiming that the company is not related to illegal logging.\u00a0 Many were not informed nor allowed to see what document they were thumbprinting for.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Keywords:<\/b> illegal logging, Kandal, Try Pheap, ADHOC<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November 27, 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/villagers-say-petition-%E2%80%98trick%E2%80%99\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/villagers-say-petition-%E2%80%98trick%E2%80%99<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cCollusion alleged in logging\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Border officials guarding between Vietnam and Cambodia were accused by the Jarai villagers in Ratanakirri\u2019s O\u2019Yadav district for allowing illegal Vietnamese loggers to cross the border.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Keywords:<\/b> illegal logging, Vietnam border, ADHOC<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November 27, 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/collusion-alleged-logging\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/collusion-alleged-logging<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cFelling illegal: villagers\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Daun Penh Agrico company alleged for illegal logging in Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary yesterday.\u00a0 Villagers witnessed the forest being disturbed by\u00a0 19 men with felling trees.\u00a0 Adhoc provincial representative said \u201c 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.\u201d <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Keywords:<\/b> illegal logging, Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, Ratanakkiri, Daun Penh Agrico Co Ltd<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November 27, 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/felling-illegal-villagers\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/felling-illegal-villagers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related article<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013)\/<i>-Ex-Environment Minister Says Deforestation Exaggerated:\u00a0 <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/ex-environment-minister-says-deforestation-exaggerated-47930\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/ex-environment-minister-says-deforestation-exaggerated-47930\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cActivists patrol forest crime\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Prey Lang community began their 2<sup>nd<\/sup> around of forest patrol this year.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Keywords: <\/b><i>Prey Lang, illegal logging, forced evictions, violation of natural resources rights against the community. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November 28<sup>th<\/sup> , 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/activists-patrol-forest-crime\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/activists-patrol-forest-crime<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201c NGOs Reject Claim that Virachey Park Safe from loggers\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Keywords: <\/b>illegal logging, Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, Ratanakkiri, Daun Penh Agrico Co Ltd<i>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November 28<sup>th<\/sup> , 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/ngos-reject-claim-that-virachey-park-safe-from-loggers-48067\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/ngos-reject-claim-that-virachey-park-safe-from-loggers-48067\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201c Thais return jailed loggers\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Cambodian prisoners who have been arrested last March, 2013 for illegally logging the rose wood, were released by the Thai authorities yesterday.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Keywords: <\/b>illegal logging, Thailand, Rose wood<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November 29<sup>th<\/sup> , 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Phnom Penh Post (2013): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/thais-return-jailed-loggers\">http:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/thais-return-jailed-loggers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201c Boeng Kak Activists protest state violence against women\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Boengkak activists and victims of land grabbing marched to Daun Penh district yesterday to protest against violence against women. .<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Keywords: <\/b>Tap Vanny, Yorm Bopha, Boeng Kak<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November 29<sup>th<\/sup> , 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/boeng-kak-activists-protest-state-violence-against-women-48194\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/boeng-kak-activists-protest-state-violence-against-women-48194\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201c Farmers Accuse Mining Company of Threatening Land Grab\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cSome 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\u2026(Aun,2013)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Keywords: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November 29<sup>th<\/sup> , 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/farmers-accuse-mining-company-of-threatening-land-grab-48209\/\">http:\/\/www.cambodiadaily.com\/news\/farmers-accuse-mining-company-of-threatening-land-grab-48209\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201c Official Retracts Comments about logging in Wildlife Sanctuary\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Keywords: <\/b>illegal logging, Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, Ratanakkiri, Daun Penh Agrico Co Ltd<i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> November 29<sup>th<\/sup> , 2013<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The Cambodia Daily (2013): <a 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