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Sanctuary villagers greet RCAF soldiers with knives
- Released Date: 22-Jun-2017
Kampong Speu provincial environmental officials stepped in earlier this week to defuse a land dispute in Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary between villagers and new arrivals from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Brigade 70 unit.
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Dams consultation process concludes
- Released Date: 22-Jun-2017
The consultation process for the controversial proposed Pak Beng dam in Laos concluded on Monday, allowing construction to begin even as local and international civil society groups continued to urge a delay until a forthcoming Mekong River Commissio
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Company clears rice crop on disputed land
- Released Date: 21-Jun-2017
A company locked in a land dispute with villagers in Svay Rieng province yesterday used machinery to clear land being used by the villagers for farming.
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Forces demolish illegal homes in Angkor park
- Released Date: 20-Jun-2017
Officials have started to demolish more than 500 newly built constructions in Angkor archaeological park.
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Land grab resolution near for 300 families
- Released Date: 19-Jun-2017
The last 300 out of 1,000 families who grabbed land illegally at the Kbal Chhay waterfall area in Sihanoukville province will be given social land concessions by August.
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Holdouts Remain as Derelict White Building Empties Out
- Released Date: 16-Jun-2017
Phnom Penhs derelict White Building is emptying out. Most homeowners have accepted compensation and boarded up their rooms. But several families remain, insisting they need more help to find new places to live. They are staying put for now.
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Mother Nature activists allege intimidation at sand dredging protest
- Released Date: 13-Jun-2017
About 30 villagers escorted two environmental activists from Kandal provinces Saang district to the relative safety of Phnom Penh yesterday after the pair were allegedly harassed by local police for helping coordinate a protest against sand dredging
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Apsara seeking to stop illegal building activity
- Released Date: 13-Jun-2017
The Apsara Authority, which oversees the Angkor Wat temple complex, has warned the owners of over 500 unauthorised construction sites to halt activity and dismantle any structures or police will clear the sites later this week.
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Two held over land blackmail
- Released Date: 13-Jun-2017
Two men have been arrested and a third is on the run after farmers in Kampong Thom province complained they had been blackmailed for illegally clearing part of a local forest.
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No relief for land feud villagers
- Released Date: 13-Jun-2017
Svay Rieng provincial authorities on Monday met 250 villagers involved in a dispute over land given to a company called NK Venture.
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Dredging protest in Kandal
- Released Date: 12-Jun-2017
Over 200 people held a protest yesterday morning in Kandal provinces Saang district, demanding that provincial authorities halt sand-dredging operations on the Bassac
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Villagers protest sand dredging
- Released Date: 12-Jun-2017
Nearly 200 people living in two communes in Kandal provinces Sang district yesterday held a protest against sand dredging in the area.
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