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  1. Library Resource

    Will supermarkets be super for small farmers? (Feature article)

    Institutional & promotional materials
    December, 2003
    Eastern Africa, Eastern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, Africa, China, India, Ethiopia
  2. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    December, 2004
    Cambodia

    Ratanakiri is divided into 9 districts covering 240 villages and approximately 100,000 people. Of these,
    65% are minority hill tribes comprising groups such as the Jarai, Tampoen, Kui, etc. with only about 5% of the people literate. Over the past five years, international monitoring groups estimate that 120% of the land has been appropriated through land sales and concessions for logging, mining, and commercial agriculture.

  3. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    December, 2013
    Vietnam

    Land rights have become highly contested in Vietnam in recent years. Vietnam‟s land endowment is one of the lowest in the world: each agricultural household holds, on average, less than 0.5 hectare. Access to land is critical to social and economic development in the future. The national priority on “industrialization and modernization” has placed new demands on agricultural and forest land for urban-industrial expansion. The high level of public concern over land tenure and its links to political and social stability have led to widespread calls for revision of the 2003 Land Law.

  4. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    December, 2011
    Cambodia

    A webpage list showing company name, address, director name and nationality, status of company registration with the Ministry of Commerce, legal papers and investment rights, ELC size and location with coordinates, purpose of investment, contract duration, land utilization plan, profess of implementation after contract signing, and any measures taken by the Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF).

  5. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    December, 2011
    Cambodia

    The focus of this report is land grabbing in Cambodia.
    it is based on APRODEV Agencies experience from
    many years of development work. The report documents how affected communities have lost their livelihoods because of land grabbing by national and
    international business corporations. Local communities have lost their livelihoods.
    and have not been consulted. They have received little or no compensation for their loss. The system of economic land concessions is a significant part of the issue.

  6. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    December, 2012
    Cambodia

    "Land is fundamental to the lives of poor rural people. It is a source of food, shelter, income and social identity. Secure access to land reduces vulnerability to hunger and poverty. But for many of the world’s poor rural people in developing countries, access is becoming more tenuous than ever."

  7. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    December, 2013
    Cambodia

    The case study of a WorldFish initiative aiming to strengthen the collective capacity of a grassroots network of fishing communities. The initiative aims build capacity of the community to identify and articulate threats; negotiate with authorities; and collaborate with the Government and private actors to resolve resource conflicts in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake.

  8. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    December, 2002
    Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam

    Summary report, recommendations and text of the "Bangkok Declaration" the total land area of the Asia and the Pacific region is 3,001 million ha or 22.9 percent of the world’s land area. However, adverse soils, climate and topographic factors limit the possibilities for sustainable agricultural production in about 86 percent of the region.Examines the constraints facing Asian countries in developing agriculture, sharing resources and obtaining food security in the face of climate change and other difficulties.

  9. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    December, 2014
    Cambodia

    A statement by LICADHO detailing the number of people affected by state-involved land conflicts in Cambodia, and providing recommendations to the Cambodian Government. The statement was published to accompany a map showing distribution of the land conflicts. Available in English and Khmer.

  10. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    December, 2005
    Cambodia

    This case study discusses the mass eviction that took place on 21 March 2005 in Kbal Spean village, near the Thai-Cambodian border at Poipet. The eviction resulted in deaths and injuries and the temporary detention of a large number of villagers. Journalists and staff of various Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) witnessed the eviction, and the case was heavily reported in the media. The extent of the violence and injuries shocked the public.

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