Kbal Romeas Community: Struggling To Protect The Land
The Lower Sesan 2 (LS2) hydropower dam is the first large-scale dam built on the Sesan River in Cambodia. It will change the natural flow of the Sesan and Srepok rivers, the two main…
Yearly Archives
2022
Joint Communiqué of the Indigenous Peoples Community on the Inputs Collected for the…
On 15-16 August 2022, indigenous peoples held a consultative workshop to collect inputs for the draft amendments to the Law on Protected Areas 2008 and the Forestry Law at the Somadevi…
Law Amendment Creates Concerns among Indigenous Communities
Input consultation for the process of amending the Law on Forestry and the Law on Protected Areas is a very important part of the process, particularly for indigenous communities, as the…
Five Ways Indigenous Women Across Asia Use Traditional Knowledge To Protect Their…
Indigenous women hold ancestral knowledge useful for preserving land and natural resources. In Asia, out of 260 million Indigenous Peoples, it can be safely estimated that indigenous women…
Rights group calls for speedy issuance of collective land titles to indigenous…
The CCHR calls on the government of Cambodia to resolve its commitment to speed up the registration of collective land titles for indigenous communities and solve issues. To protect their…
Joint Statement of the Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance
We are indigenous peoples of the land of the Kingdom of Cambodia, whose ethnic, sociocultural, and economic unity is expressed via customs, traditions, identities, and collective practices.
Statement: Solidarity with Heng Phen, Indigenous Land Rights Defender In Cambodia
International Land Coalition Asia (ILC Asia) stands in solidarity with Heng Phen, an indigenous woman and land rights defender from the Kuy community in Cambodia. Local authorities arrested…
Heng Phen is released on bail, but being watched by the police
"We will always protect our land. We will keep fighting to find a solution if someone tries to take the land. I recently got out of jail, but there are still lingering land issues. However,…
Kui Indigenous Woman Representative Detained Over Land Dispute Complaint
Representative of Kui indigenous group in Ngon commune, Sandan district, Kampong Thom province has been remanded in custody following a lawsuit filed by the SAMBATH PLANTINUM. Co.,…
Four Indigenous Peoples in Mondulkiri Province Ask Court to Drop Charges
Following a lawsuit brought by a private company, four Bunong indigenous people who are active in land and natural resource protection have urged the court to dismiss the charges against…