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Joint Statement of Indigenous Community Representatives Of the Kingdom of Cambodia On Concerns Relating to the Environment and Natural Resources Code Angkor Century Resort and Spa, Siem Reap December 19, 2023 ************** On December 19, 2023, at the Angkor Century Resort in Siem Reap, we, 189 representatives of Indigenous communities, including 44 women, convened at the National Co…
Radang is a sacred mountain located within the Punong indigenous community land in Pou Lung village in Senmonorom district’s Romnea commune in Mondulkiri province. The villagers have always celebrated the mountain by making offerings to the spirits, an activity that has long prevailed. However, the Radang Mountain land, covering an area of 4.76 hectares, is now part of a four year-long land dispute after some villagers allegedly sold the mountain land to two outsiders, identified as Phin Sophareak and Seng Yien. Read the full story at: ‘Return Our Sacred…
[caption id="attachment_1624" align="alignnone" width="2048"] The leaching ponds at Late Cheng’s mining site in Sochet commune, Kampong Thom province, pose a contamination threat to the waterways inside Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.[/caption] KAMPONG THOM, Cambodia — “The company operates as they please. We’ve asked the authorities for help, but they won’t do anything for us,” said Bunnarith*, a lifelong resident of Snang An village in the densely forested province of Kampong Thom. “The people l…
[caption id="attachment_1616" align="alignright" width="960"] Navy Koeung and Kimheak Chhay at COP28. Kiripost/Via WCS[/caption] Navy Koeung has become the first Bunong to address global leaders and high-ranking decision makers when she highlighted the benefits of carbon finance in forest conservation at COP28. On Sunday, Navy, who lives in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, took to the stage at the UNFCCC's 28th Conf…
While Indigenous peoples comprise just 6% of the global population, they manage or have tenure rights over at least 38 million km2 in some 87 countries. In many places Indigenous peoples are effective custodians of biodiversity, lands, and seas while sustaining distinct cultural, social and economic values of their
