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Dec 8, 2024 | 
cambojanews.com | Eung Sea
Despite long negotiations, the treaty on stopping plastic pollution globally ended without resolution on the proposed text in the treaty during the the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5). Members of the session have agreed to resume at a later date in 2025.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
eco-business.com | Leila Goldstein |Eung Sea
In an email, Cambodia Microfinance Association spokesperson Kaing Tongngy stated that the association has “zero tolerance for any malpractices by its members,” which must comply with its code of conduct and lending guidelines. He added that LOLC holds a gold certificate in client protection, demonstrating “its commitment to the international standard with strong social performance management including client protection principles”.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
dialogue.earth | Leila Goldstein |Eung Sea
When Davuth fell behind on his microfinance loan earlier this year, a credit officer visited his home in Ratanakiri province almost daily. The officer pressured him to borrow from neighbourhood lenders or sell his farmland – his main source of income and livelihood, he said. “I replied that if I sold my land, which includes my cashew and cassava crops, I’d rather die,” Davuth, a Kachok Indigenous man, said in August. He requested a pseudonym, fearing reprisals.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
cambojanews.com | Eung Sea
After enduring months of protests and back-and-forth negotiations, Giant Ibis Union reluctantly accepted severance and seniority payments from the bus company, although it fell short of its compliance with Cambodian labor laws which mandate full compensation for laid-off workers.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
cambojanews.com | Eung Sea
Preah Vihear Provincial Court dismissed a legal case against four Kuy indigenous residents of M’lou Prey II commune, Chheb district in April this year, rendering it “null and void” and “not necessary” due to lack of compelling evidence. However, problems have cropped up with outsiders trying to assert authority on the land again.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
mekongeye.com | Eung Sea |Meng Kroypunlok
KOH KONG, CAMBODIA – Communities and activists have called for Koh Kong Krao, a pristine island off Cambodia’s western coast, to be declared a marine national park, citing the benefits of sustainable tourism and local livelihoods. For many, declaring the island a national park can’t come soon enough.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
english.cambodiadaily.com | Jack Brook |Eung Sea
By Jack Brook and Eung SeaIn Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, spanning 490,000 hectares, expansive tracts of protected forest are being illegally converted to cassava, cashew and rubber plantations. Husband and wife Piseth and Sokheng (names changed) began cultivating cassava to repay a USD 10,000 loan from AMK Microfinance Institution, following the collapse of their mango business.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
eco-business.com | Jack Brook |Eung Sea
In Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, spanning 490,000 hectares, expansive tracts of protected forest are being illegally converted to cassava, cashew and rubber plantations. Husband and wife Piseth and Sokheng (names changed) began cultivating cassava to repay a US$10,000 loan from AMK Microfinance Institution, following the collapse of their mango business.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
dialogue.earth | Jack Brook |Eung Sea
In Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, spanning 490,000 hectares, expansive tracts of protected forest are being illegally converted to cassava, cashew and rubber plantations. Husband and wife Piseth and Sokheng (names changed) began cultivating cassava to repay a USD 10,000 loan from AMK Microfinance Institution, following the collapse of their mango business.
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Jul 29, 2023 | 
cambojanews.com | Eung Sea
Screenshots taken from a Facebook page named Donor Ginjal Luar Negeri (Kidney Donors Abroad) on Jul 28. Hengki Haryadi, the Jakarta police director of general criminal investigations, said a Facebook page with this name was part of the “modus operandi” of recruitment by traffickers in this case. Screenshots taken from a Facebook page named Donor Ginjal Luar Negeri (Kidney Donors Abroad) on Jul 28.
