CAMBODIA

After Cambodia became embroiled in the Vietnam conflict in the late 1960s, many forest areas were severely degraded through bombing, burning, spraying of herbicides and illegal logging. Until recently many areas remained inaccessible due to ongoing conflict and residual landmines. In the last 20 years, commercial logging, agricultural expansion, and shifting cultivation for harvesting charcoal and fuelwood have resulted in the loss of a further 1.4 million ha of forest. According to the FAO, the impacts of industrial harvesting, both legal and illegal, has put much more pressure on the forests than in most other developing countries.

Partly as a result of pressure from funding agencies, the Cambodian government carried out a review of all forest concessions in 2000 to assess whether companies were complying with their contracts and Cambodian laws. The review recommended that new contracts and management plans should be drawn up and that, in the interim, a moratorium on harvesting should be imposed. The government has also attempted to address the serious problem of illegal logging. A forest crime monitoring and reporting project was established, and the government has also cancelled nine forest concession agreements covering 2 million hectares.

In 1999, the government issued a declaration on Measures to Management of Forests and the Elimination of Forest Illegal Activities. This decree allows only harvesting concession holders to operate wood processing facilities, as a means of eliminating the use of illegally harvested wood. However, there is still considerable scope for illegal logging and transportation across borders. Furthermore, the implementation of policies and regulatory frameworks is hampered by a lack of institutional capacity.

A lack of financial resources prevents the implementation of incentives for sustainable forest management in Cambodia. It is alleged that corruption amongst the police, local government, the forest administration, the military and at the highest levels of government allows illegal logging to continue unabated. The value of the illegal trade is estimated at US$13 million per year. The Asian Development Bank and the World Bank are supporting a number of initiatives to promote sustainable management, but even these projects are not immune to the charges of corruption. The Cambodian government has been widely condemned internationally for the unsustainable exploitation of resources and the associated corruption.

Global Witness, which has investigated forest management in Cambodia for seven years has called for investigations into and prosecutions for illegal logging and associated attempted murder, intimidation, extortion and smuggling, forest management reform, and greater transparency in government operations relating to natural resources and who controls them.

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
02/05/2013	Ecosystems in the Greater Mekong: Past trends, current status, possible futures The Greater Mekong subregion in Southeast Asia risks losing more than a third of its remaining forest ...	WWF-Greater Mekong
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21/11/2011	Oil Palm Expansion in South East Asia: Trends and Implications for Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples The exponential growth in the palm oil sector, which accounts for a third of the total global trade of ...	Forest Peoples Programme and Sawit Watch (Marcus Colchester & Sophie Chao (Eds) with Jonas Dallinger, H.E.P Sokhannaro, Vo Thai Dan & Jo Villaneuva)
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01/11/2011	Forest Tenure in Asia: Status and Trends While Asia’s rapid growth has lifted millions out of poverty, persistent pockets still remain in ...	The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)
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01/07/2011	Timber Trade Flow Maps of China and the Mekong Region This report gives an overview of the timber trade flows in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, ...	EFI (European Forest Institute)
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27/01/2011	National Forest Programme (NFP) Facility Newsletter, January 2011 The NFP Facility, hosted by FAO, was created in 2002 to support countries to develop and implement their ...	National Forest Programme (NFP) Facility
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01/01/2008	Forest anti-corruption advocacy in Asia-Pacific: Transparency International Strategy 2008-2012 The TI Forest Anti-Corruption Advocacy Programme (TI FAAP) addresses corruption as a primary driver of illegal ...	Transparency International
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20/06/2007	SGS' public statement in response to Global Witness' "Cambodia's Family Trees" report, June 2007 SGS, the Geneva-based independent verification company, responds to allegations in Global Witness' ...	SGS
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31/05/2007	Cambodia's Family Trees The report reveals how family members and business associates of the prime minister and other senior ...	Global Witness
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01/08/2006	Strengthening Forest Law Enforcement and Governance: Addressing a systemic constraint to sustainable development This report arises from the need to take stock of both the Bank's efforts in the arena of forest ...	World Bank
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25/05/2006	Status of Tropical Forest Management 2005 Is forest management improving in the tropics? This report sets out to answer that question. It provides ...	ITTO
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16/05/2006	World Bank Inspection Panel Investigation Report into Cambodia Forest Concessions Reports documenting the World Bank's review of its work on a forest concession project in Cambodia. ...	World Bank
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01/12/2005	Best Practices for Improving Law Compliance in the Forestry Sector: FAO Forestry Paper 145 This report looks at some of the innovative approaches being used by governments to combat illegal logging. ...	FAO
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01/03/2005	Approaches to Controlling Illegal Forest Activities: Considerations from Southeast Asia This paper discusses illegal forest activities from the perspective of tropical timber producing Southeast ...	Asia Forest Network (Akiko Inoguchi, Rowena Soriaga and Peter Walpole)
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01/03/2005	SGS Monitoring - forest crime in Cambodia SGS is contracted as an independent monitor by the Cambodian Government. These reports are based on assessments ...	SGS
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01/11/2004	Taking a Cut A report by Global Witness on institutionalised corruption and illegal logging in Cambodia's Aural ...	Global Witness
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01/10/2004	ASEAN Strategic Plan of Action on Forestry for 2005 – 2010 This action plan was endorsed on October 2004 in Yangon. It discusses development of a common certification ...	ASEAN
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01/01/2004	Conflict Timber: Dimensions of the Problem in Asia and Africa As a response to the growing recognition of the connection between forests, logging and conflict, this ...	ARD Inc. for USAID (Jamie Thomson and Ramzy Kanaan)
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01/03/2002	Reform of the Forest Crime Monitoring and Reporting Project From March 2002 when Global Witness was still the IFM in Cambodia: The question for the Royal Government ...	Global Witness
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01/06/2001	Global Witness Reports on Illegal Logging in Cambodia Global Witness has done a huge amount of work on illegal logging in Cambodia over the last decade, and ...	Global Witness
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NEWS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
15/05/2013	Phayung fight crosses border The illegal logging of phayung, or Siamese rosewood, in Thailand's protected forests has become ...	Bangkok Post
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14/05/2013	In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade On April 26, 2012, Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty was killed during an investigation into illegal ...	TIME
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13/05/2013	Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling Vietnam firms' land grabs Two Vietnamese firms bankrolled by Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation – the ...	The Guardian
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02/05/2013	New forest loss figures highlight need for green growth in the Greater Mekong The Greater Mekong subregion in Southeast Asia risks losing more than a third of its remaining forest ...	WWF
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02/05/2013	Illegal Logging Threatens UN’s Carbon Trading Project The military’s ongoing clearing of community forests in Oddar Meanchey province risks derailing ...	The Cambodia Daily
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29/04/2013	Chut Wutty death does little to curb Cambodia’s illegal logging In an article ...	Asian Correspondent
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27/02/2013	Illegal logging stokes tension along border Differences between Thailand and Cambodia over illegal logging of phayung (Siamese rosewood) emerged ...	Bangkok Post
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26/02/2013	Cross-border killings of Cambodian illegal loggers tripled in 2012 Phnom Penh - The Cambodian government called Tuesday for Thai authorities to use the courts and not guns ...	The Nation
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29/01/2013	As China builds, Cambodia's forests fall China's demand for natural resources is being felt in a big way in Cambodia. Illegal logging ...	NPR (National Public Radio), Washington, US
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31/12/2012	The year in rainforests 2012 was another year of mixed news for the world's tropical forests. This is a look at some of ...	Mongabay.com
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10/12/2012	Logging reporter arrested Authorities in eastern Cambodia’s Kratie province have arrested a local reporter who had exposed ...	Radio Free Asia
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14/11/2012	Cambodian villagers fight against powerful timber industry Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Hang Serei Oudom told his 7-month pregnant wife that he was going out to ...	Alaska Dispatch, US
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31/10/2012	Illegal Cambodian loggers arrested Eight Cambodians who had illegally crossed into Si Sa Ket province to poach rosewood timber were arrested ...	Bangkok Post
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22/10/2012	Verdict decried in murder case ...	Radio Free Asia
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10/10/2012	Commerce official denies luxury wood ‘logs’ exported to China A Commerce Ministry official yesterday denied that Cambodia was exporting luxury wood logs to China, ...	The Cambodia Daily
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10/10/2012	Cambodia closes case, thwarts justice, in forester murder The Cambodian government has rightly earned failing grades for doing nothing to halt or investigate human ...	The Huffington Post
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09/10/2012	Luxury wood trade to China revealed Thousands of cubic meters of luxury wood is being shipped from Cambodia to China each year, according ...	The Cambodia Daily
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05/10/2012	Billions of dollars lost each year to illegal logging The joint [UNEP/Interpol] report, called Green ...	Voice of America
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04/10/2012	Abrupt end to murder trial The trial of a security guard linked to the mysterious murder of prominent Cambodian environmentalist ...	Radio Free Asia
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30/09/2012	Don’t tell anyone a forest is falling in Cambodia “If they come to Cambodia, I will hit them until their heads are broken”. These are the ...	AsianCorrespondent.com
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27/09/2012	Reporter beaten for story on logging Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Cambodian military police said they were looking for three men, including a former ...	UPI.com
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20/09/2012	Unesco condemns slayings of journalists In Philippines, Cambodia At least four journalists have been killed in the Philippines since the beginning of this year. ...	International Business Times
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14/09/2012	Military policeman held in Cambodia journalist murder Phnom Penh — A Cambodian military police officer has been arrested in connection with the brutal ...	AFP
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13/09/2012	Justice demanded for slain Cambodian journalist Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Press freedom groups are calling for justice for a Cambodian reporter whose ...	The Associated Press
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12/09/2012	Slain journalist exposed illegal logging in Cambodia, colleagues said A Cambodian journalist who exposed rampant illegal logging has been found murdered in the boot of his ...	The Australian
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14/08/2012	Thai soldiers kill 38 Cambodian illegal loggers in 6 months: report Phnom Penh - Thirty-eight Cambodian people had been shot dead by Thai armed forces during the first six ...	MySinchew.com
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29/06/2012	VN urges ASEAN nations to save forests The ASEAN community must co-operate more profoundly at all levels to promote sustainable forest management ...	VietNamNet Bridge
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01/06/2012	Cambodia killing of anti-logging crusader stirs up suspicions It wasn't surprising that someone might want to put a stop to Chut Wutty. The Cambodian crusader ...	Los Angeles Times, US
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25/05/2012	Cambodian forest campaigners fight rampant logging Koh Kong, Cambodia - Frustrated by government inaction, Cambodian citizen patrollers are risking their ...	The Sun Daily, Malaysia
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18/05/2012	Prey Lang forestry activists lobby Washington for help Environmental activists from Prey Lang forest have brought their concerns to Washington seeking international ...	Voice of America
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15/05/2012	Hun Sen is not blind to what goes on around him An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Cambodia - We may ...	Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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12/05/2012	Chut Wutty's memory spurs anti-logging campaign The death of an environmental activist, shot dead by police, has galvanised his campaign against deforestation ...	BBC News
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09/05/2012	Timbergreen principal denies illegal logging The majority shareholder of Timbergreen, a firm that has been the centre of illegal logging allegations, ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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08/05/2012	Activists plan logging patrol More than 600 Cambodian activists and rights defenders will travel Thursday to a remote forest area where ...	Radio Free Asia
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07/05/2012	Cambodia suspends new land concessions to companies Cambodia's government, facing growing protests by villagers and warnings about disappearing wilderness, ...	Reuters
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05/05/2012	Cambodia 'must admit to logging' The Foreign Ministry has urged the Cambodian government to admit its people are illegally felling rosewood ...	Bangkok Post, Thailand
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04/05/2012	Cambodian rights group: Security guard faces charges related to case of slain environmentalist Phnom Penh, Cambodia — A private security guard is accused of murdering a military policeman who ...	The Washington Post, US
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02/05/2012	Logging, corruption in Cambodia The director of a well-known Cambodian environmental organization seeking to highlight government negligence ...	The Diplomat, Asia-Pacific
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01/05/2012	UN human rights office concerned over murder of Cambodian environment activist The United Nations human rights office today voiced concern over last week’s murder of an outspoken ...	UN News Centre
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27/04/2012	Cambodian officer killed environment activist then took own life, army says ...	The Guardian, UK
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26/04/2012	Environmental activist Chut Wutty shot dead Cambodia’s most outspoken activist against illegal logging was shot dead today while escorting ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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26/04/2012	Cambodian environmental campaigner shot dead by police A leading Cambodian environmentalist who investigated illegal logging has been killed in a confrontation ...	BBC News
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24/04/2012	Governor’s son-in-law arrested The son-in-law of the Mondulkiri provincial governor was arrested by the national military police yesterday ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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23/04/2012	Thai soldiers kill Cambodian loggers again One Cambodian was fatally shot, two were injured and more than 100 others fled Thailand under gunfire ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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20/04/2012	Pulitzer center feature: villagers, communities protest logging in Cambodia “My life is important,” said Yin Chum, an activity leader with the Prey Lang Network in Cambodia. ...	The Guilfordian, Guilford College, North Carolina, US
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10/04/2012	Thailand, Cambodia discuss illegal Siamese rosewood logging along borders Bangkok - Thai and Cambodian officials met Tuesday to discuss the logging and trade in Siamese rosewood ...	MCOT.net, Thailand
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28/03/2012	Activists arm with fire, photos Kampong Thom province - Villagers patrolling Prey Lang forest on motorbikes yesterday defended their ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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10/03/2012	Carving up Cambodia In the race to exploit Cambodia’s land and forests, new maps reveal the rapid spread of plantations ...	The Cambodia Daily Weekend
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07/03/2012	Cambodia's Amazon under threat Illegal logging, government collusion combine. The sounds of birds chirping filter down through the ...	Asia Sentinel
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29/02/2012	Alarm over proposed dam The Sam Rainsy Party has asked Prime Minister Hun Sen to verify the details of a proposed dam that could ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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03/02/2012	Move ‘worries’ Prey Lang reps More than 100 conservation activists from across four provinces are “worried” about a recent ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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29/01/2012	DSI claims illegal logging rampant Cambodian gangs get 'virtual concessions' to fell phayung trees. Wildlife officials, including ...	Bangkok Post, Thailand
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13/01/2012	Nine more Cambodian ‘loggers’ nabbed in Laos Nine Cambodians had been apprehended after illegally entering Laos near the Stung Treng border on Tuesday, ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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28/12/2011	Critics say nixing of forest land titles could create chaos Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for the nullification of land certificates in protected natural areas, ...	Voice of America
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23/12/2011	CI refutes Cambodian logging story Conservation International (CI) issued a sharp rebuke of a Phnom ...	Mongabay.com
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21/12/2011	Logging in the wild west Illegal logging of staggering proportions abetted by military personnel is decimating stocks of luxury ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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20/12/2011	Deforestation, Mekong River's biggest threat The biggest threat the Mekong River's ecological system faces is not the controversial dam-building ...	China.org.cn
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14/12/2011	Hun Sen puts onus on loggers Nearly 30 Cambodians have been shot dead while illegally crossing the Thai border since 2008, with many ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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08/12/2011	ASEAN justices reach common vision on environment Chief Justices and senior judiciary from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed ...	IIFL
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21/11/2011	Palm oil need not harm environment or local communities, says new study The exponential growth in the palm oil sector, which accounts for a third of the total global trade of ...	Forest Peoples Programme
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10/11/2011	Showdown looms in Prey Lang About 300 villagers from provinces bordering the endangered Prey Lang forest are planning to protest ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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16/07/2011	Illegal Cambodian loggers add to tensions The felling of Siamese wood by Cambodian loggers could erode the already fragile relationship between ...	Bangkok Post, Thailand
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11/07/2011	Despite some efforts, forests continue to dwindle Cambodia’s woodlands are seeing continued deforestation, despite a plan by the government to curb ...	Voice of America
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23/06/2011	Brunei forest loss among lowest in SE Asia Brunei's deforestation rate from 2005 to 2010 was among the lowest in Southeast Asia, according ...	The Brunei Times
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30/05/2011	UNDP-GEF joint project helps Cambodia save forests UNDP and Global Environment Facility on Monday launched a new project worth over US$3.8 million to help ...	UNDP
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09/05/2011	Cambodian log poachers, police clash A group of Cambodian illegal loggers fired five rocket-propelled grenades at Thai border police in Si ...	Bangkok Post, Thailand
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09/05/2011	Monks fight to get Cambodian forests on the carbon market For years, the guardians of Sorng Rukavorn forest have drifted through the muted greens and grays of ...	Time
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11/02/2011	The Cambodian government has approved a titanium mine which will lead to the deforestation of over 50,000 acres of rain forest Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Prime Minister Hun Sen has approved a land concession to United Khmer Group, a ...	PR Urgent
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02/02/2011	The world's 10 most threatened forest hotspots As UN marks 2011 the International Year of Forests, Conservation International highlights forest ecosystems ...	Conservation International
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26/01/2011	Kratie logging crackdown nets 11 Eleven people have been arrested in a crackdown this week on illegal logging in Kratie province’s ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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02/01/2011	Provincial officials in graft warning Anticorruption Unit head Om Yentieng has reportedly accused several dozen officials in Kampong Thom province, ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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29/12/2010	Journalists accused of extortion Police have questioned four journalists accused of extorting money from supposed illegal loggers operating ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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20/12/2010	Six injured in illegal border crossing Six Cambodians were injured when Thai border troops fired on them for allegedly logging valuable hardwood ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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04/12/2010	Monks branch out into carbon market to protect forest ...	The Age, Australia
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11/10/2010	Ratanakkiri renews logging crackdown Ratanakkiri provincial governor Pav Ham Phan said yesterday that he had instructed civilian and military ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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16/09/2010	Court detains NGO director The head of a conservation NGO in Kampong Speu province who has been accused of illegal logging and extortion ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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06/09/2010	Officials accused in logging A local organisation has accused Kampong Speu’s provincial governor and top military commander ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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03/08/2010	Forestry, fisheries crimes lost in red tape: minister Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun has accused courts of dragging their feet on forestry, agriculture and ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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14/06/2010	Forestry changes planned for Siem Reap Forestry officials plan to carve out three new administrative zones in the northwest in a bid to ramp ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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09/06/2010	Logging raids net no charges in PVihear More than 20 raids stemming from a crackdown on illegal logging this year have led to zero prosecutions ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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08/06/2010	Forestry officials summoned: Courts in Koh Kong and Ratanakkiri to investigate illegal logging claims Koh Kong provincial court has summoned two forestry officials – a former maritime inspector and ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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01/06/2010	Extortion claims raise alarm: Fear spreads that courts are being used to silence reporting on illegal logging A spate of complaints that accuse journalists of attempting to extort money from wood vendors has sparked ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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01/06/2010	Interception of illegal luxury wood transport leads to arrest of four loggers in Mondulkiri Yesterday night at around 11.30pm, a team of Ministry of Environment rangers with technical support from ...	WWF
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26/04/2010	“Say no to wild meat and illegal wood products” Mondulkiri province, Cambodia - Today, H.E. Heng Samnang, Deputy Provincial Governor, announces an official ...	WWF
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13/04/2010	More timber seized from hotels in Siem Reap as raids continue Officials in Siem Reap province have confiscated more than 150 cubic metres of luxury wood in raids on ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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12/04/2010	NGOs call for crackdown on illegal logging to be widened A coalition of local human rights NGOs have applauded the removal of the Forestry Administration’s ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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07/04/2010	Hun Sen fires forestry director Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Tuesday that Ty Sokun, director of the Forestry Administration, has ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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06/04/2010	More timber seized in Siem Reap Officials in Siem Reap province raided a warehouse on the grounds of a tourist destination on Monday ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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05/04/2010	Govt officials arrested in logging bust Forestry officials in Pursat province have been arrested after being accused of involvement in illegal ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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30/03/2010	Timber raids a success: officials Forestry officials say they have seized roughly 3,000 cubic metres of valuable timber in nationwide raids ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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22/03/2010	RCAF crack down on logging Troops of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces are following Prime Minister Hun Sen’s January directive ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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25/02/2010	Cambodia to appeal on behalf of loggers Cambodian authorities plan to file an appeal on behalf of six Oddar Meanchey villagers convicted of illegal ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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24/02/2010	Officials hail success of logging crackdown The enforcement of forestry laws improved in the early part of 2010, according to officials at the Ministry ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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23/02/2010	Adhoc targets smuggling in Ratanakkiri The Ratanakkiri provincial coordinator for the rights group Adhoc has filed a complaint against the head ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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22/02/2010	Govt to protest Thai court Cambodian officials say they will file a complaint with Thailand’s Surin provincial court after ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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10/02/2010	Loggers say they were promised impunity Ten men facing charges of illegal logging in Preah Sihanouk provincial court say they were hired to do ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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08/02/2010	Preah Vihear: Stop illegal loggers, PM tells troops Prime Minister Hun Sen warned Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) troops not to engage in illegal logging ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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02/02/2010	New cash crops and old threats prompt loggers to think again Following a series of cross-border incidents in which Thai soldiers allegedly shot and killed Cambodian ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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29/01/2010	PM points finger at corrupt army chiefs Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday warned of harsh sanctions for soldiers and military commanders involved ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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27/01/2010	Cambodia to destroy all 'ecstasy oil' stocks Phnom Penh - Cambodia is cracking down on a raw ingredient for the club-drug ecstasy by wiping out stocks ...	Reuters
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26/01/2010	Malaysian timber products to use 'green lane' to EU Malaysia's timber products will use the "green lane" to the European market next year, ...	Business Times, Malaysia
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25/01/2010	Aid promised to officials after alleged death threat A soldier caught transporting illegal timber in Ratanakkiri province evaded punishment on Thursday after ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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25/01/2010	Thai PM: Thai-Cambodian border clash will not intensify conflict Bangkok - Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday reaffirmed that fighting between ...	MCOT.net
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15/01/2010	NGOs urge boosting border employment to deter illegal logging Nongovernmental organisations on Thursday called on the government to increase employment opportunities ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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14/01/2010	Foreign minister says Thais breach international law The continued shootings of Cambodian loggers, allegedly at the hands of Thai soldiers, constitute a breach ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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07/01/2010	Illegal logging and wildlife trafficking prosecutions up The number of prosecutions in illegal logging and wildlife-trading cases increased by one-third in 2009, ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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04/01/2010	Reporters urge govt protection A group of journalists in Oddar Meanchey province has called for increased protection after Royal Cambodian ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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31/12/2009	‘Emperor’ of loggers freed; four men held Four more suspects have been arrested on suspicion that they set fire to two bridges in Battambang’s ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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22/12/2009	Thais reportedly shoot logger, 55, near border A 55-year-old Cambodian man was shot to death by Thai soldiers while on an illegal logging expedition ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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13/11/2009	Firm attributes losses to logging crackdown China Asean Resources Ltd, a Hong Kong-listed company operating a timber concession in Kratie province ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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05/11/2009	Suspected logger shot by soldiers in Thailand A 22-year-old Cambodian man accused of illegal logging in Thailand’s Sisaket province was shot ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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02/11/2009	Five nations sign up to UN initiative to tackle deforestation Five countries today joined the United Nations initiative aimed at combating climate change by creating ...	UN News Centre
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28/10/2009	Thai court tries Cambodian loggers Twelve Cambodian men appeared in a Thai court Monday on charges of illegal logging, said Leu Chandara, ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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08/10/2009	Gov’t set to appeal loggers’ conviction The government is to launch an appeal on behalf of 16 Cambodians convicted of illegal logging by a Thai ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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05/10/2009	Killing stuns Kratie villagers Villagers in Kratie province said they fear for their safety after the slaying of an environmental activist ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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14/09/2009	Thai soldiers accused of burning alive teenage logger Phnom Penh - A senior provincial official in Cambodia accused Thai soldiers of shooting a teenager engaged ...	Sun2Surf, Malaysia
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08/09/2009	Forest protection measures must cover whole region At first glance, Vietnam appears to be one of the few success stories when it comes to preventing destruction ...	Environmental Research Web
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02/09/2009	Vietnam outsources deforestation to neighboring countries In conserving its forests while its growing export-oriented wood products industry, Vietnam outsources ...	Mongabay.com
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28/08/2009	Liberia: Credibility of Liberia's forestry reform programme at point of collapse, warns Global Witness The credibility of Liberia’s forestry reform programme, one of the most comprehensive ever undertaken ...	allAfrica.com
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21/08/2009	Liberia: timber pirates in country? Many, who thought Charles Taylor's bush war to topple Samuel Doe's discredited government would ...	allAfrica.com
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20/08/2009	Cambodians accused of illegal Thai logging Eleven Cambodian men were arrested in Thailand on Monday for illegal logging, and nine more are missing ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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11/08/2009	Liberia: Global Witness restates warnings over logging of forests Campaign group Global Witness today restated its concerns that two firms linked to Malaysian timber giant ...	allAfrica.com
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28/07/2009	Logging suspected at border Military officials on Monday responded to allegations that Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldiers were ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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16/07/2009	Liberia: Govt poised to hand forests to timber pirates Two firms linked to Malaysian timber giant Samling, a company notorious for destroying tropical forests ...	allAfrica.com
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13/07/2009	Timber export ban to save forests, promote carbon-credit trading Agriculture Ministry says programme will offer sustainable development options that improve people's ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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10/07/2009	King Norodom Sihamoni decries illegal logging at a convention marking National Forest Day King Norodom Sihamoni has called on Cambodians to stop logging illegally and start planting trees to ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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29/06/2009	Ratanakkiri villagers in clash over illegal timber Nearly 100 Jarai ethnic minority villagers from Ratanakkiri province's O'Yadav district clashed ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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24/06/2009	Cambodia signs REDD agreement Terra Global Capital, a San Francisco-based firm seeking to capitalize on emerging markets for ecosystem ...	Mongabay.com
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16/06/2009	Cambodia's last frontier falls Ratanakiri - The remoteness of Cambodia's northeast once made it an ideal hideout for Vietcong, ...	Asia Times Online
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08/06/2009	Singapore artist DNA tests trees to reveal wood origins Singapore - If a tree falls in one of Southeast Asia's rainforests, is smuggled overseas, made into ...	Reuters India
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05/05/2009	Trees, monkeys lost in Preah Vihear forest zone: official Community leaders say monkeys taken from forests around Peuk village are being sold in Vietnam and authorities ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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28/04/2009	Charcoal stoves prompt concern Officials in Kampong Speu say there has been an increase in the use of charcoal stoves for commercial ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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12/12/2008	Govt reissues chainsaw ban following mass seizures Forestry officials have confiscated 633 illegal machines this year, saying they are being used to clear ...	Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia)
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19/09/2008	Crackdown on furniture in Rkiri Cambodia - As part of the fight against rampant illegal logging, police are targeting unlicensed furniture ...	Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia)
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02/09/2008	Police, military suspended for role in illegal logging Seven officials disciplined for involvement in illegal logging operation, but monitors fear scheme is ...	Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia)
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30/05/2008	China presence in Cambodia grows Phnom Penh, Cambodia - China, hungry for strategic influence and natural resources, is asserting itself ...	Asia Times Online (Hong Kong)
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15/02/2008	Cambodia Calls for Regime Change at Global Witness UK - Following Global Witness recommendation that new World Bank President Robert Zoellick take advantage ...	OneWorld.net (UK)
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23/01/2008	US could ban travel for Cambodians tied to illegal logging Phnom Penh, Cambodia - The US has passed a law that could see travel bans for Cambodian officials accused ...	AFP
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20/10/2007	Asia: Deforestation Symptomatic of Corrupt Regimes Chiang Mai, Thailand - When a global anti-graft watchdog surveys the Asian landscape for corruption indicators, ...	Inter Press Service (Italy)
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20/08/2007	Journalist's house set on fire again following threat over reports on illegal logging Cambodia - A reporter's house was set on fire for a second time by unknown persons on 17 August ...	IFEX (Canada)
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15/08/2007	Arson attack follows anonymous threat against Cambodian journalist The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Cambodian government to launch an independent investigation ...	CPJ Press Freedom Online (USA)
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07/08/2007	If a tree falls, does the World Bank hear it? Bangkok, Thailand - For all its talk of good governance, the World Bank continues to choose its words ...	Asia Times Online (Hong Kong)
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19/07/2007	US senators seek travel ban for Cambodians tied to illegal logging ...	Raw Story (USA)
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29/06/2007	Logging abuse Journalists and campaigners working to expose an environmental scandal in Cambodia are under threat from ...	Index on Censorship (UK)
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19/06/2007	Regime in Cambodia funded by Britain The British Government pays ££13 million a year to support a "mafiosi" regime in ...	The Telegraph (UK)
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06/06/2007	Cambodian government steps up fight against illegal logging allegations Phnom Penh, Cambodia - The Cambodian government has stepped up a campaign to discredit allegations that ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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04/06/2007	Cambodia bans damning report into illegal logging Cambodia has banned a damning report by an environmental group which accused the kingdom's political ...	Radio Australia (Australia)
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03/06/2007	Cambodian government orders ban, confiscation of illegal logging report Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Cambodia ordered the banning on Sunday of a stinging report which accuses senior ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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01/06/2007	Global Witness Report Accuses Cambodia's International Donors of Inaction while a Corrupt Elite surrounding the Prime Minister loots the Country's Forests (Press Release) Cambodia's corrupt political elite is stripping the country of its natural resources, ...	Global Witness (UK)
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01/06/2007	Cambodian elite and army accused of illegal logging racket Cambodia is being systematically stripped of its natural assets by a small elite of politicians, relatives ...	Guardian (UK)
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23/05/2007	CPJ troubled by Cambodian prime minister's remarks to RFA reporter The Committee to Protect Journalists is troubled by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's threatening ...	CPJ Press Freedom Online (USA)
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25/11/2006	Cambodian court jails eight for illegal logging Pnomh Penh, Cambodia - A Cambodian court has sentenced eight people, including a former provincial governor, ...	Stuff.co.nz (New Zealand)
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24/11/2006	Cambodia Sentences Powerful Officials To Jail For Illegal Logging A Cambodian court has handed out harsh prison sentences to former top provincial officials found guilty ...	Playfuls.com (Romania)
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04/10/2006	Cambodia: Time for Tangible Progress Instead of Empty Promises London, UK ' Cambodia's international donors must hold the country's government to its ...	Global Witness (UK)
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29/07/2006	World Bank praises Cambodia's punishment for illegal logging The World Bank on Friday praised the Cambodian government for its prosecutions of 11 people in illegal ...	People's Daily Online (China)
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27/07/2006	Cambodians jailed for illegal Vietnamese logging Phnom Penh, Cambodia - A Cambodian court sentenced 11 men, including army and police officers, to between ...	Reuters (UK)
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13/07/2006	Has the World Bank learned lessons from forestry fiasco in Cambodia? Global Witness today welcomed the commitment of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz to improve forest ...	Global Witness (UK)
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01/07/2006	World Bank to improve Cambodian forest plan The World Bank has vowed to improve its much-criticized forestry program in Cambodia, after an internal ...	ABC Asia Pacific (Australia)
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29/06/2006	World Bank slams its Cambodian program BANGKOK, Thailand - A World Bank program to reform Cambodia's corrupt forestry industry instead ...	MSN Money (USA)
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13/04/2006	Asia pacific loses six million hectares of forest The Asia Pacific region lost more than six million hectares of natural forests, mainly converted to agricultural ...	Pertubuhan Berita Nasional (Malaysia)
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20/02/2006	Vanishing forests result of timber trafficking in SE Asia ...	Manila Times (Philippines)
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17/11/2005	Nigeria has worst deforestation rate, FAO revises figures Nigeria has the world's highest deforestation rate of primary forests according to revised deforestation ...	Mongabay.com
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12/10/2005	Watchdog Criticizes World Bank Over Illegal Logging In Cambodia Environmental watchdog Global Witness accused the World Bank on Monday of condoning illegal logging in ...	Noticias.info (Spain)
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10/10/2005	Another Review, another Condemnation of the Logging Concessionaires. Are the Cambodian Government and the World Bank Listening? An external review of Cambodian forest concessionaires endorsed by a World Bank project has concluded ...	Global Witness (UK)
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03/10/2005	SUV Tries To Run Down RFA Reporter in Cambodia Cambodia - The unidentified driver of an SUV filled with cut timber tried to run down a Radio Free Asia ...	Radio Free Asia (USA)
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03/09/2005	Cambodian land traditions under threat Cambodia - Life for the tribes of Ratanakkiri has been much the same for centuries. "We can't ...	BBC (UK)
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01/09/2005	Cambodian PM blames deforestation on cooking fires Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday that millions of Cambodians cooking with charcoal were ...	Mail and Guardian (South Africa)
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29/07/2005	Cambodia says outspoken ex-forestry monitor unwelcome, blacklists staff Cambodia's former outspoken forestry monitor Global Witness was no longer welcome in the kingdom ...	Agence France Presse
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20/07/2005	Cambodia bans watchdog group after report on illegal logging The international watchdog Global Witness says five of its staff have been banned from Cambodia after ...	ABC (Australia)
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19/07/2005	Hun Sensorship ' Global Witness banned from entering Cambodia (Global Witness Press Release) UK - Soon after taking office, in early 1999, Cambodian Prime Minister ...	Global Witness (UK)
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29/06/2005	Natural Resource Governance ' A Test of Political Will for the Cambodian Government and the International Donor Community The near total absence of promised reforms of natural resource management forms the backdrop to an impromptu ...	Global Witness
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28/05/2005	Global Witness dubious over anti-deforestation plan in Cambodia International environmental group Global Witness has said that it remains dubious about the ability of ...	Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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05/05/2005	World Bank ombudsman investigates forestry fiasco in Cambodia (Press Release) UK - Global Witness warmly welcomes the recent decision by the World Bank board to authorise ...	Harold Doan and Associates (USA)
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10/04/2005	Bank facilitates illegal logging in Cambodia Bank officials have recently brokered the lifting of Cambodia's three year ban on log transportation, ...	Bretton Woods Project (UK)
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03/02/2005	APP Faces Illegal Logging Allegations In China, Cambodia JAKARTA, Indonesia -Singapore-based Asia Pulp & Paper (PAP.YY) faces fresh allegations of illegal ...	Yahoo Finance
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28/01/2005	Cambodia fights to curb illegal logging destruction One of Asia's worst illegal loggers is being prosecuted by the Cambodian Ministry of Environment ...	Environmental Data Interactive (UK)
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21/01/2005	APP Clarifies Forestry Policy in Cambodia Asia Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd has reconfirmed its commitment to only support legal and environmentally ...	Asia Pulp and Paper
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31/12/2004	Preparing to Pulp the Pulp Merchants? Cambodian Government Announces Legal Action against Predatory Paper Giant The Cambodian Ministry of Environment has announced that it is preparing a legal action against Green ...	Global Witness (UK)
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23/11/2004	The death of Cambodia's forests Newspapers in Cambodia are always flush with stories directly and indirectly related to the logging industry ...	Asia Times
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19/11/2004	Watchdog: Government, military destroying top Cambodian wildlife sanctuary? Government and military officials are pillaging timber from a protected forest in southwestern Cambodia ...	The China Post
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18/11/2004	Global Witness' new report, 'Taking a Cut' blows lid off systemic corruption in Cambodia's forest sector In a report released today Global Witness shines a light on Cambodia's shadowy timber business where ...	Global Witness (UK)
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06/10/2004	Protection of Cambodia's Timber, Wildlife Gains Ground Cambodia's timber and animal wildlife have long been the targets of poachers. Now a conference on ...	VOA News
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05/08/2004	World Bank's nod for forest concessions angers watchdog The World Bank stands accused of recommending to the Cambodian government that the forest concession ...	Inter Press Service News Agency
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09/07/2004	Cambodian Government Authorises Clear-Cutting in National Park The current selling-out by senior Cambodian officials, of the countrys protected areas, has resulted ...	Global Witness
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06/07/2004	Actress Angelina Jolie wins reprieve for forest in Cambodia Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has persuaded Cambodian ministers to cancel a planned hydroelectricity ...	Asia Pacific News
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01/07/2004	The stripping of Cambodia Cambodia's forests were indiscriminately plundered for 10 years. Then, four years ago, sweeping ...	Guardian Weekly
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29/06/2004	Illegal Logging in Cambodia Levels Protected National Park World Bank and Cambodian officials have discovered rampant illegal logging in a protected Cambodian national ...	Radio Free Asia
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18/06/2004	See No Evil: The Government's new forest crime monitor The publication last month of the first quarterly report by the new official independent monitor of Cambodia's ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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21/05/2004	Global Witness raises alarm over illegal logging in Cambodia Environmental watchdog Global Witness raised the alarm on illegal logging in Cambodia after uncovering ...	TerraDaily
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06/05/2004	Cambodian government illegally approves plantation in national park, say activists The Cambodian government has illegally approved setting up a plantation in a national park that's ...	Environmental News Network
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17/03/2004	Environment group urges investigation into Cambodian shooting incident PHNOM PENH - Environmental group Global Witness has called for an investigation into a shooting incident ...	channellnewsasia.com
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20/02/2004	Laundering of illegal timber undermines forestry reform in Cambodia Cambodian Government officials are continuing to facilitate illegal logging and export of illegally sourced ...	Global Witness
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27/11/2003	Cambodia hires new environmental watchdog PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodia has hired a new environmental watchdog, an official said, seven months after ...	Yahoo News
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01/08/2003	Global Witness confirms commitment to continuing its work in Cambodia Global Witness is committed to continuing its work in Cambodia. Despite the Cambodian Government's ...	GlobalWitness.org
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10/07/2003	Cambodian "forest cover expanding, not shrinking" says premier Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has claimed that the amount of forest cover in Cambodia has actually ...	ENN.com
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14/05/2003	Illegal loggers kill soldier in Cambodia Illegal loggers in Cambodia have shot dead a soldier in a clash triggered by a government crackdown to ...	PlanetArk.org
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22/04/2003	Cambodian Government terminates independent forest monitoring The Cambodian Government has terminated Global Witness' role as the official Independent Monitor ...	GlobalWitness.org
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PRESENTATIONS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
28/01/2011	China and the Mekong: timber trade and governance snapshot	Kerstin Canby, Forest Trends
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18/06/2008	Borderlines: Timber smuggling in the Mekong Region	EIA (Julian Newman)
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09/07/2007	Cambodia's Family Trees: Illegal logging and the stripping of public assets by Cambodia's elite	Global Witness
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21/07/2006	The World Bank Inspection Panel in Cambodia and the Forest Concession Management and Control pilot project	Global Witness (Eleanor Nichol)
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EVENTS

DATE	TITLE
Monday 9th July 2007	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 10 The tenth in a series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID, the update was held ...
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Tuesday 30th January 2007	Seeking Peace and Saving Asia's Forests: Forest Conflict in Asia Like conflict diamonds, forest resources have been used in many countries in Asia and Africa to finance ...
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Thursday 1st December 2005	Building Partnerships to Reduce Forest Conflict in Asia USAID, The Forests Dialogue and ARD Inc. convened international leaders from government, the private ...
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LINKS

TITLE	DESCRIPTION	REPORT
Global Witness	Since establishing the first field-based independent monitoring of forest law enforcement in 1999, Global Witness has acquired considerable experience in providing credible information on the natural resource sector to the public, governments and donors, as well as in IFM project management in Cambodia and Cameroon to date.	Broken link
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Managing Conflict in Asian Forest Communities	In order to reduce forest conflicts and implement sound forest management, USAID awarded the Managing Conflict in Asian Forest Communities task order to ARD in September 2003. The website details ARD's work in this area.	Broken link
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Wildlife Alliance	Wildlife Alliance is a non-profit organization based in Cambodia and Washington, D.C., working directly with communities and governments to improve forest management and institute good governance to comprehensively address the devastation of ecosystems and combat the illegal wildlife trade. We actively empower local communities by promoting diversified agriculture, community-based ecotourism, and reforestation.	Broken link
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