tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460661709520882662024-03-19T03:24:21.022-07:00Alt.Map.CambodiaLand in Cambodia. Our right to know.AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-62666668443533594352009-04-04T19:41:00.000-07:002009-04-04T20:04:42.454-07:00New December 2008 maps of Cambodian Concessions (descriptions to follow)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6mAmsMKZvB2taw5t6V7_FNV3XPTJEoZs_nyRZf-VHVY_9qgGZA1L6i0kfzjSSku7jconRckHf2SjJEJB9RyJpu4QZEBPYEOLnn_OSYuO_qHFxf8UpDCqijURz2tOajkNNSYv1NchSXE_/s1600-h/protected+areas_ELC%27s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6mAmsMKZvB2taw5t6V7_FNV3XPTJEoZs_nyRZf-VHVY_9qgGZA1L6i0kfzjSSku7jconRckHf2SjJEJB9RyJpu4QZEBPYEOLnn_OSYuO_qHFxf8UpDCqijURz2tOajkNNSYv1NchSXE_/s320/protected+areas_ELC%27s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321037267271329426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAemTxawk_Ph9syLe0YOUH_JKUPxzg_QL3coWmM3GlVphG49w1cap89zsZJXIP4gitvOj1zjI3a3-ek3wZB2UiQgo-VzVSH-lqV6UPKHzROL8TMynpA_f356ImolzdrXezkT6rtA1PX5-/s1600-h/protected+areas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWAJqDo3vUlPhyBkKog-FKNrT6PzKRzJwuopyi3zOyXjmHUXnGbCjLqBfUy0PuOlZ_hfgzt0lHd2qSNmcSBsFwP3ujc_6HRatg2qhvZbwRKKkyLd1S5qXJn2hWh4wFVWj7UfNr0K33bkg/s320/elcs_mines_dams_elect.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321037036942766834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eQOxPO_m5cOj7oXz3JGGpy7_SoXPsUJLIa4tUe_2GwDfwSDMypmoI09vGHXRHXs2WspAW0uH8ojXevFENsun-y6fDtABt_8dTL-2M28cxWg_0aAuk_uXXPSyx9UM_SYOB9KpjtkzMhXH/s1600-h/elcs_mines_dams.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eQOxPO_m5cOj7oXz3JGGpy7_SoXPsUJLIa4tUe_2GwDfwSDMypmoI09vGHXRHXs2WspAW0uH8ojXevFENsun-y6fDtABt_8dTL-2M28cxWg_0aAuk_uXXPSyx9UM_SYOB9KpjtkzMhXH/s320/elcs_mines_dams.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321036965066391410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFC7Yh8qgs_Yi3HcxPn4HYE7GNhgcnAjSVjd-1vcGq7rcH-MBzrcP_5Nesm4m1mZwh9QUPwpZvxps2kcstysltbGARUOZw0tdQ5lyYg9Q-a_dkGPvLwUVMp-sgVor43J4ybe92TLpDorT/s1600-h/elcs_mines.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFC7Yh8qgs_Yi3HcxPn4HYE7GNhgcnAjSVjd-1vcGq7rcH-MBzrcP_5Nesm4m1mZwh9QUPwpZvxps2kcstysltbGARUOZw0tdQ5lyYg9Q-a_dkGPvLwUVMp-sgVor43J4ybe92TLpDorT/s320/elcs_mines.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321036719870593602" border="0" /></a><br />Here are a series of maps detailing current land concessions in Cambodia, details to follow.AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-60452087104807782572008-04-28T21:30:00.000-07:002008-04-28T21:34:53.584-07:00Hun Sen and his ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) have,put the country up for sale.Land in Cambodia, In the Guardian.<br /><br />"No one can agree what impact the foreign land sales will have on the Cambodian economy because so little information is made public.<br /><br />"CPP parliamentarians and cabinet are remote and dismissive of their people. They are not required to report on their interests or assets, making it impossible to deduce how much Hun Sen and his cabinet have personally benefited"<br /><br />"Hun Sen and his ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) have,put the country up for sale. Crucially, they permit investors to form 100% foreign-owned companies in Cambodia that can buy land and real estate outright - or at least on 99-year plus 99-year leases."<br /><br />"No other country in the world countenances such a deal. Even in Thailand and Vietnam, where similar land speculation and profiteering are under way, foreigners can be only minority shareholders."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/26/cambodia">Click here to read on....</a>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-28201750713902894932008-02-12T08:10:00.000-08:002008-02-12T08:15:18.908-08:00Rights Razed - The 2008 Amnesty Report on Forced Evictions and Relocations in Cambodia<span style="font-weight: bold;">“My son was arrested and beaten up while he was collecting belongings from</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">the house. I saw them walking away with him, beating him. Then he was tied</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">up and put on the truck.”<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">“Before, he went fishing and farming. Now who can I rely on? Since he was</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">arrested, I have not managed to earn anything. My house was completely burnt</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">down.”</span><br />Villager forcibly evicted from Mittapheap 4 village, Sihanoukville, on 20 April 2007<br /><br />"Although there have been some positive recent signs, including repeated calls by<br />Prime Minister Hun Sen for an end to land-grabbing and sporadic action against<br />people involved in land theft, the Cambodian government has not demonstrated<br />political will to ensure an end to forced evictions or the factors leading to them.<br />Instead government representatives are seen to be involved in or standing by as the<br />law is applied arbitrarily or by-passed altogether, in ways that grant impunity to those<br />in political or economic power for arbitrarily expropriating land from marginalized<br />people living in poverty.<br />As long as this pattern is allowed to go on, hundreds of thousands of Cambodians live<br />under threat of being forcibly evicted – in Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville and urban<br />centres, but increasingly also in rural areas."<br /><br />- From the Amnesty Report (<a href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/AmnestyReport-2008.pdf">Click Here to download a copy</a>)AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-84198621111809786442008-01-05T14:01:00.000-08:002008-01-21T09:54:40.703-08:00South Laos Mineral Concessions<div style="text-align: left;">AltMapCambodia reveals a newly leaked map of South Laos mineral concessions, proposed and in progress as of 2007.The Lao government <a href="http://www.dgm.gov.la/images/home_onclick.gif">maintains a website about mineral concessions</a> and provides a spreadsheet of <a href="http://www.dgm.gov.la/Concession_Table_2007.htm">companies engaged in concessions</a>, and gives a difficult-to-read <a href="http://www.dgm.gov.la/conc_map/image001.jpg">map of concession areas</a>. This map overlaps that provided the Laotian government, but includes some not disclosed by these materials, including numerous proposed concessions.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5k7S_ZAxP1x1Lg0Cpm6JOc_aJ_ObWnIVm7Hxuwe0td6183xGHi8JigHVJsK_LF6ywFhHtCHkb0hOdYBAwcWWZDnNvRcuqjWLKOcHAc7TPrzTMVPbGU8tscRcY_NGtpHYVpKciOzQxbXz/s1600-h/SouthLao.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5k7S_ZAxP1x1Lg0Cpm6JOc_aJ_ObWnIVm7Hxuwe0td6183xGHi8JigHVJsK_LF6ywFhHtCHkb0hOdYBAwcWWZDnNvRcuqjWLKOcHAc7TPrzTMVPbGU8tscRcY_NGtpHYVpKciOzQxbXz/s320/SouthLao.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153225192517278786" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/South_Laos_Mineral_2007_sm.jpg">Small JPEG</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>319k<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/South_Laos_Mineral_2007.jpg">Large JPEG</a> 709k<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/South_Laos_Mineral_2007.pdf">High Quality PDF</a> 593k<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span> Green rectangles indicate concessions acknowledged by the Government of Laos. (<a href="http://www.dgm.gov.la/conc_map/image001.jpg">For the Government's own map, click here</a>; the Law: <a href="http://www.dgm.gov.la/index.htm?Mining_Law_1997.htm">Lao Mining Law of 1997).</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Companies Included:</span><br />Lao-China Oriental Minerals Development Co Ltd, Lane Xang Development, Chaleunxokxay Construction, South Asia Economic & Technical, Lao Service Incorporation, CEIEC & CEIECSC, Lao Aluminum Industry, Viet Phuong, XJ International, Quanbinh Industrial Trading SR, Chongya Exi, Santi Trading Ltd., Phonepaseuth, Sinlong Ltd., Savane Gypsum, Aries Mining Ltd., Lane Xang Mineral, Sengchan Mining, Enterprise Gypsum, VINA Chem, Viet-Lao Corporation, Xaylatana Kosag, Yunnan Machinery Import & Export Co. Ltd., Tienchingchongchi Ltd., Mining Development Company Ltd., Lanxang Development Corporation, Magnum Fertilizers Company, Lao-China Gold Mining Industry, Khamkeut Mining.<br /><o:p></o:p>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-69976685962377901692007-10-22T11:38:00.000-07:002007-10-23T15:31:47.096-07:001024070 Hectares of Cambodia? Who is Bon Bon World?<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LBOqKMJkhC7zLmhDCB_wyoMcCBeN7obG8IWBgMwYIUsMuBmhln9CXnJSPklRXcxYiyhWXi0mKaxbevDtd4fIa_ZCmYf-gEEkXlvj24_5d2tIQk640Bvip2dWtr3cm_ehjM7EQxpRqqRz/s1600-h/BB_master.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124544119073666306" style="WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 205px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LBOqKMJkhC7zLmhDCB_wyoMcCBeN7obG8IWBgMwYIUsMuBmhln9CXnJSPklRXcxYiyhWXi0mKaxbevDtd4fIa_ZCmYf-gEEkXlvj24_5d2tIQk640Bvip2dWtr3cm_ehjM7EQxpRqqRz/s400/BB_master.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXPPu9wixVBxcr3ahyn2DbK9EyDfEEzRbeQ3-FkZfjFstP_DwQ-0YgJ6rvPKU-n0UJddAyCJzAtm90-4KBVXtyHUm2NpYCw6yjqdUX2MMvupHEXc9boED6aUmNQmAtT-kC06q70_swbX-/s1600-h/BB_3.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124531960021251250" style="WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 129px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXPPu9wixVBxcr3ahyn2DbK9EyDfEEzRbeQ3-FkZfjFstP_DwQ-0YgJ6rvPKU-n0UJddAyCJzAtm90-4KBVXtyHUm2NpYCw6yjqdUX2MMvupHEXc9boED6aUmNQmAtT-kC06q70_swbX-/s400/BB_3.bmp" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmC9L2dJIUc621T0Yo-EVShq5fP3LnZYJ61l7UZ-TR9Ye30fUIYC6dyeOkBH2_j2mrOwvW2bgCAyGaunUKWSEQrrX1JJ6jFIenSROqTVAJGIdE8P5fSREnZ7f12byBYiS-LQNlaJ1wwYl/s1600-h/BB_2.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124531792517526690" style="WIDTH: 181px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 127px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmC9L2dJIUc621T0Yo-EVShq5fP3LnZYJ61l7UZ-TR9Ye30fUIYC6dyeOkBH2_j2mrOwvW2bgCAyGaunUKWSEQrrX1JJ6jFIenSROqTVAJGIdE8P5fSREnZ7f12byBYiS-LQNlaJ1wwYl/s400/BB_2.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Bon Bon World Investments and Consulting Group Ltd., has made arrangements for a string of large concessions with the Cambodian Government totaling <a href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/BB_overview.JPG">1024070 hectares</a>!<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Who is Bon Bon World?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.bonbongroup.com/home.htm">According to their website</a> they are here:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">#50A, Street 334, Sangkat Boeng Keng Kang 1,<br />Khan Chamkar Mon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia<br />Tel: 855 23 993 248<br />Fax: 855 23 993 2480</span><br /><br />A quiet house in Phnom Penh with little sign of life, according to an AMC reader.<br /><br />And here:<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />845 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA<br />Tel: 1-800 747 9155<br />Fax: 1-212 223 4660<br /><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.bonbongroup.com/home.htm">Bon Bon's website reveals little</a>: some of the text has been cribbed from other sites, and some their projects appear to be fake.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Yet the <a href="http://www.bonbongroup.com/events.htm">photographs </a>are instructive, showing Bon Bon World staff in meetings with a series of Cambodian officials and <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">prominent Cambodian People's Party leadership.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Interestingly,</span><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.bonbongroup.com/images/pro_009.jpg"> Bon Bon World also lists the questionable Koh Puos development project as part of their portfolio of projects.</a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bonbongroup.com/images/ev-002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124237716106769490" style="WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 148px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGp-TaO3zDczdhhGGNicucNt5XW-DrZHRbofpkJ_LAvH-ak9D7WBnChkh1r36hTBYlr_gkoPqU19uJ0dT7eAuhEWsRVQNGU_DX7mhxJMmnG0xLOpmKEmBjk_8mOLK_WkS5YPY5L9BTd7e-/s200/BB_P_1.bmp" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bonbongroup.com/images/ev-012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124237956624938082" style="WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 148px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44ol7WnySwo8cGREOcsHv0nyb3T5l4h90pSPiSy8vKXZPXW0XRRInCW2mAUxaUwODAfIPuDrNFrfytaNXxP2KBiZmfgNT3kx8fh4D6tk8yT6_TaIvh-Uq3M6OKAi4KlpxxcnzVtpjFXn-/s200/BB_P_3.bmp" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bonbongroup.com/images/ev-003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124238111243760754" style="WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapgpNO7XRwEEec1hKhyTDlJ3hJYVNmL_dfrE7O60LHhckkx9WpuktTcQyaBrDhPhn0yeAmoly8SmNB96c83WJj8gfluM9acbgoLbxH7Ga9NV8yOJZly61Iq3UnEIfdDms9xWXc2-XoiCq/s200/BB_P_5.bmp" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="font-size:130%;">AltMapCambodia now reveals<a style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" href="http://kampuchea98.googlepages.com/BonBon_2.pdf"> internal Bon World documents</a> (large PDF) showing the location of concessions apparently negotiated between Bon Bon World and the Kingdom of Cambodia.</span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/BonBon_2.pdf"><br /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Know more? Contact AMC (cfdt52x@gmail.com).</p>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-85544659230193851852007-10-22T07:25:00.000-07:002007-10-23T15:30:48.701-07:00Agricultural and Mineral Concessions in Cambodia<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMfMWlJaQXlBgpxtxdnXh7nv-ZGgVafFSC27WOkicqjq6IPScvt5wMvqfKsyVDqhpiF_clrNVI7KHvJieQJwXQcuDPIYxn5FElLvxsXUh57C6T1ddn1VRavCLTcUW3ZlOcZq46h-EMgw7/s1600-h/Cam_Conc_Khmer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124537255715927250" style="WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMfMWlJaQXlBgpxtxdnXh7nv-ZGgVafFSC27WOkicqjq6IPScvt5wMvqfKsyVDqhpiF_clrNVI7KHvJieQJwXQcuDPIYxn5FElLvxsXUh57C6T1ddn1VRavCLTcUW3ZlOcZq46h-EMgw7/s400/Cam_Conc_Khmer.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Cam_Conc_Khmer.pdf"><br /></a></div><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">AltMapCambodia publishes a <a href="http://kampuchea98.googlepages.com/Cam_Conc_Khmer.pdf">Khmer language map of agricultural and Mineral</a></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><a href="http://kampuchea98.googlepages.com/Cam_Conc_Khmer.pdf"> Concessions in Cambodia</a> as of July 2007 (if links do not work please click on the maps).<br /><br />More maps from AltMapCambodia:</span><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTL8XGOFeNNWR9x46GbtpAxG2Mn2UJAC4JRzeoB7lXPrF0XnO_P5EPFIgLw2wuhr_BmB8bgSGMnu7HFTAcVGPVyQ_mG_OZ0eTV9WhhAR05Pv9gcIP1oa_Xzeb1B1eLVURBVaBkuMi3y5KD/s1600-h/Cam_Ag_conc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124539991610094818" style="WIDTH: 218px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 168px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTL8XGOFeNNWR9x46GbtpAxG2Mn2UJAC4JRzeoB7lXPrF0XnO_P5EPFIgLw2wuhr_BmB8bgSGMnu7HFTAcVGPVyQ_mG_OZ0eTV9WhhAR05Pv9gcIP1oa_Xzeb1B1eLVURBVaBkuMi3y5KD/s400/Cam_Ag_conc.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><a href="http://kampuchea98.googlepages.com/Cam_Ag_conc.pdf">Agricultural Concessions in English</a> (PDF)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtiZ-cTzRMjyQco-951-xPI1pz5HimU2KK1mIax-Ykf6oJkRzoJg_NqyKOp742ea0G3Gf9Yj1I6NiwWF1_DT8gs_Jgz6qHvtPGRagk9vifGldDFlywDhRDWgR7JxbFxJRRzseJx02q-ZHg/s1600-h/Cam_Min_conc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124540210653426930" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 164px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtiZ-cTzRMjyQco-951-xPI1pz5HimU2KK1mIax-Ykf6oJkRzoJg_NqyKOp742ea0G3Gf9Yj1I6NiwWF1_DT8gs_Jgz6qHvtPGRagk9vifGldDFlywDhRDWgR7JxbFxJRRzseJx02q-ZHg/s400/Cam_Min_conc.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><a href="http://kampuchea98.googlepages.com/Cam_Min_conc.pdf">Mineral Concessions in English</a></span> (PDF)<br /></div><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /><br />The <a href="http://maff.gov.kh/elc/index.html">Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries website </a>on Economic Land Concessions has some useful information including limited <a href="http://maff.gov.kh/elc/profiles.html">Company Profiles</a><br /><br />Have questions: <a href="http://maff.gov.kh/elc/contact_us.html">you can contact them here.</a><br /><br />The UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Human Rights <a href="http://kampuchea98.googlepages.com/SRSGELCReportJun07-E.pdf">report on Economic Land Concessions is available here</a>.<br /><br />Some recent links related to concessions:<br /><a href="http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2007/07/call-for-five-land-concession-contracts.html"><br /></a></span><a href="http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2007/07/call-for-five-land-concession-contracts.html"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" target="_blank">http://ki-media.blogspot.com<wbr>/2007/07/call-for-five-land<wbr>-concession-contracts.html</a></span><br /><a href="http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2007/06/ly-yong-phat-cpp-tycoon-senator-land.html"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" target="_blank">http://ki-media.blogspot.com<wbr>/2007/06/ly-yong-phat-cpp<wbr>-tycoon-senator-land.html</a></span><br /><a href="http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2007/06/cheam-yeap-son-in-law-inc-family.html"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" target="_blank">http://ki-media.blogspot.com<wbr>/2007/06/cheam-yeap-son-in-law<wbr>-inc-family.html</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2007/05/now-they-take-our-land-without-paying.html" target="_blank">http://ki-media.blogspot.com<wbr>/2007/05/now-they-take-our<wbr>-land-without-paying.html</a><br /><br />(thanks to an AMC reader)<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /><br /><br /></span>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-67235137744822489382007-10-21T21:06:00.000-07:002007-10-23T15:40:14.276-07:00Koh Puos Investment Group<span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rumors have swirled around KPIG’s activities in Sihanoukville, and it is thought by many that KPIG’s $300 million Snake Island development would serve as a front for Russian money laundering. The arrest of the Chairman, Russian businessman Alexander Trofimov, who was<a href="http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2007/10/kpig-chairman-accused-of-underage-sex.html"> charged with debauchery for sex with fourteen year old girl</a>, may mean the end of KPIG in Cambodia. AltMapCambodia has obtained original documents from KPIG's proposals.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/KPIG_photospdf.pdf"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124155471778018210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 221px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlHxwmHF-VWqefTlhwBYbstGZPLXvyqS5sadnGkpvGdr3SNrn1nfrHIvTUPzaN4EWHibTIj1JL-pTeo21hwBWS_d-bKHZYoTgXcwFeOUgsu7oLxoDv-J0ng6A1lG_aIytvBQTtw0mwt3a/s320/photo1.bmp" border="0" /></a> <p class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://kampuchea98.googlepages.com/KPIG_photospdf.pdf">Photographs from KPIG’s Proposal</a></b> (large PDF)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://kampuchea98.googlepages.com/Snake_island3.pdf"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124156167562720178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 201px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 173px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkBrQ5xd4P2CSWfslFLa8GLDCQBxrj1cI4rCK5X-WuYKTv79RD1rShnGYBBPP1dEpltZEjZxs5AZII80919mD__8ahdj_uRjtk8eZ5InRAgI8Ct-5LChQNv2nrh1dE1cBrfPVwh_O1Vdg/s320/photo2.bmp" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Investment and feasibility studies (<a href="http://kampuchea98.googlepages.com/Snake_island3.pdf">One</a>) and (<a href="http://kampuchea98.googlepages.com/Snake2.pdf">Two</a>)<br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Draw your own conclusions. </p>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-89625427510350392062007-08-17T08:46:00.000-07:002007-10-28T20:34:34.385-07:00Repost: Agricultural Concessions in Cambodia<p align="center"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Ag_Cam_4.kml"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124666645900686626" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftHYvqN3G8kCMwSwZM-u2t9LPXGDDEjlOrzwaggmEhuFjtLHnZ9O9z_VoB86-lqtls0tB3yyILhnSy7yCIfIzcdmkfxL-PHKHs6nDbILjE12snSPx14ereFFQua1oZ_paX-zSRawIeJLi/s320/Ag_Cam_4.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Ag_Cam_4.kml"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Agricultural</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Concessions in Cambodia</span></a>, as of June 2007. (<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Click on the map</span>)<br /><br />Data does not include:<br />(1) <span style="font-style: italic;">20 new concessions not yet disclosed publicly. AMC is adding some of these to an updated map, available soon.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />(2) <span style="font-style: italic;">an unknown number of concessions with an area less than 100 sq.km</span>.<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Further note: <span style="font-style: italic;">company names may have changed, as they are based on limited available information.</span></span> </span></p><p align="left"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><strong>Some Background on Concessions</strong> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >(repost)</span></span></p><p align="left">Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) are massive tracts of rural Cambodia granted to private companies. Cambodia’s MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) <a href="http://www.maff.gov.kh/elc/profiles.html">maintains a list on its website</a> of "current" land concessions granted to 58 companies that covers nearly one million hectares.<br />Even this staggering number is not the whole story! AltMapCambodia, is trying to get closer to the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Ag_Cam_4.kml">real picture</a>, including half a million hectares of unofficial concessions. There are many more large unofficial concessions that we weren't able to obtain information on. Furthermore, the smaller ELCs of less than 1000 hectares can be granted at the provincial level and are also invisible to the public.<br />Why grant so many ELCs? To bring economic benefits, according to the Cambodian government. The MAFF website <a href="http://www.maff.gov.kh/elc/objectives.html">cites the benefits</a> of intensive agriculture, such as rural employment, state revenues and investment dollars. It seems, however, that ELCs have brought economic benefits to only a small handful of well connected individuals - who were labelled the "kleptocratic elite" by the recent <a href="http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/546/en/cambodias_family_trees">Global Witness report</a>.<br />Moreover, many of these concessions are used as an excuse for logging native forests (circumventing forestry laws), or for land speculation. It is not surprising that ELCs have had little impact on economic growth or improved agricultural productivity, as noted by the World Bank's <a href="http://go.worldbank.org/0VEL0T5SZ0">Cambodia Poverty assessment for 2006</a>.<br />Perhaps the greatest harm of ELC’s is to rural Khmer who are forced off their land, often violently, and indigenous communities who loose access to the forests that support their livelihood. This adds up to <a href="http://cambodia.ohchr.org/report_subject.aspx">human rights violations on a grand scale</a>, as reported by the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia in June 2007.</p><p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Min_Cam_4.kml">Mineral Concessions </a>are granted to foreign or local mining companies for exploration and eventual exploitation. Information about mining concessions is limited to a severe lack of transparency at the highest levels of the Ministry of Industry, Mines & Energy (MIME). Even the World Bank has been caught unaware of certain pending concessions.<br />According to anonymous source, the only comprehensive map of mining concessions in Cambodia is kept on paper and pencil in the office of Minister Suy Sem. AMC has been unable to verify this claim.<br />Mineral deposits are controlled by foreign (Chinese and Korean) and local companies who have Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with MIME authorizing exploration. While some of these companies have begun illegal exploitation of these sites, many lack the companies lack the necessary resources to exploit the concessions, and have sought to form partnerships for exploitation with foreign investors, according to a report by the <a href="http://www.pdac.ca/pdac/publications/na/070530-cambodia-mining-sector.htm">Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada.</a><br />In practice, mining companies seem to pay little attention to operating standards, environmental laws, health and safety standards, or the needs of nearby communities. This is especially the case for small scale gold mining operations, according to <a href="http://www.oxfamamerica.org/newsandpublications/publications/research_reports/research_paper.2004-09-20.9108673524">Oxfam America</a>. As the industry grows from its current small size into larger operations, we can only guess at what the consequences will be for Cambodia. There are particular concerns about the effects on indigenous communities, according to a report on <a href="http://www.focusweb.org/land-and-natural-resource-alienation-in-cambodia.html?Itemid=28">Land and Natural Resource Alienation</a> by Focus on Global South.<span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />tag: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/cambodia">cambodia</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/khmer">khmer</a>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">mining</span>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/map">map</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/concession">concession</a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/khmer" rel="tag"><img style="border: 0pt none ; margin-left: 0.4em; vertical-align: middle;" alt=" " src="http://static.technorati.com/static/img/pub/icon-utag-16x13.png?tag=khmer" />khmer</a><br /></span></p>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-45801207442493126442007-08-17T07:18:00.000-07:002007-10-23T16:28:50.266-07:00Clarification Required?<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIgVUXbOdMwZruY4FUKTn7B9PX8Hlbwf5epnb14hwKBCwzLac1C6MPbFllxT4YVbHaAqcKynvUQOtH0-Tf48VUBAFnJye4VKI1uwAK_PkPgcJT_HJbs0ljBIsLXK6srEw_XhnfYEo8qvq/s1600-h/Virachey_Updated.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124546657399338258" style="CURSOR: pointer" height="179" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIgVUXbOdMwZruY4FUKTn7B9PX8Hlbwf5epnb14hwKBCwzLac1C6MPbFllxT4YVbHaAqcKynvUQOtH0-Tf48VUBAFnJye4VKI1uwAK_PkPgcJT_HJbs0ljBIsLXK6srEw_XhnfYEo8qvq/s400/Virachey_Updated.bmp" width="274" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Virachey_Updated.jpg"></a><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The World Bank is requesting clarification from the Cambodian government about a large concession awarded to INDOCHINE RESOURCES, the company formerly known as BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINERALS LTD.</span><br /><br /><br />Documents published by AltMapCambodia reveal the extent of the concession (which mirrors a second INDOCHINE concession across the border in Laos), and that it is located in Virachey National Park.<br /><br />AMC recommends the Cambodia Daily Article "<a href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Jupiter_SmallCCC.pdf">World Bank Seeking Answers Over Dragon's Tail</a>" (Cambodia Daily, 17 Aug 2007) by Douglas Gillison.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Jupiter_SmallCCC.pdf"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099690860020056850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 196px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 192px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXD-SQSlaWEq6jFoPagsLEUrDDOkx5_1TAAfn367cAnNBtjTp24i1Be5cIlfA7qJvotv-ihJDfi4Ht689idDxn-hx90iN0nQ8vdq3WuezeXCiQUAk7NPbvULboMD6wDKXAq4ah8EHgZorl/s200/Gillison_17th.bmp" border="0" /></a>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-92002231164967504892007-08-12T00:57:00.000-07:002007-10-23T16:27:14.205-07:00Fishing Concessions<p align="center"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://kampuchea98.googlepages.com/Fish_Conc_Cam.kml"><img style="WIDTH: 248px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px" height="175" alt="" src="http://kampuchea98.googlepages.com/Fishing_capture.jpg" border="0" /></a></p> Cambodia's concessions extend beyond its oil reserves, mineral resources and forested area. <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://kampuchea98.googlepages.com/Fish_Conc_Cam.kml">This map lets you look at the massive fishing concessions alloted in 2000 by the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries</a>.<br /><br />Click on the parcels to see the size in km/2. Remember, you can click on the "Hybrid" tab in the map to see the data presented on top of satellite photos.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cambodiablogger.com/">Cambodia Blogger - Khmer Bloggers Directory</a>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-38124339458477851332007-08-12T00:40:00.000-07:002007-08-12T00:49:34.805-07:00Cambodia's Onshore Oil Concessions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Onshr_Conc_Cam.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 356px; height: 212px;" src="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Onshr_Conc_Cam.jpg" alt="" border="0" />Cambodia's Oil concessions extend not only from its Southern shores into the Gulf of Thailand and the Khmer Trough, but far into the center of the country. This leaked map indicates where.</a>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-58066731704531126312007-08-09T06:06:00.001-07:002007-08-09T06:18:41.205-07:00Cambodia's Offshore Oil Concessions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/CambodiaOffshore.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 179px;" src="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/CambodiaOffshore.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>AMC publishes this leaked map of the Kingdom of <a href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/CambodiaOffshore.jpg">Cambodia's Offshore Oil Concessions</a>, showing the locations of the oil concessions in the Gulf of Thailand.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">tag: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/cambodia">cambodia</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/khmer">khmer</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/map">map</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/concession">concession</a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/khmer" rel="tag"><img style="border: 0pt none ; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.4em;" src="http://static.technorati.com/static/img/pub/icon-utag-16x13.png?tag=khmer" alt=" " />khmer</a></span>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-8220125459233181012007-08-08T23:47:00.000-07:002007-08-09T04:56:11.400-07:00Ratnakiri land "For the National Assembly"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1YrIhuGGsylPKFDWHujJm2U7s0Q8_FydChgZxXpna7UmX2ZPPJq9s8MlsYmRLPq7mW1pOORDVd9axPzXe24u5v1JhHMgNtvm9ilsuPAAi1AwRcNeZY3lcNwQl1kpOm70U2-NARncKWAw/s1600-h/RTK_Coupe_capture.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1YrIhuGGsylPKFDWHujJm2U7s0Q8_FydChgZxXpna7UmX2ZPPJq9s8MlsYmRLPq7mW1pOORDVd9axPzXe24u5v1JhHMgNtvm9ilsuPAAi1AwRcNeZY3lcNwQl1kpOm70U2-NARncKWAw/s200/RTK_Coupe_capture.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096668272592907474" border="0" /></a><br /><br />AMC publishes this map<a href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/RatnakiriForestCoupe.doc"> ostensibly documenting the area of Ratnakiri destined for use in the construction of the National Assembly</a>, however as described in the Global Witness Report, the expected timber yield from such a cut would far surpass any conceivable furnishing requirements.AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-82763472612460556922007-08-08T23:28:00.000-07:002007-08-09T05:34:58.906-07:00Leaked documents from border negotiations with Vietnam.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/VarKimHongReporttoHunSen.pdf"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqy82YYv-o_g3_QNiu9MFy0jPC_75A5ix2N1wBht-fQrX3zDl70WjrAi1YlYKhwgeWxK5EybWQ5jCQ-2OG5wFuUEFT1C0UjY-7VEfrXXVgkv5G00oKtFhNDsFuyJDw9XwyGu7iAsxcSn4r/s200/VKH.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096672726473993442" border="0" /></a><a href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/VarKimHongReporttoHunSen.pdf">Report by Mr. Var Kim Hong to P.M. Hun Sen concerning Cambodia Vietnam border agreement.<br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdC2aga3S2VAuERwi59gLZJ6QFMch9JecjvovBZjTZcpZ7KsPZMqtUCiH7tIitQN8YgT8SeaZsNJ7GuP33LirVURbyZZazlaklSjhHuSnxff5wJtPk-I6KSN8rXGlSieVULJbLsQt24aAN/s1600-h/draft+revisions.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdC2aga3S2VAuERwi59gLZJ6QFMch9JecjvovBZjTZcpZ7KsPZMqtUCiH7tIitQN8YgT8SeaZsNJ7GuP33LirVURbyZZazlaklSjhHuSnxff5wJtPk-I6KSN8rXGlSieVULJbLsQt24aAN/s200/draft+revisions.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096676093728353554" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/AdditionalAgreement.pdf"> Draft Agreement (With handwritten revisions), October 2005.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/AdditionalAgreement.pdf"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/MapsforTreatySupplement.pdf"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMFgTnASIN8GmhZc6qscNWtrj-2I8MnmCdZ7c5lDx9gqhw2Nm5_wVAl55EvUJwuaCPxyNvdtGvxku81ymXXNacvGSQhXPkI6XEeFss-z0vSkTjzW_dcu85xdfTANuRMHAHaEP21jGRI-K/s400/Dft_Map1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096673993489345778" border="0" /></a><a href="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/MapsforTreatySupplement.pdf">Maps from additional treaty agreement.</a>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-45671533322515875152007-07-19T22:27:00.000-07:002007-07-19T23:36:57.616-07:00Mineral Concessions<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Min_Cam_4.kml">Mineral Concessions </a>are granted to foreign or local mining companies for exploration and eventual exploitation. Information about mining concessions is limited to a severe lack of transparency at the highest levels of the Ministry of Industry, Mines & Energy (MIME).<span style=""> </span>Even the World Bank has been caught unaware of certain pending concessions. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-AU">According to anonymous source, the<b style=""> only comprehensive map of mining concessions in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Cambodia</st1:country-region></st1:place> is kept on paper and pencil in the office of Minister </b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN">Suy Sem.<span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="" lang="EN">AMC has been unable to verify this claim.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;">M mineral deposits are controlled by foreign (Chinese and Korean) and local companies who have <b>Memorandums of Understanding</b> (MOUs) with MIME authorizing <b>exploration.</b> While some of these companies have begun illegal <b>exploitation </b>of these sites, many lack the companies lack the necessary resources to exploit the concessions, and have sought to form partnerships for <b style="">exploitation</b> with foreign investors, according to a report by the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.pdac.ca/pdac/publications/na/070530-cambodia-mining-sector.htm">Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada.</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-AU">In practice, mining companies seem to pay little attention to operating standards, environmental laws, health and safety standards, or the needs of nearby communities. This is especially the case for small scale gold mining operations, according to <a href="http://www.oxfamamerica.org/newsandpublications/publications/research_reports/research_paper.2004-09-20.9108673524">Oxfam America</a>. As the industry grows from its current small size into larger operations, we can only guess at what the consequences will be for <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Cambodia</st1:place></st1:country-region>. There are particular concerns about the effects on indigenous communities, according to a report on <a href="http://www.focusweb.org/land-and-natural-resource-alienation-in-cambodia.html?Itemid=28">Land and Natural Resource Alienation</a> by Focus on Global South.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-48376475630996154952007-07-19T22:02:00.000-07:002007-07-19T22:23:20.468-07:00Economic Land Concessions.<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><st1:placename st="on"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-AU">Economic</span></b></st1:PlaceName><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-AU"> <st1:placetype st="on">Land</st1:PlaceType> Concessions</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-AU"> (ELCs) are massive tracts of rural <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Cambodia</st1:place></st1:country-region> granted to private companies. <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Cambodia</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) <a href="http://www.maff.gov.kh/elc/profiles.html">maintains a list on its website</a> of "current" land concessions granted to 58 companies that covers nearly<b style=""> one million hectares. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-AU">Even this staggering number is not the whole story</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-AU">! AltMapCambodia, is trying to get closer to the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Ag_Cam_4.kml">real picture</a>, including half a million hectares of unofficial concessions. There are many more large unofficial concessions that we weren't able to obtain information on. Furthermore, the smaller ELCs of less than 1000 hectares can be granted at the provincial level and are also invisible to the public.<span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-AU">Why grant so many ELCs?</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-AU"> To bring economic benefits, according to the Cambodian government. The MAFF website <a href="http://www.maff.gov.kh/elc/objectives.html">cites the benefits</a> of intensive agriculture, such as rural employment, state revenues and investment dollars. It seems, however, that ELCs have brought economic benefits to only a small handful of well connected individuals - who were labelled the "kleptocratic elite" by the recent <a href="http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/546/en/cambodias_family_trees">Global Witness report</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-AU">Moreover, many of these concessions are used as an<b style=""> excuse for logging native forests </b>(circumventing forestry laws)<b style="">, </b>or<b style=""> for land speculation</b>. <span style=""> </span>It is not surprising that ELCs have had little impact on economic growth or improved agricultural productivity, as noted by the World Bank's <a href="http://go.worldbank.org/0VEL0T5SZ0">Cambodia Poverty assessment for 2006</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-AU">Perhaps the greatest harm of ELC’s is to rural Khmer</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-AU"> who are forced off their land, often violently, and indigenous communities who loose access to the forests that support their livelihood. This adds up to <a href="http://cambodia.ohchr.org/report_subject.aspx">human rights violations on a grand scale</a>, as reported by the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Cambodia</st1:place></st1:country-region> in June 2007.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-37650785814221920412007-07-19T05:31:00.000-07:002007-07-19T05:39:05.297-07:00Coming soon.High resolution maps for download.AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-12064456480566730392007-07-17T22:55:00.000-07:002007-07-18T04:40:28.288-07:00Mineral Concessions in Cambodia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Min_Cam_4.kml"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Min_Cam_4.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Min_Cam_4.kml"><b>Mineral Concessions in Cambodia</b></a>,</span></span><span style=""> as of June 2007. (<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Click on the map</span>)<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />tag: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/cambodia">cambodia</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/khmer">khmer</a>, </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;font-size:78%;" >mining</span><span style="font-size:78%;">, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/map">map</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/concession">concession</a></span><br /><br /></span>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-846066170952088266.post-996577618455075402007-07-12T22:03:00.000-07:002007-08-09T06:14:58.232-07:00Agricultural Concessions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Ag_Cam_4.kml"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Ag_Cam_4.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://cfdt52x.googlepages.com/Ag_Cam_4.kml"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Agricultural</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Concessions in Cambodia</span></a>, as of June 2007. (<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Click on the map</span>)<br /><br />Data does not include:<br />(1) <span style="font-style: italic;">20 new concessions that have yet to be disclosed</span>.<br />(2) <span style="font-style: italic;">an unknown number of concessions with an area less than 100 sq.km</span>.<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Further note: <span style="font-style: italic;">company names may have changed, as they are based on limited available information.</span></span><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />tag: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/cambodia">cambodia</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/khmer">khmer</a>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">mining</span>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/map">map</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/concession">concession</a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/khmer" rel="tag"><img style="border: 0pt none ; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.4em;" src="http://static.technorati.com/static/img/pub/icon-utag-16x13.png?tag=khmer" alt=" " />khmer</a><br /></span>AltMapCambodiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674203508971594989noreply@blogger.com0