Cambodia
Kui indigenous people walking over what used to be their farmland after it was cleared for the Lan Fen and Rui Feng rubber plantation
in Tbeng Mean Chey District, Preah Vihear Province.
Photo by CIYA
A
ccording to a study by the International
Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) in
2012, there are an estimated 200,000 indigenous
peoples in Cambodia, or a mere 1.2% of the
country’s population. Another report by the NGO
Forum of Cambodia (2008) estimates IPs in the
country to number from 101,000 to 190,000, or
1.4 % of the population.
Condensed from Scoping Study on the Access to and
Control of Land by Indigenous People in Cambodia
by NGO Forum on Cambodia. For more details of the
case, contact: ngoforum@ngoforum.org.kh.
The Cambodian government’s 2009 National
Policy on the Development of Indigenous People
(NPDIP) lists 24 different indigenous ethnic
groups found in 15 of Cambodia’s 23 provinces
(World Faiths Development Dialogue, 2008).
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