“According to rights groups, three quarters of Cambodia’s total arable land mass is leased to private companies via ELCs.” network, composed of indigenous leaders from 15 provinces, and does not have an NGO status as it was not registered with the Ministry of Interior. The network used to be coordinated by the NGO Forum on Cambodia and is now coordinated by the Indigenous Community Support Organization (ICSO). At the local level, IRAM mobilizes the community and its leaders to advocate for their land rights and natural resource management. Its members also train the IP communities and raise awareness about land rights as well as submit complaints and petitions relevant stakeholders, requesting intervention. In terms of collaboration, IRAM has been cooperating with local authorities, such as the Village Chief and Counselor, for implementation of relevant laws at ground level. Additionally, IRAM has very strong links and cooperates with IP NGOs at the national level, and also works closely with the media and has developed their strategic action plan. There are several grassroots indigenous peoples’ organizations and associations in Cambodia. These are: 3 Rivers Protection Network (3SPN), Cambodian Indigenous Youth Association (CIYA) based in Phnom Penh; Highlanders Association (HA), Indigenous Peoples for Agriculture Development in Cambodia (IADC) based in Ratanakiri, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Health 34 (IPRH), based in Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri, and the Organization to Promote Kui Culture (OPKC) based in Preah Vihear. Key civil society support groups Indigenous Peoples NGO Network (IPNN). The network works primarily on land rights of indigenous peoples in Cambodia. Its most active members include: Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), Ponlo Khmer (PKH), Community Economic Development (CED), Centre d’Etude et de Development Agricole Combodgien (CEDAC), Community Legal Education Centre (CLEC), Development & Partnership in Action (DPA), Highlander Association (HA), Henrich Boll Foundation (HBF), Indigenous Community Support Organization (ICSO), My Village (MVI), Non-Timber Forest Products Organization (NTFP), Organization to Promote Kui Culture (OPKC), South-east Development Programme (SADP), Village Focus Cambodia (VFC), and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). How do civil society actors work together and with other actors IPNN network members. The Land and Housing Rights Network and IP and ELC Network have recently merged to form a Land and Livelihood Network. This network‘s members are meeting twice a year to share information, reflect on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in each project implementation. Moreover, network members organize meetings to exchange information, discuss outstanding cases and strategy for working together to minimize negative impacts of ELCs such as loss of land, forced evictions and resettlement by promoting the implementation of FPIC, alternative livelihood Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC)

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