“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
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(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
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