A mix of bribery, fraud, biofuels in Cambodia, an ex-Reuters employee, Lord Laird of Artigarvan, and lots of (non-existent) carbon credits.
Category: Cambodia
Can REDD save the Areng Valley in Cambodia?
The Areng Valley in southwest Cambodia has been home to the Chong indigenous people for more than 600 years. The area is also home to elephants, pileated gibbons, clouded leopards, and is one of the most important breeding sites for the endangered Siamese crocodile. But a proposed dam threatens the river, the forests and its…
How Sustainable AgroEnergy’s “green oil” investment in Cambodia fell apart
Four people linked with Sustainable AgroEnergy have been charged with fraud by the Serious Fraud Office.
Can REDD stop the land grabbing crisis in Laos and Cambodia?
This week, Global Witness released a new report investigating a land grabbing crisis in Laos and Cambodia. The report looks at two Vietnamese “rubber baron” companies, Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) and the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG). Global Witness found that these companies “have leased vast tracts of land for plantations in Laos and Cambodia,…