Global Witness - Breaking the links between natural resources, conflict and corruption
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Environment
Information about natural resource management in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam
Cambodia Forests Crimes Monitoring Project
The official website of the Cambodian government's Forest Administration with details of the Forest Crimes Monitoring Project.
Cambodia Mekong Directory
A compilation of organisations and projects in Cambodia that focus on environmental issues in the Mekong river basin
Conservation International
An NGO that campaigns on logging, wildlife poaching and agricultural expansion in Cambodia
Environmental Justice Foundation
An NGO that campaigns on pesticide and fisheries issues in Cambodia
Flora and Fauna International
An NGO that has conducted biological surveys in Cambodia
Mlup Baitong
A Cambodian NGO that runs environmental education projects
NGO Forum on Cambodia
An umbrella organisation linking local and international NGOs working on Cambodia. Includes pages on the environment
WildAid
An NGO that campaigns on wildlife trade issues in Cambodia
Wildlife Conservation Society
An NGO that runs wildlife surveys and conservation projects in Cambodia
Human Rights
Cambodia Human Rights
A website run by the Asian Human Rights Commission containing articles on a number of human rights issues
Amnesty International
An NGO working on human rights issues around the world
Human Rights Watch
An NGO working on human rights issues around the world
Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR)
A non-political, independent, non-governmental organisation which works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights throughout Cambodia
News
Cambodia Post
Contains links to news articles about Cambodia
CamNews Newsgroups
An email newsgroup. Subscribers receive daily messages containing news of Cambodia. To subscribe, send an email with the subject "subscribe" to camnews-request@cambodia.org
Phnom Penh Post
A fortnightly English language Cambodian newspaper
The Cambodia Daily
An English language Cambodian newspaper
Voice of Cambodia Radio
Contains links to news articles about Cambodia
General Information
Cambodia Web
A general site containing tourist information, job vacancies and yellow pages
Cambodian Information Centre
Contains facts about Cambodia, including an archive of Cambodian holocaust survivors
Forestry Administration
The official website of the Forestry Adminstration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries in Cambodia
Law Library of Congress: Cambodia
Contains links to the constitutions and laws of Cambodia
Latest Publications
March 2010
Environmental groups call on French shipping company Delmas to cancel shipment of precious wood from Madagascar
Global Witness and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today called on French shipping company Delmas to cancel a shipment to China of hundreds of tons of rosewood from the port of Vohémar, in northeastern Madagascar. The campaign groups accuse the company of facilitating the destruction of Madagascar’s last remaining forests caused by vast illegal logging of rosewood.
Open letter to Delmas shipping company raises concerns over rosewood shipments from Madagascar
An open letter from Global Witness and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) to Delmas shipping company expressing grave concerns at its involvement in the transport of timber from Madagascar which has been declared illicit by the Malagasy authorities. The groups accuse Delmas of facilitaitng the destruction Madagascar's remaining rosewood forests through illegal logging.
Link between Angolan president's son-in-law and state oil company raises questions about transparency
The son-in-law of the Angolan president has been nominated to the board of a holding company that owns a third of the Portuguese oil firm Galp Energia, which has investments in Angola. The nomination was made by the State oil company, Sonangol, which is responsible for managing Angola's oil on behalf of its citizens. This arrangement raises concerns about conflicts of interest to which Sonangol has not responded.
DR Congo: ex-rebels take over mineral trade extortion racket
Former rebels from the Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP) have established mafia-style extortion rackets covering some of the most lucrative tin and tantalum mining areas in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Global Witness reported today following four weeks of research in the region.
Global Witness concerned at choice of new Ukraine energy minister
Global Witness is concerned that Yuri Boyko, a controversial figure from the murky past of Ukraine’s gas industry, has been put back in effective charge of a key gas supply route from Russia to the European Union.
Landmark oil and mining transparency initiative faces credibility test as key deadline passes
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a pioneering initiative to bring more openness to the world's oil and mining industries, faces a major credibility test after 20 out of 22 countries failed to meet a key deadline today.
Global Witness urges Cambodia’s donors to condemn sponsorship of military units by private businesses
Aid donors to Cambodia, including the US, EU, Japan, China and the World Bank, should send a strong message to the government that they will not countenance the bankrolling of Cambodia’s military by private businesses. This call follows the announcement last week by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen of the formation of 42 official partnerships between private businesses and Cambodian military units.
February 2010
A near miss? Lessons learnt from the allocation of mining licences in the Gola Forest Reserve in Sierra Leone
Between 2005 and 2007, two mining licences were issued in the Gola Forest Reserve in Sierra Leone, even though the area was a proposed national park. This new report identifies weaknesses in Sierra Leone's natural resource governance and attempts to draw lessons for the future.
Parliamentary committee report on libel, privacy and press freedom not strong enough to defend public interest reporting
A report on press standards, privacy and libel makes broadly sensible recommendations but does not go far enough to allay fears that England's laws are a barrier to public-interest campaigning.
Campaigners criticise proposals to define palm oil plantations as forests
The Ecosystems Climate Alliance today criticised the EU and Indonesia for attempting to reclassify palm oil plantations as forests, saying this would be a step backwards in efforts to halt climate change though preventing deforestation.
28 countries accused of facilitating money laundering … but key offenders missing
An international financial crime watchdog has named and shamed countries that are failing to stop dirty money entering the financial system, a move welcomed by Global Witness. However, conspicuously absent are major financial centres and secrecy jurisdictions, many of which also have serious weaknesses in their anti-money laundering regulations.
