NGO releases ELC figures to help with ‘shortcomings’
The NGO Forum on 28 June released an extensive and updated accounting of economic land concessions in Cambodia, suggesting that in a 20-year period, 267 ELCs totalling 1,532,783 hectares were granted. The data collection, from 1995 to the end of 2015, was conducted by the Research Advocacy and Communication Centre, and found that land disputes arising from ELCs had affected 35,000 families in Cambodia, with most of the ELCs found in Kratie province.
