2
policies changed
12
practices changed
218,814
people with tenure security
374,044
ha secured
18%
Women On Steering Committee
LAND RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA
Cambodia passed the Land Law in 2001, the National Forest Policy in 2002, and the Protected Areas Law in 2008. These laws were all passed before the country adopted the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) by the Committee for World Food Security (CFS) VGGT in 2012.
The government uses these laws to commit to registering an estimated seven million individual land titles by the end of 2024, as stated in a report of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. By April 2022, the government claimed they had registered around 93.1% of individual land titles.
In the case of Indigenous communities, out of 160 recognised communities, only 37 indigenous communal land titles have been approved. Many Indigenous communities still lack their management plan, meaning they usually lack the proper documentation proving how they sustainably manage and govern their land and how they can improve their livelihoods with the forestlands. While the NLC has affirmed the increase in land title registrations, they remain concerned about how communities will eventually benefit from the land.
