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Final report Contents Acronym and abbreviation .............................................................................................................................. iv Acknowledgement ............................................................................................................................................. v Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................................... vi I. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1 II. Objectives ............................................................................................................................................... 2 III. Key questions ........................................................................................................................................ 2 IV. Research Methodology ............................................................................................................................... 2 4.1 Desk Review ............................................................................................................................................ 2 4.2 Field works and data collection ............................................................................................................ 3 V. Scoping and Limitation ............................................................................................................................. 3 VI. Overview on Cambodia Economic Land Concession Grants................................................................. 3 6.1 Legal framework on economic land concession ................................................................................ 3 6.2 The situation of Economic Land Concession in Cambodia ............................................................... 5 6.2.1 ELCs under MAFF authority ............................................................................................................... 5 6.3 ELC cancellation and downsize under MoE authority ....................................................................... 8 6.4 Updating Cambodia Protected Area under MoE authority ............................................................. 11 6.4.1 ELCs grant within Protected Area under MoE authority ............................................................. 11 6.5 ELCs cancellation under MAFF authority .......................................................................................... 12 6.6 Update ELCs reviewing in 2016 ......................................................................................................... 14 VII Key Finding ................................................................................................................................................ 15 7.1 The situation of land use and its location of downsizing and cancellation from ELCs boundary ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15 7.1.1 Situation of ELC in Ratanakiri Province ......................................................................................... 15 Case study No 01 ............................................................................................................................................ 18 7.1.2 The situation of ELC in Stung Treng Province .............................................................................. 22 Case Study No 2: ............................................................................................................................................ 23 7.1.3 The situation of ELC in Oddar Meanchey province ...................................................................... 25 Case study No 3 .............................................................................................................................................. 27 7.1.4 The situation of ELC in Kratie Province ......................................................................................... 29 Case Study No 4 .............................................................................................................................................. 31 7.2 Number of ELCs are operating in Cambodia and Number of land dispute cases arising .......... 34 7.2.1 View of local community about ELC revoked ............................................................................... 34 7.2.2 Land dispute and community livelihood ........................................................................................ 35 Assessment of ELC cancelation: case study from Cambodia’s northern provinces i Final report 7.3 Impact of ELC cancellation on local community livelihoods .......................................................... 35 7.4 The suggestion of community to government for current ELCs cancellation ............................. 37 VIII. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ............................................................................................ 39 8.1 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 39 8.2 Recommendation ................................................................................................................................. 39 Reference ......................................................................................................................................................... 41 ANNEX I: Updated list of Economic Land Concession in four provinces (Ratanakiri, Stung Treng, Kratie and Oddar Meanchey) .......................................................................................................................... 1 Assessment of ELC cancelation: case study from Cambodia’s northern provinces ii Final report List of Table No Title of Table Page Table 6.1: ELCs issued by MAFF since 1996 to 2012 ...................................................... 6 Table 6.2: ELCs cancellation and voluntary given back to RGC under MoE authority ......... 8 Table 6.3: Two ELC downsize and four giving deadline of improvement under MoE ......... 10 Table 6.4: Update 15 granted companies under MoE authority in 2016 ........................... 11 Table 6.5: Update list of ELCs cancellation under MAFF authority ................................... 12 List of Figure No Title of Figure Page Figure 6.1: Economic Land Concession mapping in Cambodia based on ODC database ...... 7 Figure 7.1.1: View of affected community on benefit of ELC revoked at Ratanakiri ............... 17 Figure 7.1.2: View of affected community on benefit of ELC revoked at Stung Treng ........... 23 Figure 7.1.3: View of affected community on benefit of ELC revoked at Otdar Meanchey...... 26 Figure 7.1.4: View of affected community on benefit of ELC revoked at Kratie ..................... 30 Figure 7.2.1: View of local community on reason of ELC cancellation in Cambodia ............... 34 Figure 7.2.2: Number of land disputes companies Vs community ........................................ 35 Figure 7.4.1: Suggestions of affected communities on the conversion of ELC revoked .......... 38 Assessment of ELC cancelation: case study from Cambodia’s northern provinces iii Final report Acronym and abbreviation ADHOC Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association CBO Community Based Organization CC Commune Council CDC Council for the Development of Cambodia DPs Development Partners ELC Economic Land Concession EIA Environmental Impact Assessment FA Forestry Administration FiA Fisheries Administration GPS Global Positioning System GIS Geography Information System MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries MEF Ministry of Economy and Finance MLMUPC Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction MoE Ministry of Environment MoI Ministry of Interior NGO Non-governmental Organization NSDP National Strategic Development Plan NTFP Non-timber Forest Product PES Payment Ecosystem Service REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation RGC Royal Government of Cambodia RS Rectangular Strategy SLC Social Land Concession SEIA Social and Environmental Impact Assessment UN United Nations UNDP UN Development Programme UNFCCC UN Framework Convention on Climate Change WCS Wildlife Conservation Society WWF Worldwide Fund for Nature Assessment of ELC cancelation: case study from Cambodia’s northern provinces iv Final report Acknowledgement The research tea would like to extend heartfelt gratitude to the following people who have made the completion of this research such as all of the key informants from the government agencies, donor agencies, local community, provincial departments, national and international organizations and experts for their value time and for providing valuable information during the interview and the consultation process. The author acknowledges and appreciates the support and well collaboration of all NGOs Forum management team, ELC review committees particularly Dr. Tek Vannara, Mr. Ouk Vannara, Mr. Ear Chong, Mr. Sun Yura, colleague of Land and Livelihood Program and NGOs network members who provided helpful guidance, coordination and useful inputs during the research study and consultation. Our appreciation extends to all participants at the Meeting for preliminary findings for the first draft and second draft report as