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Khmer Riche (The Rich Children of the Khmer Elite)7 comments

sokheounpang wrote 2 weeks ago: By Andrew Marshall The Good Weekend Magazine Sydney Morning Herald, Australia  To know about their f … more →

Tags: កូនអ្នកមានស្រុកខ្ម, គ្រួសារអ្នកលួចជាតិ, មាសសុភា, សូភី, ហ៊ុន​តូ, ហ៊ុនជា, ហ៊ុនម៉ានិត, ឧត្តមសេនីមាស​សុភា, Cambodian corruption

Fudging the oil numbers

thenextwavefutures wrote 1 month ago: The row over whether the International Energy Agency has or has not nurdled its oil data to (a) prev … more →

Tags: blindspot, Energy, Environment, Oil, Reports, energy forecasts, iea, oil crunch, oil prices

Forest Conflict in Cambodia

yeangdonal wrote 2 months ago: Forest Conflict in Cambodia (Case of Forest conflict between local communities and forest industries … more →

Tags: Documents, Discussion Paper, economic land conession, forest industry, rubber plantation, resin tree

Myanmar & China Illegal Timber Trade

bal2000 wrote 2 months ago: Decline in Burmese timber smuggling across Chinese border, figures show “Imports into China ha … more →

Tags: Myanmar, China, Forestry, Industry, issues, déforestation, Illegal Logging, International Market, SFM

The Cause of China - Myanmar Illegal Timber Trade

bal2000 wrote 2 months ago: US, Europe demand fuels illegal China-Myanmar timber trade By Martin Petty BANGKOK, Oct 21 (Reuters) … more →

Tags: Myanmar, China, USA, Europe, Forestry, Industry, issues, Illegal Trade, Illegal Logging

The World Food Program Plans to Provide Food to 108 Million People in 74 Countries Including Nearly One Million Cambodian People - Tuesday, 20.10.20091 comment

Klein Norbert wrote 2 months ago: The Mirror, Vol. 13, No. 635 – Tuesday, 20.10.2009 “Rome: Because the number of starving … more →

Tags: Week 635, Korea, Global Warming, WFP, Education, health, Fishery, Philippines, National Assembly

2010 Will Be the Year That Vietnamese Products Flow in Heavily - Up to US$2 Billion - Monday, 12.10.2009

Klein Norbert wrote 2 months ago: The Mirror, Vol. 13, No. 634 – Monday, 12.10.2009 “Trade between Cambodia and Vietnam will inc … more →

Tags: Week 634, Commerce, Investment, Japan, CDC, Economy, khmer Rouge, Vietnam, Child mortality

subsidiary of british firm suspends ore imports from congo

kenopp wrote 3 months ago: It is not a secret that the war in eastern DRC is more than anything else economic. The trade in cha … more →

Tags: African Economies, World Affairs, Environment, Crises, East Africa, The DRC, Africa, Resources, Human Rights

Cambodian Ambassador rejected report of Global witness

Sokhayouk wrote 4 months ago: ឯកអគ្គរាជទូត​កម្ពុជា​​ប្រចាំ​​អង់គ្លេស​​ ទាត់​​ចោល​របាយការណ៍​របស់​ទូរទស្សន៍​ BBC សារព័ត៌មាន​ដើម​អំពិ … more →

Tags: social issues

Minerals and the DRC

jebsharp wrote 4 months ago: More Congo coverage–this time the “resource curse.” Advocates were pleased with Cl … more →

Tags: DRC, United Nations, US Policy, Congo, hillary clinton, Colin Thomas-Jensen, minerals trade, Coltan, Enough

Lax

Blog admin wrote 5 months ago: Lax (adjective): lacking care, attention or control; not severe or strong enough: He took a gun thro … more →

Tags: News, Lizzie Parsons, mineral trade DRC, North Kivu, The Huffington Post

UK Companies Purchasing Conflict Minerals

africagrows wrote 5 months ago: Global Witness, a policy and advocacy organization that campaigns to expose and put an end to corrup … more →

Tags: Sub saharan Africa, Current Events, development, Economics, Resource curse, Congo, DRC, Minerals, .:*Conflict*:.

In their own words. Unmissable.

Blog admin wrote 5 months ago: These are quotes of the latest Global Witness report on the Militarisation of Mining in the DRC, Fac … more →

Tags: cassiterite, Coltan, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, mineral trade DRC, Tin

GW: Faced with a gun, what can you do?

Blog admin wrote 5 months ago: “European and Asian companies, including Bangkok-based THAISARCO (a subsidiary of British meta … more →

Tags: Coltan, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, kivu, kivus, mineral trade DRC, North Kivu

Global Witness | Undue Diligence: How Banks Do Business With Corrupt Regimes

João Hwang wrote 6 months ago: Overview of Document: The current financial crisis has shown that there is a need for tighter regula … more →

Tags: Asia, Americas, multinational corporations, Europe, Africa, United States of America, Oil, People's Republic of China, corruption

Global Witness and the issue of conflict diamonds

steffimott wrote 8 months ago: Global Witness examines the current situation of blood diamonds, like the diamond trade and diamond … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, Kimberley Certification Scheme

Bloody Diamonds in the hands of Soros1 comment

abunakhli wrote 10 months ago: The African continent over the long decades after its apparent independence from European occupation … more →

Tags: Politics, Europe, Africa, Diamonds, diamond trade, George Soros, soros, Open Society Institute, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

The United Nations and the Government Will Break the Stalemate about Corruption at the Tribunal - Wednesday, 25.2.20091 comment

Klein Norbert wrote 10 months ago: The Mirror, Vol. 13, No. 601 “Announcing to overcome a stalemate, after there had been discussions a … more →

Tags: Week 601, corruption, Land Grabbing, Land Disputes, immunity, Gambling, Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, Human Trafficking

Global Witness: Metals in mobile phones help finance Congo atrocities 1 comment

Blog admin wrote 10 months ago: Global Witness recently wrote to major mobile phone manufacturers as well as mineral and metal trade … more →

Tags: Coltan, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Tin


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