Deal #3503

How did the community react?

Community reaction

Rejection

Comment on community reaction

CRCK and Seng Saravuth have been embroiled in disputes with locals over their logging activities for several years. In March 2012, more than 200 villagers stormed a Seng Saravuth sawmill, clashing with security guards.

Presence of land conflicts

No

Negative impacts for local communities

Environmental degradation

Comment on negative impacts for local communities

“It’s completely illegal. They [CRCK] plant some rubber trees, but at the same time, there’s a major illegal logging operation going on under cover of these plantations, and if this is not stopped, this can continue for years and years until the whole forest is destroyed.” [Source: The Phnom Phen Post]

Promised benefits for local communities

Health, Education, Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery...), Roads, Capacity building

Comment on promised benefits for local communities

In its investment program in Cambodia, VRG has spent a fund worth$ 30 million to develop social infrastructures in the project area such as roads, electricity , water , health service and education facilities… The projects have contributed to the welfare programs with a total budget of more than $ 2 million, creating over 20,000 jobs with stable incomes for local workers