The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) is a

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. The Ministry is responsible for governing

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s, and for the resolution of land use conflicts. The current Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction is Chea Sophara. and the Central offices of the ministry are located in

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. In 2012, the ministry provided licenses to 1,694 construction projects, down 20% from 2,125 projects in a year earlier, but at a higher value.

Land grabbing, illegal concessions and corruption

In the years of 2007-8 the

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, was responsible for the sale of 45% of the total landmass in Cambodia to primarily foreign investors. Parts of these concessions are wildlife protections or

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s even (See

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for example), and the vast majority of the Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) have been issued in violation of Cambodia’s 2001 Land Law and its Subdecree on ELCs. The landsales has been perceived by observers, to be the result of

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and corruption within the judicial system, ministries and government bureaucracy of Cambodia. The landsales are potentially threatening more than 150,000 Cambodians directly with eviction and affecting more than 400,000. Already thousands of citizens had fallen victims of forced evictions, stirring serious unrest across the country.

Departments

The Ministry is currently organized into 6 administrative areas: *Ministry -

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s of the Ministry cabinet and primary bureaux of the ministry. *General Departments -

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, and so forth. *Provincial and Municipal Departments - The Ministry maintains provincial department offices in each provincial capital *Council of Land Policy *National Cadastral Commission - Creates and maintains

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and works with Administrative Commission to resolve land ownership and land use conflicts. *National Social Land Concession CommitteeNational Social Land Concession Committee, at Ministry site

Ministers

References

External links

Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction

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Land grabbing, illegal concessions and corruption

Departments

Ministers

See also

References

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