The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) is a
government ministry
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of
Cambodia
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. The Ministry is responsible for governing
land use,
urban planning
Urban planning (also called city planning in some contexts) is the process of developing and designing land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportatio ...
,
construction projects, 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
Phnom Penh.
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.
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Land grabbing, illegal concessions and corruption
In the years of 2007-8 the
Cambodian Government, 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
national park
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s even (See
Botum Sakor National Park 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
land grabbing 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 -
Office
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s of the
Ministry cabinet and primary bureaux of the ministry.
*General Departments -
Administration
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Management of organizations
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** Administrative assistant, traditionally known as a se ...
,
human resources
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,
budgeting
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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
cadastral maps and works with Administrative Commission to resolve land ownership and land use conflicts.
*National Social Land Concession Committee
National Social Land Concession Committee, at Ministry site
Ministers
See also
* Government of Cambodia
* Land use forecasting
References
External links
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
Land Management
Environment of Cambodia
Law of Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
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