Economic land concession and its impact on local livelihoods in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia

This case study was conducted in Choam Sangkae Commune, Phnom Sruoch district, Kampong Speu province located in western part of Cambodia which has area entitled for ELC. There are 8 companies covering 90,256 ha of land in the province. Choam Commune was divided into 7 villages with 1,104 household families. At present, there are 4,900 ha of the commune land granted to a company in 2004, a Taiwan based company named Golden Land Development Co. Ltd. There were two villages subjected for the case studies which are mostly under in the concession area, the Phnom Chea and the Doun Proung village.