Government Adjusts ​​Tonle Sap Lake Area by ​​Nearly 20,000 Hectares

• Sommana Yan
• 27 May 2022
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The Cambodian government has decided to adjust the area of ​​Tonle Sap Lake by ​​nearly 20,000 hectares for distribution to more than 10,000 families for residing and cultivation.

According to Samdech Hun Sen’s special message on the Tonle Sap Lake on 27 May, Samdech Hun Sen assigned HE Chea Sophara, Deputy Minister and Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction, to adjust the Tonle Sap Lake demarcation line to the people residing around Tonle Sap Lake in Kampong Thom, Pursat, Battambong, Siem Reap and Kampong Chhnang province.

He said that the issue of the Tonle Sap Lake area requires the government to examine and consider based on the actual geographical situation in each of the demarcations of the Tonle Sap Lake area with people’s living such as villages, and communes, districts, pagodas that have existed for many years.

“This issue must be considered flexibly whether it is in area 3 or in area 2. We must recognize that those areas were established before we set the framework for zone 1, zone 2, and zone 3,” Samdech Techo Hun Sen said.

The Tonle Sap Lake area is divided into three zones: the first zone is the area where people live, on which land titles can be registered giving ownership to the people, while the second zone is an area where people can undertake cultivation and the third zone is flooded forest area that must be protected and conserved.

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