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CMAC and APOPO Launch $281K Project to Clear Nearly 8 Million Sqm of Landmines

9 December 2025

Partnership Targets 7.5 Million Square Meters in Siem Reap and Preah Vihear Using Specialized Rats and Technical Dogs The Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) and the APOPO organization have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to execute a joint demining project spanning approximately eight million square meters of land across two provinces. This critical operation will strategic...

Cambodian Mine Action Center Celebrates Major Breakthrough in Land Clearance Efforts

19 November 2025

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – The Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) has reported a major breakthrough in its land clearance efforts for 2025. In the ten months spanning January to October 2025, CMAC operations resulted in the clearance of 14,397 hectares of land contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). During this period, teams discovered and safely removed a total of 43,916 mi...