4.3 million square meters closer to a landmine-free Cambodia
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Today, APOPO held a
handover ceremony with partner CMAC in Siem Reap province. This ceremony was to hand over the last minefield cleared in 2020, releasing 126,560 m2 of recently cleared land back to the community living in and around the former minefield.
In this minefield, APOPO and CMAC found and destroyed 11 anti-personnel landmines, 1 anti-tank landmine and 14 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO). The land was safely returned back to the village of Trapeang Krasang, in Siem Reap Province benefitting over 20 families living on the land directly but indirectly benefitting over 1600 people in the wider area and neighboring villages. Now that all the landmines have been cleared, the land can be used for more families to live and farm, enabling economic growth and prosperity.