Civil society actors are concerned with land issues
across the region. Of the four countries, Cambodia has
the longest established group of non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) working on land issues. The most
prominent ones include LICADHO, Equitable Cambodia,
the Cambodia Legal Education Centre (CLEC) and ADHOC,
all of which combine legal challenges, community
empowerment through information, and mobilisation
around key cases. Human rights is an important framing
principle for these organisations (Bugalski 2012). Viet Nam
has seen the emergence of NGOs documenting and
advocating on land issues, for example, the Land Alliance
(Landa). The Land Issues Working Group in Laos and the
Land Core Group in Myanmar are based around broad
coalitions, including relevant government agencies and
individuals concerned for progressive land governance
reform in recognition of the conflicts and other problems
associated with land grabbing.