A Disappearing World: Singapore Is Harvesting Land from Cambodia

In the Philippines, it was a different story. SG had bought sands here that were spewed out by the very destructive Mt. Pinatubo eruptions. There was no environmental destructions in selling them. In fact it was even a great help in declogging our rivers and prevent further damages. It was a win-win situation.

This is an OLD video guys... 2 years ago, Cambodia has already banned sales of sand to Singapore and Singapore has also officially stopped importing sand from Cambodia.... IT'S OFFICIAL. Anyone who does not believe please google. This is old news

"If this was real, imagine how beautiful it would be."

Huh? 2019? I tot Cambodia has banned all sand exports on environmental grounds years ago?

2019🙄💁🏼‍♂️ I’m a Cambodian myself. I don’t want to say anything but you all should understand by this. And of course Singapore isn’t the one to be blamed.

Sand from Cambodia does not go to Marina - Marina was build long time ago with Malaysian sand. Cambodian sand goes to Tekong and new Jurong Port - but its not sexy to show that..

literally took back nothing from this video. she said "this is our land" then what about Singapore's money? didn't the Cambodian government take it? Also what evidence or statistics suggest that the biodiversity/ecosystem is greatly affected or destroyed by this process? Since Singapore started importing since 2007 which is about 12 years ago, shouldn't biodiversity and or its ecosystem would have been completely destroyed by now? No where did it say the sand has affected mangroves or food chain reproduction. I don't know why the comment section is filled with so much angst and hostility towards one nation but not the other. It takes two hands to clap.

This video does nothing to show how sand dredging effects the land or ecology. It’s a very basic representation to a complicated issue and it was disappointing to watch this for 16 minutes and not understand the problem any better than before

It looks a legitimate buying and selling. If Cambodia govt chose to sell it, the revenue received should be then used to help the locals. That's the exploitation these people should be looking into

"Singapore is harvesting land from cambodia" sounds so wrong. Willing buyer willing seller.....

The video should make clear that the sand was bought and paid for legally. Totally ethical and above board. The video makes it look like it was some sneak operation.

True this was a old video Cambodia government has banned Singapore from buying sand , please don't create hate between the two country

The video makes it sound like this is an issue caused by Singapore, but where there is demand there is supply. If anything, the issue lies with the Cambodian Government over-selling, nobody is forcing them to export excessively

This is the government of Cambodia that is selling their sand. Where there is a buyer, there is a seller. Petition your government

The problem of Sand dredging and its sales is not only a problem btw Sg & Cambodia but also India, China, USA, rich oil middle East countries and many many more countries. As long as countries develop, they construct buildings and that requires tons of sands. As a Singaporean teenager, I want to express my thoughts on this issue. Firstly It's undeniable that we import sand and millions of tons of them but it's not like we don't pay for them. We pay millions to the suppliers. The $ they receive should go back to the community where they took the sand from but this is not happening. Why? Failure in the corrupted Cambodia government to enforce laws and protect the livelihoods seems to be the more prevalent problem. If the money obtained from selling sand could be channeled back to the community for them to establish a tourism business there, it will be a win-win situation. Yes Sg is at fault for demanding so much sand and its our responsibility to ensure that the supply is sustainable. But the supplier country has to think of what to do with the money instead of it all going to the elites.

For those who don't know, Cambodia banned exporting of sand years ago, even before they published this video, and for that part where she visits Singapore, that part of the land is from Malaysia back in 1980, Cambodia land that was reclaimed is a became an industrial area in Singapore and the Army bases of Singapore, of course, that isn't nice to show in this video full of misleading information Singapore took the land in a legal way following all local and international law For this, you cant blame Singapore, you have to blame the cmabodia government, since corruption is still there, affecting the livelihoods of their own people

I like the fact that they brought her to Singapore while still wearing the same clothes. Giving the impression she sailed there from Cambodia on the same day.

Beautifully shot video with zero journalistic value.

What's the point of this? Singapore can't just go to Cambodia and "harvest" land... The government of Cambodia is selling the land to them. You need a new title, clickbaiters.

This is a great piece of filmmaking with a powerful narrative, strong character building and a beautiful score to match. However, it's unfortunate how the entire narrative has been deceitfully presented as Cambodian native versus Singapore Inc. Unjust capitalism that destroys the environment must be stopped, and in this case, the policing of such activities would fall within Cambodia's own jurisdiction. Should the buyer of resources perform their own due diligence? Yes, of course. But short of running their own sand dredging operations in Cambodia, how is a buyer (Singapore in this case) supposed to police their vendors short of being there 24/7? This problem calls for greater governance within Cambodia itself. To have proper restrictions and regulations of sand dredging operations that should not affect the livelihood of locals. Dredging only in remote areas etc. Juxtaposing random tourists (I hope you have their permission) and tourist destinations against the picture of sombre Cambodians digging up snails for survival is absolutely disingenuous. As if the happiness of these tourists had anything to do with unscrupulous business practices? Why are you emotionally manipulating the viewer with such a below the belt tactic... As an award winning documentary filmmaker, Kalyanee should know better than to utterly distort the true scenario on the ground in favour of a David vs Goliath, Poor Farmer vs State. Why weren't the local companies even mentioned at all? Who ran these operations? Who approved them? Utterly disappointing... You should at least change the title of this video.