The HALO base camp for Pailin province, as seen from the middle of a minefield up on a hill, is nestled near the Thai border.August 2015.
HALO supervising staff check over maps that show fields that are being cleared. The red dots indicate mines that have been successfully destroyed.August 2015.
Choem Bo, HALO's supervisor in Pailin province, puts on his protective helmet before moving from a safe, cleared part of a road to a section of fields that are still contaminated with mines. August 2015
Sok Kanthy, 27, has been working as a deminer with HALO for two months. She uses an Ebinger GC tool to detect mines hidden in the ground.August 2015.
HALO deminers use various tools to clear land around suspected landmines. August 2015.
An arrow points to a recently discovered Hungarian Gyata-64 landmine, which was likely laid in the 70s or 80s. After detection, earth around the device is gently cleared away before detonation equipment is laid down. Then, when a 100-metre safe radius has been secured, the mine is destroyed using a remote control. August 2015.
A sign shows where a Hungarian-made mine, known as a Gyata-64, was discovered and safely detonated by HALO deminers. These mines are packed with 300-g of explosive material and are powerful enough to sever the leg above the knee. Gyata-64s account for 70-percent of mines in this part of Pailin province. August 2015.
A HALO deminer clears shrubland on a hill in Pailin province, near the Thai border. Contaminated land is often overgrown, so it is gently cleared of weeds and long grass before deminers can move in with metal detectors to search for hidden explosive devices. August 2015.
HALO deminers take a lunch break after spending the morning searching for landmines in the hills of Pailin province. Each deminer works on about 18 square metres of land every day. August 2015.
A woman from Ba Huy village walks with her cattle in a heavily mined part of Pailin province. Clearance here would be of direct benefit to 10 families of 36 people, and of indirect benefit to 286 people who make up the 54 families in Ba Huy. August 2015.
An APOPO-affiliated member of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre takes Giant African Pouched Rats Marcous and Merry to work clearing a minefield in Battambang provice. April 2017.
Victoria, aka Nisay, sniffs for TNT in the ground in an active minefield in Battambang province. April 2017.
A defused M18 Claymore mine is displayed near the minefield being cleared by MAG in Ratanak Mondol district.
A MAG deminer at work in a minefield in Ratanak Mondol district in November 2016.
A deminer from the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) demonstrates the use of one of the tools used in the detection and clearance of unexploded ordnance at a minefield in Battambang province's Ratanak Mondol district in November 2016.
Tun Channareth, an ambassador for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, lost his legs when he stapped on a landmine in 1982. In 1997, he travelled to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the ICBL for its advocacy against landmines.
Bang Chamran stands for a portrait in her cornfield in Pailin province, which was once a minefield. It was cleared by MAG.