STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 19, 2023 • 1 min read
ទន្លេសាប រលកនយោបាយអង្រួនបឹងទន្លេសាប និងបង្ខំឱ្យអ្នកនេសាទបង្វែរសំណាញ់ជីវភាព
By Anton L. Delgado • Jan 19, 2023
ចំនួនត្រីនៅបឹងទន្លេសាបធ្លាក់ចុះបង្កផលប៉ះពាល់ជារួម ដល់សហគមន៍នេសាទ
tonle sap
STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 10, 2023 • 10 min read
Tonle Sap Lake Politicised policies drive fishers from Tonle Sap Lake
By Anton L. Delgado • Jan 10, 2023
Communities on Cambodia’s great lake struggle to maintain traditional livelihoods as fish populations fall in a ‘tragedy of the commons’
STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 26, 2022 • 14 min read
Climate change The small cuts bleeding Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake
By Andreas von Bubnoff • Jul 26, 2022
Climate change, dam construction and sand dredging imperil the existence of one of the most bountiful lakes on Earth
STORY OF THE DAY • May 19, 2022 • 10 min read
Tonle Sap Lake Fishing crackdown disrupts Tonle Sap lives
By Photo reportage by Nigel Dickinson. Reporting by Fiona Kelliher and Chea Sameang • May 19, 2022
Overfishing prompted by environmental degradation leads to police action that residents say compounds the woes of struggling communities on Cambodia’s largest lake
May 18, 2022 • 10 min read
Tonle Sap Lake
Children on Tonle Sap face a hazy future
As fish populations fall on Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, some students are forced to trade books for nets while others look to break tradition with new professions
By Photo reportage by Nigel Dickinson. Reporting by Fiona Kelliher and Chea Sameang • May 18, 2022
Mar 25, 2022 • 10 min read
Interview
‘Troubling the Water’ author chronicles the fate of the Tonle Sap
Abby Seiff discusses the devastation of Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake and the impact on the communities who rely on it for their livelihood in her latest book
By Jack Brook • Mar 25, 2022
Mar 24, 2022 • 9 min read
Conservation
Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake receives a record fish release
Mekong giant catfish were among the threatened species freed in Southeast Asia’s largest lake to counter persistent threats
By Anton L. Delgado • Mar 24, 2022
Dec 21, 2020 • 4 min read
Natural resources
Cambodia’s giant life-giving Tonle Sap lake in peril
More than a million people live on or around Tonle Sap lake, the world's largest inland fishery, but as a result of climate change and dams upstream on the Mekong, water levels are falling and fish stocks are dwindling
By Suy Se/AFP • Dec 21, 2020
Sep 28, 2020 • 6 min read
Community rights
Pooling resources: Fostering solidarity among Mekong communities
With rural communities along the Mekong living at the mercy of the geopolitical whims of nations controlling the river's flow and development, attempts are being made to band these disparate people together to regain control over their fate
By Jacob Goldberg • Sep 28, 2020
Sep 22, 2020 • 14 min read
Cambodian development
Environmental fears as new Mekong island carved out in Phnom Penh
A major land reclamation in the Mekong has forged ahead in what developers say will be the second Diamond Island. But while land filling elsewhere in the city has been met with unease, this mega-project has taken shape unbothered by current or controversy
By Andrew Haffner • Sep 22, 2020
Aug 11, 2020 • 8 min read
Cambodia in Quarantine
Finding a pulse
For centuries the Tonle Sap has been key to the Kingdom's fisheries and a source of nourishment for millions. Now, dams on the Mekong, negligence and climate change are changing history and threatening the Kingdom's food security
By Andrew Haffner • Aug 11, 2020