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Efforts to protect
fish stocks are preserving a way of life along Cambodia’s
Tonle Sap lake and river system.
Muth Seak has
lived along the Tonle Sap Lake, the geographical heart of
Cambodia, all her life. Now in her 30s, and having seen the
way the Tonle Sap has changed over the decades, she is
worried that her village’s way of life may be at risk. A
combined lake and river system, the Tonle Sap covers a vast
area in the center of the country, its smaller rivers and
tributaries converge on the lake like a system of veins and
arteries. Protecting these waterways upon which millions of
Cambodians depend for food, soil fertility, and drinking
water is vital to the health of the country. " There are
many communities around the Tonle Sap, and if they build
something that affects the environment then the natural
resources like the fish or the forest could disappear," Muth
Seak explains. |
