When Patrick Evans first arrived at Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake eight years ago, there were days when it seemed more like a militarized zone than one of the world’s most productive freshwater fishing ...

Cambodia's Tonle Sap lake is one of the most prodigious inland fisheries in the world. It is also one of the most threatened. In recent years, the confluence of climate change, hydropower dams, and ...

Tonle Sap Lake is the lifeblood of the fishing industry in Cambodia. Last year, Tonle Sap was deemed by the Global Nature Fund as the most threatened lake in the world. Journalist Abby Seiffwrote for ...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – “Turn the lights off soon, or people will see us,” the young fisherman said in a muted voice that was barely audible, even in the predawn quiet. The sky was moonless, and it was ...

It's peacefully quiet on the shores of Sang Vor, a small village in Cambodia's Kandal province. A soft breeze blows over the Tonle Sap Lake; the sunlight is harsh. Nom Khim, a local fisherman, looks ...

As night falls over his floating village, fisherman Leng Vann puffs on a cigarette and heaves a sigh for Tonle Sap, the great inland lake that has sustained Cambodia for centuries. More than a million ...

TONLE SAP LAKE, CAMBODIA — Villagers on Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia, who depend on fishing for subsistence, say their livelihoods are threatened by illegal commercial fishing, which continues after a ...

Pointing to the murky waters of the Tonle Sap, Si Vorn fights back tears as she recalls her four-year-old daughter dying from diarrhoea after playing in the polluted lake. Her family of 12 is among ...