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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fishermen in Kampong Chhnang province complain about what is happening to the lake, which is a designated biosphere in central Cambodia. Shortages have led to higher fish prices, but also less revenue ...

SIEM REAP, Cambodia -- The pier of Kampong Chhnang, a fishing community north of Phnom Penh, was alive at 7 a.m. with the rhythm of knives hitting chopping boards. Dozens of women sat on the ground, ...

There is neither moon nor stars — the world sleeps. Only our car’s headlights pierce the pre-dawn gloom as we jounce over steadily roughening roads leading to the shore of Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake.

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 ...