Houses in Tonl茅 Sap, Cambodia, where rice farming threatens the fishing industry takepicsforfun/Shutterstock
Intensifying rice farming is threatening the ecosystem and fishing community of one of South-East Asia鈥檚 most important wetland areas.
鈥淭he floodplain is undergoing a fairly rapid shift away from natural habitats that supports bird populations when they鈥檙e flooded to rice cultivation,鈥 says Simon Mahood at the Wildlife Conservation Society in Cambodia.
Cambodia鈥檚 largest lake, Tonl茅 Sap, gathers a massive volume of water from various tributaries whose changing ebb and flow means a huge shift in water level over the course of a year. It is…
