PHNOM PENH - Cambodian fisherman Tin Yusos tucks into a meal of the previous day’s catch with his wife and granddaughter aboard a boat which doubles as their home moored by the banks of the Tonle Sap River.They plan to set out for another day of fishing in the area of the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers, though his expectations are low.
Experts blame hydropower projects, sand mining, deforestation, wetland conversion and climate change for dramatic drops in water levels in the region’s rivers, severely disrupting fishing and threatening food supplies for millions. But in recent years, the flows to Southeast Asia’s largest lake have at times been delayed, a factor blamed on drought and hydropower dams upstream on the Mekong.
Marc Goichot, an expert on the region’s waterways at the World Wide Fund for Nature , said dams and sand mining in particular can contribute to a loss of fish.
Ummmm, hello, this is a symptom of overpopulation. Wake up!
Rivers are not changing. The damming in China is the reason for Cambodia’s crisis. However, because yal scared shitless of China, you won’t say a thing