School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Queensland, 4072, Australia.
Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia Program, #21, Street 21, Sangkat Tonle Bassac, PO Box 1620, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Ambio. 2018 Nov;47(7):747-759. doi: 10.1007/s13280-018-1022-2. Epub 2018 Feb 19.
Cambodian subsistence communities within the Tonle Sap Great Lake area rely on resource extraction from the lake to meet livelihood needs. These fishing communities-many of which consist of dwellings floating on the lake-face potentially profound livelihood challenges because of climate change and changing hydrology due to dam construction for hydroelectricity within the Mekong Basin. We conducted interviews across five village communities, with local subsistence fisher people in the Tonle Sap in 2015, and used thematic analysis methods to reveal a fishery system that is undergoing rapid ecological decline, with local fishing communities increasingly experiencing reductions in available fish stocks. As a result, over 100 000 people living in these communities are experiencing a direct loss of well-being and livelihood. We discuss these losses and consider their implications for the future viability of Cambodian floating village communities.
洞里萨湖地区的柬埔寨生存社区依靠从湖中提取资源来满足生计需求。这些渔业社区——其中许多是居住在湖上的浮屋——由于湄公河流域的大坝建设导致气候变化和水文变化，正面临着潜在的严峻生计挑战。我们在 2015 年对洞里萨湖的五个村庄社区进行了采访，采访了当地的以捕鱼为生的居民，并使用主题分析方法揭示了一个正在迅速衰落的渔业系统，当地的渔业社区越来越多地经历着鱼类资源的减少。结果，生活在这些社区的 10 多万人的福祉和生计直接受到了影响。我们讨论了这些损失，并考虑了它们对柬埔寨浮村社区未来生存能力的影响。
