The Tonle Sap Lake near Siem Reap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. It’s one of the richest inland fishing grounds in the world and home to over one million people. Many of these people live directly on the water in houseboats which create pockets of floating villages throughout the lake.
Today, the fragile niche ecosystems as well as the rural livelihoods of Tonle Sap are in danger. The government intend to close the villages down and relocate the inhabitants.