Displaced and dispossessed, Cambodia’s ethnic Cham fishers struggle to survive

Mongabay
Aug 7, 2025, 4:28 pm212 pts
PHNOM PENH — Mao Man, a 65-year-old ethnic Cham fisher in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, says he isn’t sure how many times he’s had to relocate in his life, but he thinks he’ll be evicted again before the Water Festival this November. Today, he and his neighbors live on small wooden boats, which…

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