On Southeast Asia’s largest lake, locals wield tech to defend the flooded forest

Mongabay
May 19, 2026, 2:04 pm106 ptsTrending
“When the forest [is] healthy, fish can breed and grow. But if the forest burns, the fish disappear — and that affects the livelihoods of our whole community,” says Luon Chanleng, a fisher from Tonle Sap. “I can’t imagine our life without the forest.” Tonle Sap in Cambodia is the largest freshwater…

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