Chaos on Cambodia’s Coast

Along Cambodia’s rapidly transforming coastline, illegal trawling, elite-backed development, and weak enforcement are driving marine ecosystems and fishing communities to the brink. This 2024 series investigates the institutional breakdown behind the country’s marine crisis, from ineffective patrols in protected areas to billion-dollar land deals displacing small-scale fishers. It examines the competing interests reshaping Cambodia’s coast, and what’s left at stake for conservation and coastal livelihoods.

Efforts to save Cambodia’s coast tread water as fish stocks plummet

Fishers left with no land, no fish, in fire sale of Cambodian coast

Illegal fishing and land grabs push Cambodian coastal communities to the brink

Small-scale fishers lose out to trawlers in race to catch Cambodia’s last fish

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