About This Project

Steff Gruber

Living on Water

«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. Dams, overfishing, illegal wood harvesting, further resource exploitation, and pollution all impact the stability of the socio-ecological system of Tonle Sap.»