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Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin
Type: Journal Article
The Mekong River Basin, site of the biggest inland fishery in the world, is undergoing massive hydropower development. Planned dams will block critical fish migration routes between the river's downstream floodplains and ...
Fish and the nutrition of rural Cambodians
Type: Journal Article
In Cambodia, fish is a central source of food for the rural poor due to its abundance and availability, and contributes greatly to national food security. In this paper, we review how fish is a staple food, provides quality ...
Analyzing drivers of fish biomass and biodiversity within community fish refuges in Cambodia
Type: Journal Article
Freshwater social-ecological systems are shaped by site-specific characteristics, environmental change and annual fluctuations, and the actions of resource users and managers. Our primary aim is to analyze the relative ...
When is a fisher (not) a fisher? Factors that influence the decision to report fishing as an occupation in rural Cambodia
Type: Journal Article
In the developing world, the majority of people who fish in inland areas do so primarily for subsistence needs. This suggests that survey or census questionnaires which collect information concerning the occupations of ...
Fish migration, dams, and loss of ecosystem services in the Mekong Basin
Type: Journal Article
The past decade has seen increased international recognition of the importance of the services provided by natural ecosystems. It is unclear however whether such international awareness will lead to improved environmental ...
Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong
Type: Journal Article
The worlds most biodiverse river basins (the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong) are experiencing an unprecedented boom in construction of hydropower dams. These projects address important energy needs, but advocates often overestimate ...