The Tonle Sap

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Tonle Sap: Cambodia's Horn of Plenty

Tonle Sap in Khmer means Large Fresh Water River, more commonly translated as the "Great Lake". This is one of Cambodia's little gems that hide just beneath the radar of the tourist hypsters. But the range of human interest goes way beyond beaches and archaeology, and if eco systems and river cultures are part of your obsession, here's a gem for you! A combined lake and river system, the Tonle Sap is the largest body of fresh water in Southeast Asia. It is also one of the most productive water ecosystems in the world.

Designated as a UNESCO biosphere reserve in 1997, the Tonle Sap is unique in that it changes the direction of its flow as the lake portions expands or shrinks depending on the seasons. During the dry season from November to May, the Tonle Sap drains into the Mekong and when the rains come back, the Tonle Sap changes course to form the enormous Tonle Sap lake. This direction reversal is celebrated in the now world famous full moon and water festival or Bon Om Touk in Phnom Penh and you really should see this world wonder.

A Child on a Boat in Tonle Sap

Portrait of Life in the Floating Village

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The Tonle Sap Productivity

A River culture of about 3.6 miliion people

In the dry season, the Tonle Sap lake is about a meter deep most of the time and covers an area of 2,700 square kms but when the water reverses its flow and dumps Mekong water into the lake, this area expands to 16,000 square kms and 9 meters deep, flooding abutting fields and forests providing breeding places for fish and making the Tonle Sap one of the most productive inland fishing grounds in the world. It supports a river culture of about 3.6 million people and provides over 75 per cent of Cambodia's freshwater fish each year.

In 2010, the Tonle Sap gave Cambodia 550,000 tons of fish (405,000 were freshwater, 85,000 were salt water and 60,000 were from fish farms). It is also because of this that 30% of Cambodia's population live here and get their living from this source.

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The Reversal of the Flow of the Rivers

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The Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve

9 Cambodian Provinces

Nine Cambodia provinces comprise the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve, namely, Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, Pursat, Siem Reap, Otdar Meanchey and Krong Pailin. Even if Tonle Sap is considered Cambodia's horn of plenty, poverty is severe in most of these provinces.

Many international agencies focus their energy on the basin both to stop over development and to help the fishers strengthen family income through integrated development. What does that mean? Well, improving fishing doesn't help if you don't improve the roads to the markets and improve refrigerated storage and on and on. And you can see all this if you travel here.

A Village in Tonle Sap

Floating village

Alternative Development to Support Environmental Protection

Development Projects in the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve

To promote sustainable development in the area, the Asian Development launched in 2002, The Tonle Sap Initiative involving the stakeholders and other development organizations in solving the problems of poverty and environmental protection in the area. From this initiative, the Tonle Sap Environment Management Project which aims to protect the area so that the resources of the Tonle Sap be continually enjoyed by the next generation.

The project will help develop capacity in natural resource management coordination and planning, community based natural resource management, and biodiversity conservation of the reserve. Some of the projects are listed below:

  • 1The Tonle Sap Conservation Project (19.8 million)
  • 2The Tonle Sap Environment Management Project (19.86 million)
  • 3The Tonle Sap Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (24 million)
  • 4The Tonle Sap Sustainable Livelihoods (20.3 million)
  • 5The Tonle Sap Lowland Rural Development Project (24 million)

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Some Progress Made in Tonle Sap

After this Initiative

Progress in development and environmental conservation has been made after the initiative has been put in place. Observed were improvements on livelihoods, infrastructure, environment maintenance and increase in fish production. More flooded forests and mangroves as well as the come back of endangered species have also been noted. People in the area now have better access to financial and technical assistance especially in proper fishing, livestock raising and farming. More schools and health centers have also been opened to serve the area noting the access to education especially for girls.

Sunset in Tonle Sap

Take a boat ride

The Development Dilemna

Balancing Economic and Environmental Needs

Although progress has been made after the initiative has been launched in the Tonle Sap, the great dilemna for government, stakeholders and partners remain: How do you strike the balance between conservation and poverty reduction?



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A Difficult Dilemna

I strongly believe that unless you alleviate poverty of those living in the area, they will continue to use the resources to earn a living. We are talking here of people who are below poverty line. The ones who should be stopped are the rich people who exploit the resources depriving even more the ones who depend only on the Tonle Sap for their livelihood.0 points

The Tonle Sap

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The Tonle Sap Biodiversity

Hotspot for life of many species

This inland wetland, the Tonle Sap is an environmental hotspot in Southeast Asia. During the dry season, it covers an area of about 250,000-300,000 hectares. Multiply this by 5 times more during the rainy season. This is one of the most productive freshwater fisheries supporting around 70 per cent of Cambodia's protein intake and providing livelihood for the people living in the provinces that abut this lake.

It is the breeding place for fish that migrate down the Mekong and its many tributaries in various countries. It also acts as the reservoir from which water drains in the dry season, thereby, managing the salinity in the Mekong Delta. But it's also a highway, and you can travel up the Tonle Sap in good boats and really get a sense of the importance of river routes to history. And we haven't even mentioned birds and wildlife and river plants that form another staple of local diets

Given its strategic location, it is important to the continued existence of many species. It supports about 42 species of reptiles, some 225 species of birds, 46 mammals species, 46 species of zooplankton, 57species of benthic invertebrates, 107 fish species and about 200 plants.

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The Tonle Sap Habitat

A Haven for Many

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The Floating Village in the Tonle Sap

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The Tonle Sap Floating Village

Ethnic Vietnamese Villages on the Tonle Sap

The Tonle Sap is home to many ethnic Vietnamese who emigrated to Cambodia some about 100 years ago. Their floating settlements have become one of the great attractions in Siem Reap, very close to the Angkor. If you take the river as your highway from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap, you'll be richly rewarded by watching these intrepid fishers.

Or, you can rent a boat after a day of temple bashing and just float among the village folk as they get about their business after sunset. As the tourist boats arrive, the ethnic Vietnamese come paddling over in boats loaded with children holding snakes and other exotic animals as well as women with beautifiul crafts and products. It makes a great evening and a fantastic contrast to downtown Bangkok! It's no more the "real" asia than the cities, but it is an important part of the reality and should not be missed.

In the village is a big store and restaurant, and you can see crocodiles in their cages. The residents get about their lives jumping from one boat to another to buy things from the corner store, visit their neighbors or go to a karaoke bar. It is not unusual for the propeller boats to get stuck going and coming form the village but it is a village life one seldom sees and they all pitch in to help each other. This is totally different from the Thai floating market.

Life in the Tonle Sap

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There are several initiatives around development in the Tonle Sap. Included here are the links to those initiatives and programs.
The Tonle Sap Initiative: Future Solutions Now - ADB.org
The Tonle Sap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. It forms a natural floodplain reservoir in the depression of the Cambodian plain and is drained by the Tonle Sap River into the Mekong River near Phnom Penh.
Tonle Sap Cambodia
Introduction to the largest fresh water lake in Southeast Asia
Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary
Tonle Sap Lake of Cambodia. Also known as Cambodia's Great Lake. Prek Toal bird sanctuary. Travel to floating remote villages of Kampong Phluk and ...
The Tonle Sap
The Tonle Sap remains relatively small for most of the year, measuring about a meter in depth and covering around 2700 square kilometers. However, the river ...

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Environmental Threats to the Tonle Sap

Destruction of natural habitats

The Tonle Sap floodplain's size and habitat diversity are of exceptional importance. It is essential to the survival of many species of birds, mammals, and reptiles. Messing with river/lake/wetland systems like this one without a really thorough understanding of the mess that can be made is really dangerous. And the messing about has started with illiegal encroachments on the shore lines destroying the natural habitat for fish farms as the profit can be substantial.

Threats include overexploitation of fisheries and wildlife resources, encroachment during the dry season, and cutting of the flooded forest, all leading to severe and rising levels of poverty. In the lakeside provinces about 38 percent of the population fall under the official poverty line, the highest proportion in the country.

The building of dams in Southern China and Laos has also threatened the strength and volume of the reverse flow into the Tonle Sap. Already fishermen are complaining catches are significantly down. How do we balance the need for energy with the need to protect natural food sources and vital wetlands? What happens to land when wetlands disappear and rainfall drowns the land? How do we convince big greedy countries that solving their problems by creating nightmares for their neighbours is just irresponsible?

The Tonle Sap in Siem Reap

Where many people live on the river

Which of these cause the most damage to the Tonle Sap?

Industrial Pollution

2 points

Urban Pollution

2 points

Overexploitation of fisheries and other water resources

2 points

Agricultural Expansion

1 point

Agriculture Run Off

1 point

Watershed Deforestation

1 point

Introduction of Non- native species

1 point

Impact of overbuilding and destruction of habitats

1 point

Lack of law enforcement in natural resource management

1 point

Lack of public awareness and environmental education

1 point

Lack of legal protection

1 point

Climate Change

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Increasing number of fishing lots within the lake

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IRI survey finds Cambodian majority optimistic over future
Motorists watch as construction workers build a bridge over the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh last month. Poll respondents pointed to such projects as evidence Cambodia is headed in the right direction. Photograph: Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post The vast ...
Development report cites China as growth model
Workers oversee the construction of a Chinese-funded bridge over the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh earlier this year. Photograph: Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post It's been done numerous times, comparing the ?China miracle? to its emerging and frontier ...
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6. Tonle Sap is to Cambodia as Lake Bangweulu is to what? 7. The Nangnim Mountains stretch north-to-south in the central part of which East Asian country? The 2010 National Geographic Bee. Photo by Jeff Martin 05222102_beefinals . jpg.
Storms not done just yet
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said in a statement yesterday the tempestuous weather should continue until Friday, and that coastal provinces and areas along the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers would be especially hard hit.

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Such an essential part of Cambodian life

IRI survey finds Cambodian majority optimistic over future
Motorists watch as construction workers build a bridge over the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh last month. Poll respondents pointed to such projects as evidence Cambodia is headed in the right direction. Photograph: Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post The vast ...
Development report cites China as growth model
Workers oversee the construction of a Chinese-funded bridge over the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh earlier this year. Photograph: Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post It's been done numerous times, comparing the ?China miracle? to its emerging and frontier ...
DC Out, But Maryland Makes It To National Geographic Bee Finals
6. Tonle Sap is to Cambodia as Lake Bangweulu is to what? 7. The Nangnim Mountains stretch north-to-south in the central part of which East Asian country? The 2010 National Geographic Bee. Photo by Jeff Martin 05222102_beefinals . jpg.
Storms not done just yet
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said in a statement yesterday the tempestuous weather should continue until Friday, and that coastal provinces and areas along the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers would be especially hard hit.

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  • JaguarJulie May 14, 2012 @ 3:39 pm | delete
    Oh my, this is quite a significant water source with 550,000 tons of fish produced!
  • Pinkchic18 Apr 23, 2012 @ 11:40 am | delete
    Very interesting! This is the first I've heard of Tonle Sap.
  • Tipi Apr 15, 2012 @ 7:56 am | delete
    The Tonle Sap is another of Cambodia's gems that shines brilliantly in your smile and I seem to have been so taken by it when I was here when I was here a year ago that my like and blessing were lost....returning to fix that!
  • aesta1 Apr 15, 2012 @ 9:30 am | delete
    Thank you so much for coming back.
  • GramaBarb Apr 8, 2012 @ 9:43 pm | delete
    This is truly amazing! I learned so much by reading your lens. Blessed
  • aesta1 Apr 9, 2012 @ 3:38 am | delete
    Thank you so much for the blessing.
  • Koupie Feb 13, 2012 @ 8:17 am | delete
    I learn so much from your beautiful,lenses ,,thank you for that. *Blessed
  • aesta1 Apr 9, 2012 @ 3:38 am | delete
    Thank you so much. It makes me feel good that you appreciate it.
  • KonaGirl Nov 8, 2011 @ 3:06 pm | delete
    Your lens on Cambodia are always so fascinating. They give an extensive view of your part of the world. I wish so much I could physically visit you there. *Squid Angel Blessed* and I've added your link to My Squid Angel Wings to be featured in the "Travel & Places" neighborhood.
  • aesta1 Apr 9, 2012 @ 3:39 am | delete
    Of course, you can. Thanks again for the blessing.
  • SereneSea Jul 23, 2011 @ 11:43 am | delete
    There is so much to Cambodia, the Tonle sap contains the country's fresh water reservoir and is a beautiful gift to the people of the country.
  • aesta1 Apr 9, 2012 @ 3:39 am | delete
    It really is a gift and they celebrate this in their water festival each year.
  • Tipi Jan 7, 2011 @ 12:35 pm | delete
    Thank you for revealing yet another of Cambodia's gems that are hidden just beneath the radar of the hypster tourists ~ I feel like I'm in on a wonderful secret! As ever, I enjoyed my little journey at your guidance!
  • aesta1 Apr 9, 2012 @ 3:40 am | delete
    Thanks Tipi. Your comments are always encouraging.
  • mysticmama Dec 4, 2010 @ 4:23 am | delete
    ~ Blessed by a Squid Angel >*
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Current weather conditions in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Local Pollen Reports

31°C (Feels like 33°C)

Last update: 5/25/12 4:30 PM Local Time

Humidity: 55%
Visibility: 10.0 km
Dew Point: 21°C
UV Index: 1 (Lawn and Garden Weather)
Barometer: 1003.0mm steady
Moon: Rush Hour Traffic
Wind: 27km/h From: Airport Conditions
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Sunrise: 5:36 AM
Sunset: 6:19 PM
 

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High: 31°C
Low: 26°C
Sunrise: 5:36 AM
Sunset: 6:19 PM

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May 27 


Scattered T-Storms
High: 31°C
Low: 26°C
Sunrise: 5:36 AM
Sunset: 6:19 PM

Monday
May 28 


Scattered T-Storms
High: 30°C
Low: 26°C
Sunrise: 5:36 AM
Sunset: 6:20 PM

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I had been to Tonle Sap so many times now and had approached it from several provinces. The first time I saw it, I was amazed as I have not heard of i... more »

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Training in Tonle Sap on post-harvest technology and skills bridging

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Cambodia is where Tonle Sap is

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