Mekong Generation Storytelling Event in Cambodia
After a 16-month-long journey to learn about Cambodia’s most unique river ecosystem, a group of youth called the Young Eco Ambassadors: Mekong Generation was ready to tell Read More…
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Irrawaddy River Dolphins – A River Legend
Legends tell of a goddess who lived in the Yangtze River in China. The goddess in these tales is really the Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer), a freshwater dolphin Read More…
River Camp – A Memorable Experience
by Aing Sereyrath May 2017 was the first time that I led a group of 35 people to experience the Mekong River landscape through Der Prey. It Read More…
Inspired by the Local Community, Becoming an Awareness Raiser for Nature
by Aing Sereyrath Looking back, it’s hard to believe that a field trip to meet conservationists of a community forest in Mondulkiri has shaped my career path Read More…
Valuing the Mekong’s Seasonal Wetlands
Wetlands are more than a meeting of land and water – they are complex systems where humans, wildlife, and environmental processes interact. However, these intricate interactions are Read More…
Building motivation to succeed in fish conservation
[caption id="attachment_3500" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Committed community members patrol the fish refuge at night to protect it from illegal fishing. (Fani Llaurado/WorldFish)[/caption] A year ago this December, almost Read More…
Video: Release of a Giant Barb in Cambodia
A giant barb, Cambodia's national fish, was released into the Tonle Sap River by a fisherman's family. From carvings at Angkor Wat, the critically endangered Giant Barb Read More…
A Vision for Migratory Fish in Cambodia
Migratory fish are the one of the many great wonders of the Mekong River. Every fall, these incredible fish undertake a massive migration in Cambodia out of Read More…
Does the giant snakehead eat its own babies?
The giant snakehead is a predatory freshwater fish. A young giant snakehead in Khmer is called trey diep and adults are called trey chdao. The scientific name Read More…
Mekong Conservation Storytelling
Nature is full of stories, and often the people working closely with nature are best suited to tell them. That was the premise of a two-day storytelling Read More…