Cost of modernisation: Wetlands in the capital are being destroyed to make way for apartments and industries. — The Straits Times/ANN
More than one million people in Phnom Penh face the risk of increased flooding and loss of livelihoods as wetlands in the Cambodian capital are destroyed to build apartments and industries, human rights groups warned.
Developments – including the ING City township – will reduce the Tompoun wetlands to less than a tenth of its 1,500ha and lead to the eviction of more than 1,000 families who live on its edge, activists said in a report.
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