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Lower Mekong fisheries are estimated to be worth $17 billion.

While cleaner than fossil fuels, large-scale hydropower dams come with steep social and environmental costs of their own.

By Kate Wheeling

Angelina Jolie speaks as her children and actors of her new film stand on a stage during the premiere of First They Killed My Father at the Elephant Terrace inside the Angkor park in Siem Reap on February 18th, 2017.

Last February, survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime and their children gathered to relive a traumatic chapter in their country's history.

By Audrey Wilson

A forest along the Prek Piphot River. Dam building and illegal logging along Cambodia's major rivers are creating a serious conservation crisis for ecosystems and riverside communities. Loss of U.S. aid will only worsen these problems.

Though Southeast Asia doesn't top the president's agenda, his proposed foreign aid cuts and isolationism could have lasting negative effects on Cambodia's environment.

By Logan Connor

Nheb Thai washes his hand in his pond.

For many American-raised Cambodians, reintegrating back into their old lives can be just as difficult as making a new one elsewhere.

By Katya Cengel

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