Is Cambodia's Thirst For Energy Destroying The Mekong River? | Once Upon A River | CNA Documentary

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The Mekong is known as the mother of all rivers. It feeds more than 80 million farmers and fishermen across its trans-national length. But tensions are rising with the construction of a series of Chinese funded dams upstream, with some suggest, are causing draughts and dwindling fishing catches for downstream communities.
We traverse Cambodia to understand the needs of fast growing economy which expects an 80 percent in electric demand over the next 20 years. What impact will this development have on the environment and water security in the region? On this journey, we also meet communities displaced by these dams. As climate change forces people to choose between protecting nature or their own economic survival, what is the future Mekong's river communities? And will technological solutions be implemented quickly before it is too late for riverine communities?
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@raylee5030 3 года назад

Singapore used to import a lot for sand from neighboring countries including Cambodia. Infact, the major portion of the import was from Cambodia.

@honesttruth8710 3 года назад

I think mostly from Indonesia

@ILUVBAKKUA 3 года назад

yes very strange why cna did this documentary but even stranger is how they have people who dunno anything.

@ILUVBAKKUA 3 года назад

@@honesttruth8710 Indonesia and Malaysia had banned it already.

@ernestkj 3 года назад

Singapore didn't manage to import a lot of sand from Cambodia as Singapore has wished. Local developments of the new casino cities and the capital needed a lot more sand than Singapore wanted hence exporting was banned to curb rising sand cost.

@gkdlmlnl7697 3 года назад

@@ernestkj n now they're trashing Cambodia lol

@alexmartin2675 3 года назад

I don't judge them, poor countries need to develop too, it's kinda unfair wealthy countries pollute so much, but poor countries not.

@josepharrr3712 3 года назад

True

@dasteven1857 3 года назад

The government should teach people to fish-farming instead of directly fishing, such as building more ponds. China has banned fishing in the Yangtze River for ten years

@shenghuang9861 3 года назад

rich countries have destroyed all their wetlands for development. Now they tell poor countries not to develop, so the west can benefit.

@kompheaksin8805 3 года назад

I think so, good idea!

@thomaskim3128 3 года назад

Rich western countries don't want poor countries to develop. They rather give you just enough aid to keep you alive and weak so that you would perpetually dependent on them. It's a form of neo-colonialism. Whereas China will assist the poor countries in their development without strings attached. Because China is powering forward to help poor countries develop, the west goes on a relentless blitz to demonize China.

@sovanreach7787 3 года назад

This fisher man is very funny like saying, “ we don’t know know where the fish gone”. When 10 years ago, this type of people use electric to shock those fish and they didn’t mention it.

@holyfatboi1016 3 года назад

True

@thomaskim3128 3 года назад

Typical western media. They will say anything out of context to demonize development. They want you to stay poor.

@sovanreach7787 3 года назад

@@thomaskim3128 Ofc, it was as you stated.

@v8_sami 3 года назад

@@thomaskim3128 the western countries you talk about have gone through these development states ages ago. Development is not bad but when you don't have regulations set in place it can be bad both for nature and people living there.

@deysaydaras6581 3 года назад

Not only electric my friends bomb too . Country needs electricity for the future .fishing live has been around thousands of years. Time to lost something and trade to something better.I personally believe change. Maybe better for people.

@VirakYang 3 года назад

I do admire the effort to produce this documentary and I admit I learnt a lot of things. But there were several things mentioned in this video that were not true. E.g. 1. Tatay Dam is not sitting along side the Mekong river it's actually in Koh Kong which is in the Southwest of Cambodia. 2. The flood in October 2020 was also not caused by rainfall that flew from the Mekong river either. Because the flooded area was on the Southwest side of Phnom Penh which nowhere near the Mekong or Tonle Sap stream at all.

@SrD1D0 3 года назад

The Chinese-built dam they profile, Stung Tatay, isn't anywhere near the Mekong river. Also, Cambodia recently agreed not to build any dams on the Mekong. Many of the problems are due to Chinese dams in Laos and further upriver in PRC.

@laopang91362 3 года назад

The world is following Colorado River example.

@Honestandtruth 3 года назад

You are so Right....

@bismanaufa5618 2 года назад

US took mexico territory and now their water

@nanterey88 Год назад

May God Bless Cambodia!.. greetings from the Philippines❤💯🙏🙏

@VichetdaraKhim 3 года назад

ប្រទេសខ្ញុំក្រីក្រ កំពុងអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ ត្រូវការថាមពលអគ្គីសនីចាំបាច់ណាស់សម្រាប់ការប្រើប្រាស់ប្រចាំថ្ងៃ បែរជាប្រទេសអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ហាមនេះហាមនោះខ្លាចប៉ះពាល់បរិស្ថាន ទាំងដែរពួកគេបានបំផ្លាញរាប់សិបទស្សវត្សរួចហើយនោះ!...

@Kylelongwest 3 года назад

i don't understand what does hydropower dam in koh kong have to do with mekong river, it's literally on the other side of the country.

@joeawk 3 года назад

Not meant for you but for fools around the world.

@patrickpickett7040 3 года назад

I'm curious as to why this docu spent so long setting up the issues but only offered a small scale solar solution for rural Mekong communities? As a freshwater ecologist i think that hydropower might be one of the most destructive forms of power but there isn't a clear alternative in this case

@elei7839 3 года назад

This channel seems to criticize most Asian countries, exception of Singapore. I guess now we know what CNA stands for.

@klytouch5285 3 года назад

Really...!!!. hmmmm.. many sovereign government of the world ....RU-vid are just noise.. hmm

@tngchinghwa 3 года назад

CNA shows issue with countries including Singapore, just click on the channel and can easily find Singapore's issue. The real question is, why are you being selective in what you are believing?

@andychiv1808 3 года назад

So many dams have been built in western/developed countries. CNA of course gives us new insight, but i can see what they want to show.

@saraachin 3 года назад

really appreciate the documentary, got more info than many local news and media in Cambodia. they broadcast only good, good , good

@joeawk 3 года назад

Koh kong dam has nothing to do with Mekong. It is meant for gullible people like you. Wake up to their ulterior motives.

@saraachin 3 года назад

@@joeawk emm, okay? but I didn't say about Koh kong .

@md.shahazahan214 3 года назад

Pls cna news about farakka dam in india who create heartly impact on Bangladesh. Cna news can not because india is partner

@chietthach2049 3 года назад

the Rich’s getting richer , but the poor are dying

@ToulKorkMan 3 года назад

And when you get no electricity, you blame the government.

@klytouch5285 3 года назад

A direct example of our species social structure choose to live as independent sovereign nation states... Hmmmm... Why can't we just see our selves as a species of humanity population.. Nothing wrong with a single governing structure a single financial systems a single currency a single reserve bank and printing money to offset inequality between nations and people... So our species social structure can be free... And transparency can apply to our natural world environment as well.. and yes.. all the world rivers can be free too..😔

@pennyoflaherty1345 3 года назад

The Rich get richer -. G the poor get the picture 😳

@klytouch5285 3 года назад

@@pennyoflaherty1345 aww man.. I get just the picture.. and the rich are making money off pictures..??😭😭😭🐒☮️

@phengthapak3952 3 года назад

ប្រទេសអ្នកមាន បំផ្លាញ់ធម្មជាតិ ខ្លាំងជាងគេ

@runbou3485 Год назад

អរគុណបង👏

@jonhone1 3 года назад

To care for the entire country’s needs of electricity or to care for the few thousand families of fishermen? I support the energy dam development.

@peelypeelmeister6432 2 года назад

Norm, that's because your a d!ckhead and show a clear lack of foresight or ingenuity.

@agri-talking 3 года назад

Oh my country! I never see this video!

@vava25435 3 года назад

Omg. So sad. I still remember live in Cambodia

@animewatch4213 3 года назад

I prefer they use hydropower instead of coal power.

@peelypeelmeister6432 2 года назад

At the expense of Vietnam at the end of the river right? 😥

@armchairwarrior963 3 года назад

Development is good for Cambodia. What else they suppose to do import tons of oil that would even be worse! This gives them a cheap source of energy to power their people!

@foondavid 3 года назад

It is time to consider fish farming in Tonle Sap n to go out for sea fishing.

@kumababara1631 3 года назад

Cambodia is a inland country, no coastal line.

@mangling2751 3 года назад

@@kumababara1631 no. We are not laos

@kumababara1631 3 года назад

@@mangling2751 Oh, I am sorry

@23-sornsokny63 3 года назад

Tatay Dam Hydropower was not built across the Mekong River, But it built in Koh Kong Province in Southwest of cambodia Which is not relate to the Mekong River. Please check it again.

@joeawk 3 года назад

For the gullible, not for you n me. Hardly any bit truthful.

@p3yp649 Год назад

Sustainability of economic development in Mekong river is the key takes of needs of the community who living near the river.

@disrael2101 3 года назад

Love her voice love cambodia

@akoden2667 2 года назад

Love the profile pic

@disrael2101 2 года назад

@@akoden2667 thx brother

@barbarianremover2463 3 года назад

Do you want us to burn a shiton of coal instead? Or maybe you guy provide us all those expensive solar or wind panel? Cambodia is in a massive 10 years leap forward via Belt and road. We need energy.

@thiennguyen-vc8zn 3 года назад

yeah with 99year deal with china u will lost ur country soon, just like vietnam.

@barbarianremover2463 3 года назад

@@thiennguyen-vc8zn Out of all the SEA nation I think Vietnam is the last to fall into China hand

@SuperYeddy 3 года назад

But what good is development if you don’t have a nation of the people in the forefront of its progress? Look at this country, it’s gone through hell and has taken decades to remotely recover from its past. So many poor and so little opportunity to even remotely make a decent living honestly for many in the country. All I see here is creation of a larger gap between the rich and the poor. If they want to get this belt made it better come with perks for Khmer people for generations to come. I doubt that’s the case here though...

@zenniz1992 3 года назад

Bascially all the renewable energy has its problem but the general public just want to hear the good things.

@sambathea9365 9 месяцев назад

❤❤super great ❤❤

@politicsnews1706 3 года назад

It's really more advantages than disadvantages

@ruth1706521 3 года назад

the woman who was showing her damage motorcycle was choosing her words carefully trying not offend those highly connected development project which are contributing to the floods.

@mortalzeus6519 3 года назад

Never talk about Singapore issues?

@punjabiplus3194 3 года назад

Informative and insightful!

@newsionl6092 3 года назад

Knowledge: 2700 kWh of electricity = 1 ton standard coal Burning 1 ton coal produces 2.7 tons CO2. For every 2,700 kWH of electricity produced by hydropower stations, humans will reduce 2.7 tons CO2.

@bahamut149 3 года назад

Lol, pretty stupid conclusion.

@husky_47 3 года назад

@@bahamut149 bravo !!

@pennyoflaherty1345 3 года назад

And should Solar POWER reduce it considerably M o r e , .......W H Y don’ t. Western Governments lead by example for bettering All community & public housing ......instead of S. T. R. A. I. N. I. N. G. BANK MONOPOLIES ??!!

@peelypeelmeister6432 2 года назад

Go Greta Dumberg

@mahaphoublue7644 3 года назад

Everytime listen to this cna insider about Asia, what I know that some they did say true but some aren’t true.

@chanthechinook7830 3 года назад

Glad my Khmer grandson got to see the awesome Irrawaddy Dolphins in 2009... 🐬😢 His children will never have that luxury.

@samsatyarith356 3 года назад

Rich country have destroyed many things in the world .. you need to destroy your building first and change to plant tree ..

@user-hc1cm6kh7k 2 года назад

There are dozen of dams along the Mekong river from Lao to China which kills us. Cambodia needs the domestic source of energy supplies since over 60% of energy supplies are imported and that cost the people a lot. The energy cost per kilo watt in Cambodia cost perhaps more than LA.

@civilizedrevolt6707 3 года назад

Poor country developing Western Media: Cambodia’s Thirst for Energy, lol

@pennyoflaherty1345 3 года назад

Money DRAGONS. TOO !! Hungary to bite not considering Final Outcomes later- much Later down in time. Irreversible Damage & loss of many - absolute Monopoly.

@andrews4299 3 года назад

good luck nature always win

@vannakkh964 3 года назад

Under the leadership of Hun Sen ,Cambodia has been developed so fast (corruption). His family and friends are super rich while we're living on shoestrings.

@Keoponloeu 3 года назад

So you mean is not letting us develop is that what you mean? You can’t blame it on one person. We have to change our perspective on how we execute the development of our country. Blaming on him doesn’t make the country better, overthrowing him also doesn’t make it better. We just have to teach the younger generation not to be involved with corruption. The corruption isn’t only an issue with modern Cambodia, the corruption happened centuries ago in Cambodia and has been passed on throughout generations. And if we can teach the younger generations to not do it then it’s great. So don’t blame everything on him. Even if his decision isn’t very correct some times but he’s human and human makes mistakes. I mean without his help, you probably won’t be alive right now. And if you still is not convinced by what I am saying, maybe go lead the country if you think he’s doing a terrible job. Because if you go to school which I think you do, then you would learn that leading a group especially a group that is 16 million people isn’t easy.

@Keoponloeu 3 года назад

Just take action and change the mindset of the younger generation and get them education and everything will be fine. Because the older generation will eventually retire

@dennisf.macintyre117 Год назад

In the west, provision is made where-by the fish are able to circumvent the dams and continue their journey upstream.

@laozhunxiaozhu 3 года назад

The fundamental issue is human population growth and human desires with increasing consumption habits. River basin development and national development need to be looked at holistically. Freezing other parameters to discuss apparent impacts assuming only one parameter is operating can give misleading results. Given population growth and increasing material demand are inevitable, what is left is for those in government and regulators to mitigate and balance impacts, until the earth cannot sustain such demands anymore.

@chafidwahyu7250 3 года назад

there are sad stories behind the miracle development in cambodia :(

@gogofootball9538 3 года назад

In fact, Cambodia don't have any dam along mekong river but we see only Laos has dams along river which affect on water flow

@carlz3955 3 года назад

As a Cambodia people we didn't get any interest from this, the Government and Leader take it all. It's a shame.

@pinnamarajusrikiran 3 года назад

What good are human beings doing to the Nature. Such a shame :(

@ualuuanie 3 года назад

CNA if you care to dig deeper can you compare the number of fishermen 10years ago and now? Further more last time was small scale fishing have you went there lately and see the large scale fishing by big corps around that area?

@TheSuperior100 3 года назад

For every action there is a benefit and a downside. If Cambodia decided electricity is more important than fishing, who are we to judge?

@aslampervez2294 Год назад

CNA masters doesn't want asean to develop

@sokcheathim6163 3 года назад

while Singapore used to bought millions of meter cube of sand to develop their country and never see CNA report.

@sovannay9148 3 года назад

😭😭😥😥😥It’s so embarrassing to see this happened in my motherland

@kaingchhaylong2762 3 года назад

How ??? This hydro plant is for people that needed across the country . This is what Cambodia lack of . Also we have no money to built those solar system .

@kumababara1631 3 года назад

“Where the fishes gone”? you depleted them.

@KhmerKandal 3 года назад

Water recession from building the dams in China and Laos.

@blasblasblas2094 3 года назад

All we see are future flood victims just like we saw in Laos. Not worth the effort when your natural beauty environment are gone, your own citizens were forced to abandon their houses which they had called homes for centuries and end up being flood victims. The benefit? Only a portion of the $ generated from these damps will go to the pocket of the corrupt government. The majority of the money will go to the company that built and invested the damps, most likely China. The majority of Cambodia citizen get nothing but just paying monthly electricity bills. Finding fish down stream become harder for the local and paying more electricity bills make life more miserable for the Cambodia citizens. The winner? The company and the corrupted Cambodia government. The citizens just need to voice their opinions and " Say No " to the damp if they have any choice. Sad.

@arminius8838 3 года назад

This is the 21st century, people, regardless of their race, ethnicities and culture want a better living standard. And the only way to achieve that is to industrialise, and in order to industrialise, one must have sufficient amount of energy and hydroelectric is perfect as it is renewable. These are not animals we are talking about you know? They should not live in abject poverty just to preserve the way of life of their ancestors, they deserve respect and are not to be gawked upon by tourists from the developed countries like some exotic beasts.

@JonathanXLindqviust 2 года назад

35:40 "-fish increased!" uhu. Literally no dam in the history of humankind has increased river-fish (but sometimes pond- and lake-fish which are a different thing entirely). It's so daunting watching dictatorships lie blatantly, then again so does american oil- and coal, and Indians regarding Bengal and Ghanges.

@msoviet409 3 года назад

Like Laos, Cambodia relies heavily on the Chinese so-called "expertise". In short run these countries are paying the heavy price. Casinos are growing like mushrooms and drawing epic numbers of Chinese settlers.

@Brybao 3 года назад

Southeast asia has had Chinese coming to live there for a very long time it isnt a recent thing

@eliseolopez2790 Год назад

I WILL PROTECT YOU CAMBODIA

@khornhou2921 Год назад

Cambodia 🇰🇭 thank to the Chinese for build electric dam for the Cambodia people

@utubesucks9302 Год назад

Cambodia thanks to #CCPchowchow is going to be used & abused - all too willing to bow down to #emperorXi.

@ngounkunthea9904 3 года назад

Should be asking to China, what did China do on the Mekong river??

@mornsilong 3 года назад

នៅភ្នំពេញមានគំលាតគ្នាច្រើនចំពោះអ្នកមាននឹងអ្នកក្រ តែបើប្រទេសជាតិមិនបើកការអភិវឌ្ឍន៏ជាតិសំរាប់បរទេសទេ គឺប្រទេសយើងពុំទាន់មានលិទ្ធភាពជួយខ្លួនឯងទាន់សម័យបានដែរ គ្រប់យ៉ាងពួកយើងក៏សប្បាយចិត្តក្នុងការមានគំរោងធំៗនាៗចូលមកអភិវឌ្ឍន៏ស្រុកយើងនប្រជាជនយើងទទួលបានគឺការងារពីគំរោងទាំងនោះ។

@Cambotravel 10 месяцев назад

Им нужна дешевая энергия для развития. Сейчас они ее покупают у соседей.

@visalrithyserei7415 2 года назад

Many problem actually is the dam from Laos, the Cambodia government doesn't build any dam on the mekong river!

@sarinimr4323 3 года назад

Luckily Cambodia 🇰🇭 doesn’t have Earthquakes and Volcano eruption....Just only flood it doesn’t matter.....Cambodia Go ! Go ! 💸💸💸💸

@harishrv Год назад

The entire Mekong river journey from China till it joins south China Sea , all these regions must be a COMPLETE FOREST BASED LIVING to bring Sustainability.

@madsam0320 3 года назад

Are the fishes drowning because of the dams?

@seeclipse6788 3 года назад

Singapore... Sigh !

@eliseolopez2790 Год назад

Rivers are for nature to thrive not wallets

@kimhengpov850 3 года назад

How about China and Lao dams ??? It’s totally unfair for Cambodia !

@icebearpr6654 3 года назад

Electricity does play big part in modern day but people rely on food and water to live not electricity .

@harishrv Год назад

Tropical or semi tropical climate countries must depend mainly on solar energy instead of the fragile hydro energy from Dams that could be used as a tool of proxy wars

@mattbyrne6283 11 месяцев назад

Well there’s other ways to produce electricity. More efficient governments have realized that hydroelectric dams destroys the natural environment for fish so realizing this some governments are removing dams and will not build any new dams and have started to reconstruct the rivers back into their natural state to bring back nature and life that lives in the rivers. So all these projects and man made infrastructure projects on and in the Mekong River changing the natural flow and depths can say goodbye to the fish and to life as you know it. Once it’s filled It’s all over !

@ericcheong9189 3 года назад

End of the worlds. Human destroy ownself.

@subonium 3 года назад

I hope the dam can withstand the test of time...not wanting it to be as fragile as 3 gorgeous dam 🤣

@oneviwatara9384 3 года назад

Faked news. Haha 😃😃😆😆

@galaxyofvid2738 3 года назад

Keep crying 3gorgeous stands tall like cpec and bri are 💪

@eliseolopez2790 Год назад

Cambodia

@andrialexander6624 2 года назад

CAMBODIA have right to build that dam like AMERICA build dam in COLORADO river !!!

@lukerabin5079 3 года назад

It’s not Cambodia’s thirst. It’s China building the dams in Cambodia and using Cambodia an energy generation outsourcing department.

@mrlyhong3938 2 года назад

Did you check the geography of my country before posting this?

@kolapyellow7631 3 года назад

The city will likely sink over with the dredging problem, it's flooding now.

@anonviewerciv Год назад

Piscivores at risk. 🎣(2:45, 30:05) 7:30 Paving and sanding over. 🏗(19:19) 24:34 Poor substitutes for ancestral abodes. 🏘 36:30 Cut, slash, and burn. 🌴🪚🔥 42:30 Renewable energy on micro-grids. ☀⚡

@bandido7994 3 года назад

The Chinese invasion of its poor neighbors., 1 kilowatt and apartment building at a time.

@ngpohsheng581 2 года назад

CNA Insider no electric how to develope the country ？

@Pad_See_Ew 3 года назад

The mighty Mekong is a huge moving ecosystem. It (should) belongs to all countries it runs through really. International se Asian enviromental law(s) btwn countries are there any? The population/business sector in Phnom Penh growing fast? Or is it just a case of corruption and carving up for Chinese investment properties?

@ioogleio 3 года назад

Dying for energy means the economy is booming. Simple. Industrialization will bring much more treasures than fishing. Period.

@kambo209 3 года назад

Electricy is still expensive for a poor country

@tolapheak7557 3 года назад

😭😭😭😭😭

@shadowblitzo123 3 года назад

Laos cambodia and thailand all chinese colonies. Nothing will be done to prevent the mekongs downfall. Vietnam has bad luck having such neighbors.

@naeviscalling6429 3 года назад

Omg

@korthosen949 3 года назад

i´d rather live without electricity as water that most likely kills u if u drink it. its just sad, u could build ecnonomy friendly power plants ... well if u want to nd care about the envoirment... doesnt pay that well within the first 3-10 years... doesnt matter how much the people loose from companies destroying the envoirment since no company will ever pay for it...

@Brybao 3 года назад

easier to say that than to do it. go try living without electricity in an undeveloped place and see if you still think the same

@korthosen949 3 года назад

@@Brybao 100%

@unboxingdoomdays5949 3 года назад

So much sand remove from mekong will make the disaster such as flood and etc more often

@user-hi9kk1gt9t 3 года назад

During the period of Roosevelt's New Deal in the United States, tens of thousands of dams were built throughout the United States to prevent floods and generate electricity. Now the United States has begun to oppose the construction of dams in developing countries, using various NGOs to mess up all construction projects. We have also built tens of thousands of dams in China. Two examples are in front of you, and you should learn quickly.

@foxiihorn 3 года назад

How about many condos are empty. It becomes the ghost buildings, take Sihanouk Ville as an example? We are thirsty to build more and more and don't look at the environment. Some buildings aren't even a standard one, and these illegal buildings kill innocent people. I don't see what is the purpose of this kinds of development.

@pahatpahat9566 3 года назад

I thought the Mekong River Commission has got sway over its development. After all the Rhine River Commission was able to get ALL nations involved to sit together to decide the best solution for all countries through which the river flows through. Though, it was reported that when Mekong Commission was formed, France , then deliberately refused China's membership? In which case, the Commission should have invited China to sit in. Even when ADB supported the creation of the Myanmar port of Da Wei under the concept of the Mekong Sub-regional development, Vietnam thought with India and Japan, the proposed rail-road link across yo Danang would work. Now it is obviously failed to take off, since even India or Japan could generate that among of cargo to justify the link. Hence, politics often played an unsupportable project and all suffer!

@eliseolopez2790 Год назад

No construction s along rivers

@eliseolopez2790 Год назад

How could destruction itch all the world?

@picandvideo 3 года назад

Nomadic life style must move on. Because of them the whole nation must stay behind? Now is 21 century.

@Kiyoone 3 года назад

21 century... And yet, people uses faith and religions to do politics and not science... there is no salvation from heavens.

@SuperYeddy 3 года назад

It’s a double edged sword here? Industrialization of Cambodia will also be the demise of their wetlands and its eco systems over progress for more houses and electricity? It doesn’t seem like a national interest of the people but more so for capital. The floods will continue, rural people will be displaced, and outside foreign investors will continue to pour in. Don’t mistaken progress as an absolute positive. The citizens in these areas suffer the most with a lack of support from their government during flooding . I help donate what I can but this the price for progress.

@Brybao 3 года назад

@@Kiyoone Faith in the developed countries have been dying what do you mean? its msotly in poor countries that people do this

@husky_47 3 года назад

Elektrownie potrzebne do zasilania gigantycznych fabryk tekstylii.robotnicy powinni zazadac 10 $ za godzine...nie 5 $ za dzien...NIEWOLNICTWO 21 WIEKU..

@bigblue6083 2 года назад

When people criticize modernization of underdeveloped countries, especially the western medias, one argument they usually used is that building this will destroy local living style. Well, why don’t you backwards to the living style your ancestors had before the industrialization? I believe no human beings should live in this kind of condition unless they choose to. Unfortunately, that fact is that those fish men do not have a choice. I hope their kids will have a choice. Yes, the history of human being is the history of how human fight against the “nature mother”. Until very recently, the Industrial Revolution granted human the power to modify our environment what could not be imagined a few hundreds years ago. We are agree that this kind of power should be used with caution. However, please stop using this argument, it is nonsense from the point of view of the people living in underdeveloped areas.

@torkalopez3139 2 года назад

we need electric power to sustained economic growth..to lift people from poverty...obviously more birth rate every year...more fish they consume..how about fish farming just to give mekong river fish a break for once...birth control is the key if we dont like sudden change by our government...they only want, what is the best of us.... coz we are there life line for the country GDP Growth..we are living in the 21 century....technology are available why not use it...ask the rich country how they become rich...if we dont want to be slave with developed country we need to be educated..the world is changing dont get used to the old way of living otherwise were doomed as a human being..technology farming is the anwer of continue growing population....cheers..... god bless us all......

@MaybeDay4 3 года назад

Why is it always in Asia. I feel like every major natural disaster happens in Asia

@taranpreetkaur8303 3 года назад

Greed and overpopulation are fueling these cataclysmic conditions.

@joeawk 3 года назад

Not greed. Not overpopulation. It is necessity n dignity.

@picandvideo 3 года назад

Tonle sap was filled with human waste. So many people living on the lake. Yuck 🤮! The people on the lake catch every thing from baby to adult. They must move on.