07 December 2025, Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Hundreds of tower blocks are rising across Phnom Penh, with property investment growth exceeding 5\% in 2025. Former rice fields are now construction sites with sky-high land prices. Sand barges crowd the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers daily to meet massive concrete demand, but fisherfolk and environmentalists blame dredging for destroying fishing grounds and releasing leer más toxins like arsenic into the water. Photo: Rod Harbinson/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa leer menos
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