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an abundance of fish. but in recent years, he and thousands like him have been asking, where are they? this is the tonle sap, south east asia s largest freshwater lake. fish caught by communities here feed millions across cambodia. translation: these past few years, there is less and less i water and fewer and fewer fish. i didn t expect to get a lot of fish because when i felt the weight of the net, it was very light. i felt right around it and ijust couldn t feel many fish. if they were there, i would feel them splashing around. this is not the catch mi and his family need. this is all they have to eat for four or five days. so how difficult is it for you to earn a living byjust fishing? translation: when we were just married and we had no children, l it was ok. but now, we have children, and every day, i need to send them to school. every morning, i need around $5 to pay for school. and these days, i have no income. it s taken four or five days, and that s all i ge ....
ecosystems on the planet, is being strangled. the mekong is under an onslaught of dam building, intensifying climate change and sand mining. but there is some hope. join us, as we head downstream in cambodia and meet the communities having to adapt to the changing nature of this river. translation: there will be no fish for the next generation. . ..and those trying desperately to save it. translation: when i see this, it makes me worry i about mekong s fate. mi lives in a world of water that was once predictable, reliable, renowned for an abundance of fish. but in recent years, he and thousands like him have been asking, where are they? this is the tonle sap, south east asia s largest freshwater lake. fish caught by communities here feed millions across cambodia. translation: these past few years, there is less and less i water and fewer and fewer fish. i didn t expect to get a lot of fish because when i felt the weight of the net, it was very light. i felt right arou ....
and sand mining. but there is some hope. join us as we head downstream in cambodia and meet the communities having to adapt to the changing nature of this river. translation: there will be no fish for the next generation. . ..and those trying desperately to save it. translation: when i see this, it makes me worry about mekong s fate. mi lives in a world of water that was once predictable, reliable, renowned for an abundance of fish. but in recent years, he and thousands like him have been asking, where are they? this is the tonle sap, south east asia s largest freshwater lake. fish caught by communities here feed millions across cambodia. translation: these past few years, - there is less and less water and fewer and fewer fish. i didn t expect to get a lot of fish because when i felt the weight of the net, it was very light. i felt right around it and i just couldn t feel many fish. if they were there, i would feel them splashing around. this is not the catch mi and ....
conditions and for some of us wintry showers as well. we are in this cold air mass, the wind coming in from the arctic. that is the picture for the arctic. that is the picture for the next few days, but notice these yellow colours waiting in the wings and that will sweep in during the end of the week. but now still quite a lot of clout in the east midlands and anglia and a few rain and showers coming out of that and more snow showers coming in, even to lower levels, in scotland, northern ireland and north west england. in that the temperatures are only two to three degrees. this evening, once the sun sets, those temperatures drop quickly and we are likely to see mist and fog patches in central areas, some rain and sleet in the far south west and icy conditions there. snow flurries in the north west as well. temperatures in the towns and cities down to 1 to minus six degrees. heading through the day tomorrow low pressure is sitting in the north sea and we have still got ....
wildlife, no drinking water. dry rivers. people in khuzestan face a water crisis. i m siavash ardalan, and i report on the environment for bbc persian. seeing people suffering, i wanted to understand what caused these water shortages. is it climate change or are there other factors? what is happening in iran today is the outcome of decades of bad management, poor environmental governance and a lack of foresight, not climate change. the bbc cannot operate freely inside iran, so i ve pieced the story together using social media, and visited the united states to see how they manage their water. wow, this is amazing! look how much the water has gone down. as iran and the rest of the world tackle water scarcity, i ll be asking what can be done to improve the water supply for people in khuzestan? khuzestan has long been thought of as lush and green, with wetlands and diverse wildlife. its rivers used for leisure and agriculture. but over the last decades, that has changed. ....