‘Houses On The River Will Fall’: Cambodia’s Sand Mining Threatens Vital Mekong

February 27, 2020btollesonRSS Sample

A view of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, from the riverfront of a temple complex outside the city.

A building boom in the Southeast Asian country has pushed up demand for sand in a river that 60 million people rely on.

(Image credit: Michael Sullivan for NPR)