Water Governance in the Cambodian Mekong Delta: The Nexus of Farmer Water User Communities (FWUCs), Community Fisheries (CFis), and Community Fish Refuges (CFRs) in the Context of Climate Change

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dc.creatorSithirith, Mak
dc.creatorSok, Sao
dc.creatorde Silva, Sanjiv
dc.creatorKong, Heng
dc.creatorKongkroy, Chay
dc.creatorThavrin, Tim
dc.creatorSarun, Hy
dc.date2024-01-02
dc.date2024-01-18T03:16:54Z
dc.date2024-01-18T03:16:54Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:47:40Z
dc.descriptionCambodia faces the challenge of managing excess water during the wet season and insufficient water during the dry season. This harms human life and endangers aquatic and natural resources, agricultural practices, and food security. Water governance is crucial to ensure the well-being of both people and their food security. However, Cambodia’s water governance is hindered by various obstacles, including sectoral and centralized influences, top-down and large-scale strategies, weak coordination among relevant agencies, and limited involvement of local communities. This study examines water governance across different sectors, from centralized to community-based natural resources management, and explores the opportunities that can be done to improve water governance. This study undertakes the literature and case studies of farmer water user communities (FWUCs), community fisheries (CFis), and community fish refuges (CFRs) in three Mekong Delta provinces in Cambodia. This study concludes that water governance has been challenged by FWUCs competing for water resources to intensify rice production at the expense of increased pesticides and fertilizer uses, which undermine the fishery productivity, degrade the natural resources in rivers and water bodies, and increase water conflicts among farmers and sectors in the face of climate change. To enhance water governance in Cambodia, it is critical to integrate it at the district level. This will promote sustainable water use and management across the country and pave the way for a brighter future.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/137939
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/164611
dc.languageen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMak Sithirith, Sao Sok, Sanjiv De Silva, Heng Kong, Chay Kongkroy, Tim Thavrin, Hy Sarun. (10/1/2024). Water Governance in the Cambodian Mekong Delta: The Nexus of Farmer Water User Communities (FWUCs), Community Fisheries (CFis), and Community Fish Refuges (CFRs) in the Context of Climate Change. WATER, 242 (16(2)).
dc.subjectirrigation
dc.subjectwater governance
dc.subjectfish
dc.subjectcommunity fish refuge
dc.subjectcommunity fisheries
dc.subjectrice farming
dc.subjectwater conflict
dc.titleWater Governance in the Cambodian Mekong Delta: The Nexus of Farmer Water User Communities (FWUCs), Community Fisheries (CFis), and Community Fish Refuges (CFRs) in the Context of Climate Change
dc.typeJournal Article

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