Smoke on the Water

Since 2004, the ING City project has been progressively destroying the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands in Phnom Penh, threatening the livelihoods and homes of more than a thousand families, devastating the wetlands ecosystem, placing more than a million people at increased risk of flooding, worsening food insecurity, and polluting the Mekong and Bassac rivers with untreated sewage and harmful pollutants. The wetlands are a vital flood protection area for Phnom Penh, as well as the city’s only wastewater treatment system. ING City, and other proponents, are currently infilling the wetlands with sand and dirt to create land for real estate.