Correction: Linh et al. Contested Living with/in the Boeng Chhmar Flooded Forests, Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia. Land 2022, 11, 2080

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There are basic factual errors in the original publication [1]. They are necessary to correct so as to not release wrong information. Four errors are found in Section 3. A Transect and Five Floating Villages:

The corrections have been made to Section 3. A Transect and Five Floating Villages.

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Nonetheless, all inhabitants rely entirely on water and forest cycles for settling, subsistence fishing, gathering and wet cultivation; remarkably, entire villages move from one place to another, depending on seasonal water conditions. For hundreds of years, the movement of settlements with the rhythm of water and forest regimes followed similar patterns. Housing clusters, always recognizable as groups, are a part and parcel of the water–forest transformation. Changes in water levels, monsoon (wind, rain, and wave) and land conditions define when and where floating clusters move and settle. Whole villages move once or twice each season, adjusting to the most critical water condition. Individual houses move or adjust their position several times per season. The waterways are the link between major fishing areas, markets, and the vein for movement between the vast open lake and the protection of the canopied forest.

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In the dry season (from November to April), the floating villages utilize the riverbank’s dry land as common space for social and intuitional formation through the building of ritual and social facilities. Inhabitation occurs either on the muddy, shallow waters bridging the open water and land or by moving through the waterways to upstream areas where family members can have rural−urban jobs on the higher terraces of the floodplain. Fishing is very locally based on the muddy water’s edge and small fishing traps are used. Compared to the wet season, there are few fishing activities and cultivation is the primary economic and subsistence activity. The settlements work with micro−topography and develop as parallel lines. For example, in Peam Bang, three lines of floating structures at the water’s edge define different topographical levels of wetness: on the water, at the edge of the water, and on the waterside banks (Figure 7).

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During the wet season (from May to October), entire villages move further up the tributary and into the flooded forests. There are abundant fish in the area, since the lake becomes an environment for feeding and breeding. Until 2021, commercial–scale fishing was dominant, with sophisticated fishing traps and nets, which created an intricate, geometric order on the water and produced relatively high yields, where fishermen generated income that sustained households throughout the year. In addition to the large–scale fishing gear, there are numerous vernacular tools, including hand capture, scoops devices, wounding gears and hooks and lines [22]. There was a dramatic change in 2022, when the Cambodian government officially banned the commercial fishing lots in response to overexploitation. The long–term repercussions on local livelihoods have yet to be seen.

The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.