... understanding of this immense and
complex Mekong River Basin environment.
Population growth, food and water demands, and their
impacts on water resources in both the Mekong River Basin and
other river ... 2008
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Sokhem Pech and Kengo Sunada
Population Growth and Natural-Resources
Pressures in the Mekong River Basin
The...
... households in
the Lower Mekong Basin are involved in fisheries, both for
their own consumption and for sale. Women and children are
very active in the fishery, in both catching and
processing/marketing. ... considerably
strengthen the arguments for sustaining aquatic biodiversity in the
Mekong.
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BIODIVERSITY AND FISHERIES IN THE MEKONG RIVER BASIN
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Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public,
and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered
j
ointly by both Academies and the Institute ... support for increased minimum flows in the
Klamath River main stem. Although the proposed higher flows are intended to
increase the amount of habitat in the mai...
...
biodiversity. Due to the close vicinity of many of these planned projects to the Mekong River and the
important role the 3S rivers play in maintaining the Mekong River s abundant Į sheries and nutrient ... share,
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and the remaining shares are owned by Korean
manufacturing companies including KTC, Taihan, and Posco Engineering and ConstrucƟ on.
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... Important Riverine Fish Species of the Mekong River Basin
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Feeding habitats: during the flood season, juveniles and sub-adults feed in floodplain habitats and flooded
islands within the main river ... spawning grounds within the main
river channel, where spawning occurs in June-July.
The second population occurs in the stretch of the
river from Boulikha...
... floodwater, causing overland flows along the
banks and interior fields. Flood basins are low-
lying areas and received these sedimentary
materials. The flood basins of the Mekong
River system ... changes in q
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showed interbedded, faint laminae and
discontinuous parallel laminae. These are all
features of the marsh facies.
4.3.1.3. Estuarine marine...
... post-harvest drying conditions and
inappropriate milling operations. The weather pattern (temperature and humidity) in Mekong
River Delta is unique. The rice is grown and harvested in both wet and dry ... frequency of rain. During the rainy season, the rice grain can develop cracks
during the late maturity stage due to rewetting. At the same time, during dry seas...
... but others were not
trained. There is no official swimming training in the school program in the Mekong
River Delta. It seems an irrational structure for children living in a floodplain as the ... those living in the urban areas, children in the rural area
are familiar with the water in rivers and canals. Their daily lives are linked with the rice
fields an...
... between the warm atmosphere and the storms in
the tropical monsoon Asia.
• Survey and forecast the effects of the dams and irrigation systems in upstream to the low
parts of the basin.
• Estimate ... organic matter from upstream and deposit alluvium to the fields of the Delta. Flooding
water eliminates a great part of the salinity in the soil in the...
... conservation Mekong basin.
Fig.1: The Mekong River Basin and Land forms of the MD in Vietnam
The main objective of this article is the presentation of the forest wetland inventory
process, ... values in
wetland biodiversity conservation sites;
▪ revising and upgrading wetland sustainability utility planning; and
▪ integrating information for wetland for...