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The Mekong - Biophysical Environment of an International River Basin (Hardcover)
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The Mekong - Biophysical Environment of an International River Basin (Hardcover)
Series: Aquatic Ecology
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The Mekong is the most controversial river in Southeast Asia, and
increasingly the focus of international attention. It flows through
6 counties, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam.
The 4 downstream countries have formed the Mekong River Commission
to promote sustainable development of the river and many of their
people depend on it for their subsistence ? it has possible the
largest freshwater fishery in the world, and the Mekong waters
support rice agriculture in the delta in Viet Nam (which produces
about 40% of that country's food) as well as in Cambodia, Laos and
Thailand.
China is now building the first large mainstream dam on the river,
and has proposals for several more. These dams are likely to affect
the downstream countries. Several of the downstream countries also
have plans for large scale hydropower and irrigation development
which could also impact the river.
This book will provide a solid overview of the biophysical
environment of the Mekong together with a discussion of the
possible impacts, biophysical, economic and social, of some
possible development scenarios. It is intended to provide a
technical basis which can inform the growing political and
conservation debate about the future of the Mekong River, and those
who depend on it. It is aimed at river ecologists, geographers,
environmentalists and development specialists both in the basin and
(especially) outside for whom access to this material is most
difficult.
This book will be the first comprehensive treatment of the Mekong
system
Key Features
*The first comprehensive overview of all aspects of the Mekong
River system.
*Deals with a regionally critical ecosystem and one under threat.
*The Mekong supports the world's largest freshwater fishery and
provides water underpinning a major regional rice paddy system.
* Presents the authoritative findings of the Mekong River
Commission's research for a wider audience for the first time
outside of limited distribution reports
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