In northern Thailand, Laos, and southern China, marginal fishing
communities along the Mekong River and its tributaries are
experiencing the adverse effects of changing ecosystems on their
fish stocks, local economies, lifestyles, and cultural practices.
Transnational mega-projects are causing great environmental
degradation and endangering people's livelihoods. While depicting a
stark future for less advantaged Mekong communities, this book sees
reasons for hope in the communities' capacity to respond to these
changes.
Using their knowledge and experience to cope with evolving
historical realities such as erratic water levels, many local
communities have devised conservation measures for fishing. The
author advocates bottom-up planning and transnational civil society
alliances between local groups and regional and international
organizations to bring about more balanced development and sounder
natural resource management in the region.
Appendixes contain an extensive inventory of fish species,
habitat, conservation status, and fishing techniques.
Yos Santasombat is professor of anthropology at Chiang Mai
University.
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