... households in the Lower MekongBasin are involved in fisheries, both fortheir own consumption and for sale. Women and children arevery active inthe fishery, in both catching and processing/marketing. ... considerablystrengthen the arguments for sustaining aquatic biodiversity in the Mekong. 1 BIODIVERSITY ANDFISHERIESINTHEMEKONGRIVERBASIN Mekong Development Series No. 2May 2003 Published in Phnom ... promoting sustainablemanagement of fisheries, including attention tobiodiversity needs. In addition to the 1995 Agreement onSustainable Development of theMekongRiver Basin, these instruments include...
... 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 theMekong River system ... changes in qt, fs, and u2 showed interbedded, faint laminae and discontinuous parallel laminae. These are all features of the marsh facies. 4.3.1.3. Estuarine marine sand and sandy silt ... coarsening-upward succession began in the pro-delta and was gradually created. The pro-delta contained very fine and fine sand laminae. The pro-delta is 3.5 m thick inthe MR1 core. In comparison...
... but others were not trained. There is no official swimming training inthe school program intheMekong River Delta. It seems an irrational structure for children living in a floodplain as the ... those living inthe urban areas, children inthe rural area are familiar with the water in rivers and canals. Their daily lives are linked with the rice fields and flood plains. Some of them learn ... (over 160,000) inthe high inundated areas are not attending their schools. The beginning andthe end of the rainy season are the best time for mosquito reproduction resulting in mosquito-based...
... between the warm atmosphere andthe storms in the tropical monsoon Asia. ã Survey and forecast the effects of thedamsand irrigation systems in upstream to the low parts of the basin. ã Estimate ... floods kill the insets and rats population. Otherwise, flood brings natural fishes, brings plankton which is food for fishes in cases and pools. In some questionnaire survey and interviews have ... intheMekong Delta. Almost these water works were investigated by the national budget or the contribution of the local people and government according to the motto: “Both the Government and...
... conservation Mekong basin. Fig.1: TheMekongRiverBasinand 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 forest sustainability financing ... processing framework, which was designed for the characterization and ranking of the wetlands inthe MD andthe South East region. Today, each MD wetland forest managing board finished the wetland...
... complicated. The main factors are river discharge, local rainfall and runoff, the amplitude of tides inthe East Sea andthe Gulf of Thailand, the slope of the river bed, the wind velocity and direction ... THE MEKONGRIVER DELTA IN VIETNAM IN GENERAL The MD is located inthe centre of the Southeast Asian region. It is really a large wetland formed mostly by the alluvium deposition of theMekong ... capacity by training and equipping to the water staff; ã to install water environmental monitoring systems by establishing water sampling and pollution warning stations along the industrial zones,...
... salinity intrusion intheriver branches is very complicated. The main factors that determine this process are river discharges, local rainfall and runoff, the tides andthe depth of bars inthe ... controlling salted and acid surphate soil areas inthe western and coastal part of the delta for increasing rice cultivation areas and improving the water supply to the people. So, implementating theses ... taken from the rivers and streams is settled in settling tanks and then treated by aluminium sulphate (alum) and sand filter techniques. Finally, chlorination is used as a disinfectant. The purpose...
... between Burma and Laos and most of the border between Laos and Thailand, then the main stream goes into Cambodia and finally it flows across southern Vietnam to the sea (figure 1). Theriver has ... list of the largest rivers inthe world and is longest riverin southeastern Asia. From its source in Tibet, theriver flows to the South China Sea through Yunnan, China, forms the border partly ... November. The river network of theMekong is rather complicated, especially from Cambodia to Vietnam. At Phnom Penh, theriver meets the Tongle Sap river, then splits into Tien riverand Hau river...
... delta as the MD is the small difference natural level between the sea level inriver estuaries andthe inner lands. Also the MD is Figure 1: TheMekongRiverandthe MD map The second International ... cultivable lands inthe dry season. The shortage of freshwater leads to increasing salinity intrusion throughout the MD coastal provinces. (v) The floods: Discharge of theMekongriver during the ... Mekongriver flow. The population pressure andthe economic development needs have also driven the farmers to increase their income by increasing and diversifying their agricultural and fishery...
... significant increase in rainfall in wet season resulting in an increase inriver flow. By contrast, the decreasing trend of river flow in dry season is a consequence of the decline of rainfall and increase ... Huong River basin falls entirely in Thua Thien - Hue Province and is of great economic and tourism importance for the province. Theriverbasin is expected to be one of the most vulnerable basins ... Changes inthe flow regime will affect the itinerary of fishing boats and other ships and fish migration/spawning routes. Changes inthe natural environment lead to changes of biodiversity, the...
... species from theMekongRiver Basin A guide to larvae and juvenilesof some common sh species from the MekongRiver Basin ISSN: 1683-1489 Mekong River CommissionMeeting the Needs, Keeping the BalanceMRC ... larvae and juveniles of some common sh species from theMekongRiver Basin xFigure 3. Map of the Lower MekongRiver Basin MyanmarChina Page 37CyprinidaeAdult Barbonymus altus (Günther, 1868)Red-tailed ... larvaDevelops in oodplain and riverine habitats.Elongated yolk-sac with homogenous yolk.Pre-larvaDevelops in oodplain and riverine habitats, starts feeding on zooplankton at 6.9–7.6 mm in length.Hunch-back...
... Sites The environmental setting of the McKenzie Riverbasin and a discussion of sampling sites inthebasin have been previously reported in McCarthy and others (2009) and Kelly and others ... Mckenzie River Basin, Oregon, During 2007. 5Appendix 2. Data from Passive Samplers Deployed inthe Mckenzie River Basin, Oregon, During 2010. 5Figures Figure 1. Map showing study area location and ... chemical integrative sampler (POCIS)—are being used to collect data from the McKenzie River, Oregon. The McKenzie River is the source of drinking water for the City of Eugene, Oregon, and passive-sampler...
... SUBBASINDANFORTHBROOKSUBBASINELIZABETHBROOKSUBBASINFORT POND BROOKSUBBASINTAYLOR BROOKSUBBASINSPENCER BROOKSUBBASINNASHOBA BROOKSUBBASINASSABET MAIN STEMLOWER SUBBASINASSABET MAIN STEMUPPER SUBBASINSTIRRUP ... ground-water-flow system in subbasins of the A, Assabet River Main Stem; and B, tributary subbasins, in a hypothetical scenario of increased withdrawals and discharges inthe Assabet River Basin. . . . . ... streamflow in September inthe Assabet River about doubled at the outlet of the Main Stem Headwaters subbasin and increased by about 4 percent at the outlet of the Main Stem Upper subbasin. These increases...