... Stocking of Exotic Species intheMekongBasin and Policies for Their Controlx The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species intheMekongBasin and Policies for Their Controliv The ... Species intheMekongBasin and Policies for Their Controlix The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species intheMekongBasin and Policies for Their Control4.2.4 Biology The Mekong ... Exotic Species intheMekongBasin and Policies for Their Control THE IMPACTS OF INTRODUCTIONSAND STOCKING OF EXOTIC SPECIES IN THEMEKONGBASIN AND POLICIESFOR THEIR CONTROLByRobin L. Welcomme...
... 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 andprocessing/marketing. ... be profit rather than food. Smaller-scale aquaculture mixed with farming is particularlyprominent inthe Thai part of theMekong Basin, and inthe delta in Viet Nam. Not surprisingly, small-scale ... recommendations Foreword The fishery of the Lower MekongBasin is one of the most abundant riverfisheries inthe world. It is of vital importance to the 55 million people who live in the basin. Not only...
... a good reference for solving chain problems. For instance, when comparing the fish chain inthe MD, there are not so many differences with the fish chain inthe Netherlands. Vietnam’s exported ... Among the chain actors, the role of the SFC is vital – not only in ensuring the quality of the final product, but also in SFC’s material suppliers. In order to control the quality of the supplier’s ... mention that the government inthe UK appears to play a crucial role in developing policy, promoting legislation, and implementing EU legislation. The role lies mainly inthe Ministry of Agriculture,...
... 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 ... showing high percentage of child deaths inthe total the losses of life inthe flood seasons inthe MD. Save the Children (2003) reported that the vast majority of the drowning deaths in recent ... 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...
... between the warm atmosphere and the storms in the tropical monsoon Asia. • Survey and forecast the effects of thedams and irrigation systems in upstream to the low parts of the basin. • Estimate ... to the fields of the Delta. Flooding water eliminates a great part of the salinity inthe soil inthe coastal areas and flushes toxicity released from acid sulfate soil. Also, floods kill the ... dikes and dams have been built 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:...
... estuary, is affected by saline intrusion up to the Cambodia border, including the Plain of Reeds. The most saline intrusion was in 1977 up to Go Dau Ha. In year 1974, saline intrusion reach to Tan ... problems. The beginning of the rainy season is the problematic period. The main concern inthe village level was the water quality, especially, the water supply for domestic usage. For the interviewed ... August to October. Inthe year 2004, the curve of flood was very strange, it quickly increased to the peak and drained. The officers explain that the flood was depend on rain inthe upstream areas....
... forest inthe Upper and the Lower U Minh areas were burned, accounting for approximately 57% (17% inthe Lower U Minh and 40% inthe Upper U Minh) of the total Melaleuca forest area. Inthe U Minh ... Fig.1: TheMekong 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, applied to both the inland ... of the MD receives between 1800 and 2200 mm of rainfall. At the end of the rainy season, due to the combination of floodwater draining from the upstream areas, the overland flood water entering...
... 1.6 million hectares): mainly inthe Long Xuyen - Ha Tien quadrangle, the Plain of Reeds, the West Hau river Fig.1: TheMekong River Basin and Land forms of the MD in Vietnam WATER QUALITY ... THE MEKONG RIVER 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; • to install water environmental monitoring systems by establishing water sampling and pollution warning stations along the industrial zones,...
... treatment works in industrial zones. The project of fresh-watering the Ca Mau Peninsula to be invested in enlarging irrigation systems, widening channels and canals, building drains, dikes, tanks, ... in treatment processes intheMekong for quite a long time. In rural areas, villagers buy alum in solid form and stir it into river water inthe storage jars. After a few minute stirring, the ... by the national budget, others are An overview of the drinking water supply situation 3 in theMekong river delta, Vietnam (Le Anh Tuan) rural areas. Intestinal infections diseases including...
... sea, the MD accepts yearly all the water flood volume of the basin. About 1.2 to 1.9 million ha of land, mainly inthe North parts of the MD such as the LongXuyen quadrangle and the Plain of ... percent of annual flow volume enters the low lying parts of thebasinin Vietnam as the flood season from June to November. The river network of theMekong is rather complicated, especially from ... the river meets the Tongle Sap river, then splits into Tien river and Hau river before entering the border of Vietnam and continues to branch into 9 tributaries as the river estuaries. The...
... lands inthe dry season. The shortage of freshwater leads to increasing salinity intrusion throughout the MD coastal provinces. (v) The floods: Discharge of theMekong river during the wet ... to increase their income by increasing and diversifying their agricultural and fishery production. Since the past 20 years, the area of cultivable lands have been growing by an expansion the ... natural level between the sea level in river estuaries and the inner lands. Also the MD is Figure 1: TheMekong River and the MD map The second International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water...
... flow combined with the inland high rainfall and the effects of high tide from the sea result in thousands hectares of land are inundated, mainly the Northern parts of the MD known as the Long ... to thethe South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand (Figure 1). The Mekong River Delta (MD) is located inthe Southeast Asian tropical monsoon zone. The Delta in Vietnam is bordered to the ... clean water is finite in general and the demand is increasing. Therefore a sustainable water management should be incorporated inthe targets of the country development as meaning water resources...
... band, band combinations and band ratios are examined. Thermal channels are also used in these combinations to monitor human activities. 1. Introduction Ca Mau Province intheMekong Delta ... of land cover. These combinations will be used for the classification for the land cover types for which the combination is the most discriminative. Due to the constraints of the spatial resolution ... year in some areas. In April 2002, there was a major forest fire in a Melaleuca forest reserve in Ca Mau. The Forest Protection Department (FPD) of Ca Mau is responsible for administrating the...
... farming? 3.1 Uniqueness of catfish farming intheMekong Delta3 Tra catfish farming intheMekong Delta occupies a rather unique status in global aquaculture. The uniqueness of this farming ... upon the existing system rather than attempt to re-locate or re-construct. The extensive industry survey conducted in project Stage 1 4,5 gave an insight into the farm size distribution inthe ... changes in the feeding behaviour of the fish, and there are no indications that the fish feed on the bottom debris on the non-fed days, contrary to the perception of some farmers who are rather...
... China Vietnam and Thailand: New actors These three countries are increasingly taking on the role of investors in their neighbouring countries. Private companies in these countries have increasing ... expansion of the rubber industry in Laos, is directly related to the growth of the Chinese car industry. China has now become the biggest rubber consuming country inthe world. Companies from China ... make their living from swidden farming, cropping, raising cattle and buffaloes, and finding food inthe pa Field research from 32 townships in each of Burma's states, including 131 interviews...