Tonle Sap Lake: Current status and important research directions for environmental management

S Uk, C Yoshimura, S Siev, S Try… - Lakes & Reservoirs …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Tonle Sap Lake (TSL) in Cambodia is the largest freshwater body in South‐East
Asia and one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. The lake and its ecosystems …

Impact of the Mekong River flow alteration on the Tonle Sap flood pulse

M Kummu, J Sarkkula - AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 2008 - BioOne
Rapid development in the upper reaches of the Mekong River, in the form of construction of
large hydropower dams and reservoirs, large irrigation schemes, and rapid urban …

Water, livelihoods and climate change adaptation in the Tonle Sap Lake area, Cambodia: learning from the past to understand the future

P Nuorteva, M Keskinen, O Varis - Journal of water and climate …, 2010 - iwaponline.com
The changing environment is expected to intensify the challenges that people in developing
countries are facing, particularly among the groups whose livelihoods depend on natural …

Investing in multi-stakeholder dialogue to address natural resource competition and conflict

B Ratner, C Burnley, S Mugisha… - Development in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
How can multi-stakeholder dialogue help assess and address the roots of environmental
resource competition and conflict? This article summarises the outcomes and lessons from …

Songs of the doomed: the continuing neglect of capture fisheries in hydropower development in the Mekong

R Friend, R Arthur, M Keskinen - Contested waterscapes in the …, 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
Since early 2007 there has been a rapid acceleration in hydropower development in the
Mekong Basin. The value and importance of capture fisheries in the Mekong Basin and the …

The domestication of water: water management in the ancient world and its prehistoric origins in the Jordan Valley

S Mithen - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The ancient civilizations were dependent upon sophisticated systems of water management.
The hydraulic engineering works found in ancient Angkor (ninth to thirteenth century AD) …

'Water war'in the Mekong Basin?

SWD Pearse‐Smith - Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mekong River system provides a crucial source of natural resources for riparian
nations. However, the increasingly rapid pace of hydro‐development in the Mekong Basin is …

Critical challenges to consultants in pursuing quality of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA) in Cambodia

S Chanthy, CM Grünbühel - Impact Assessment and Project …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The challenges faced by consultants in improving ESIA quality in Cambodia are discussed
in this paper. Despite progress since its introduction in 1996, ESIA practice and the role of …

A framework to support the selection of an appropriate water allocation planning and decision support scheme

JB Nel, PT Mativenga, AL Marnewick - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water is becoming a scarce resource in many parts of the world, leading to increased
competition amongst water users. Optimized water allocation is increasingly important to …

Inland capture fisheries in the Mekong and their place and potential within food-led regional development

RI Arthur, RM Friend - Global Environmental Change, 2011 - Elsevier
The inland capture fisheries of the Mekong represent critical sources of nutrition in rural diets
in a region that faces endemic food and nutritional deficits. However within regional …