Mekong Environmental Symposium

This volume is an abstract of the Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from March 5th - 7th, 2013. The Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 has been organized by the German Aerospace Center, DLR and the WISDOM Project, with aims to serve as an international platform for governmental decision-makers, scientists, and other organizations active in the Mekong context. The Symposium Programme has covered the following topics:

- Hydropower development and impacts on the river ecology

-Hydropower development and impacts on the economy

-Mekong Basin forest dynamics and REDD+

-Mekong Basin landuse (non-forest) dynamics

-Mekong Basin hydrology and hydrography

-Hazards and disaster risk reduction in the Mekong Basin

-Mekong Basin aquatic ecology, biodiversity and water quality protection

-Tonle Sap Lake: ecology, biodiversity and rural livelihoods

-Mekong Delta: Climate change related challenges

-Impacts of urbanization and industrialisation on agriculture and water resources

-Collaboration platforms in basin management: Information Systems and Spatial Infrastructures

-Capacity building, education and outreach