Mekong at the crossroads

Ambio

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 146-149

  Varis, Olli ^a   Keskinen, Marko ^a   Kummu, Matti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; POLITICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; RIVER;

ASIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; RIVERS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 48249119191     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2008)37[146:MATC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

References (5)

1. WUP-FIN was a complementary project to the Mekong River Commission Water Utilization Programme. It is funded by the Development Cooperation Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland. It was active from June 2002 to October 2007. WUP-FIN is an acronym in which the first part comes from the Water Utilization Programme and FIN comes from Finland.
2. 2007. Integrated water resources management on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia. Int. J. Water Resour. Dev. 22, Special Issue, 395-519.
3. A book was prepared on the basis of the workshop papers: Kummu, M., Varis, O. and Keskinen, M. 2008. Modern Myths of the Mekong - A Critical Review of Water and Development Concepts, Principles and Policies. Water and Development Publications, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, 187 pp.
4. M-POWER (Mekong Program on Water Environment and Resilience) aims to help democratize water governance and support sustainable livelihoods in the Mekong region through action research. Activities are undertaken throughout mainland Southeast Asia, including major river basins such as the Irrawaddy, Salween, Chao Phraya, Mekong, and Red, as well as other smaller basins.
5. Acknowledgments: We thank Mira Käkönen, Ulla Heinonen, Jussi Nikula, Katri Mehtonen, Pertti Vakkilainen and Muhammad Mizanur Rahaman. Crucial contributions also came from Juha Sarkkula, Dirk Lamberts, and Lu Xixi, from M-POWER and USER staff, as well as from workshop participants. Special thanks to Alexandra Pres from German Capacity Building International for valuable contribution in formulating the travel analogy at the end of this article. This work has received funding from the Academy of Finland Project 211010.