Dams on the Mekong River: Lost fish protein and the implications for land and water resources

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 925-932

  Orr, Stuart ^a   Pittock, Jamie ^b   Chapagain, Ashok ^c   Dumaresq, David ^d  

^a WWF INTERNATIONAL   (Switzerland)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WWF UK   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dam; Environmental impact assessment; Fish; Food security; Freshwater; Hydropower; Land footprint; Protein; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; DAM; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LAND USE CHANGE; PROTEIN; STAKEHOLDER; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER RESOURCE;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 84866170448     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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