Mekong Environment Sample Clauses

Mekong Environment. Due to former geopolitical tensions among the riparian countries, the Mekong is still comparatively undeveloped and has been subject to limited resource exploitation.34 This should be seen against the background of rapid economic growth and high resource potential in the region at large. Industrial development in the Mekong region has, so far, been sparse and infrastructural development and mining has also been limited except in northeast Thailand and the Vietnamese Delta. Existing industries in Cambodia and Laos are concentrated to the respective capitals, whereas in Thailand and Vietnam industrial development can be found in several areas of the Mekong basin.35 The greatest city along the Mekong is the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, with a mere population of 1.1 millions. This situation of limited development is however likely to change as the 25 xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/countries.php 2005-03-22 26 Brief periods of democracy however prevailed the final shift from military power to democracy in 1992 (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/encyclopedia/History-of-Thailand 2005- 03-17). 27 See Section 5.7 of this thesis for a more extensive discussion of public participation and access to information. 28 xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/content/thailand.htm2004-07-28 29 Badenoch, 2002, p. 5. 30 xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/content/thailand.htm2004-07-28 31 Xxxxxx, 2004, pp. 1-5; Oberndorf, 2004, p. 9. 32 Xxxx, 2004, p. 2. 33 Badenoch, 2002, p. 5. 34 Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx, 1996, chapter 4. 35 Xxxxxxx, 2001, p. 13; GEF, 1999, p. 5. Mekong River is forecast to be the centre of major regional development in the near future.36 Forest exploitation and intensification of agriculture are some issues having a negative effect on the Basin's environment. However, institutional capacity to deal with these types of environmental problems and cumulative impacts is weak throughout the region. Flood management and mitigation are other major concerns for the member countries. In the past, excessive flooding during the wet season has caused great economic and human loss in the Basin. However, floods are also of great importance to replenish the wealth of the aquatic ecosystems.37 The Mekong ecosystems and an extensive network of wetlands are supported by and depend on annual flooding and in years of extensive flooding, fish catch increases significantly.38 Planned damming and blasting of the Mekong threaten to disrupt these cycles and presents a severe risk to the river ecosystems.39 Conse...
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