Modern Myths of the Mekong

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Modern Myths of the Mekong
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Book excerpt: This book is one of the products of a 3-year (2005-2007) research project by the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland that analyzed Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the Mekong River Basin. The book is a peer-reviewed collection of chapters each taking up particular myths - Why are ecological paradigms that integrate terrestrial and aquatic processes not used in environmental impact assessments (EIAs)? Are fish catches declining in the Mekong Basin? - and dismantling or unpacking them.


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