There are 486 projects that match your search.
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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6,787.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G44 |
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The area of the 2 tambols is situated in the neighbourhood of the watershed area of Mae Rim and Mae Loh River, two tributaries of the Ping River draining into the Gulf of Thailand. During the past years there has been concentrated accumulation of ( ... )
l residue in cultivated land and water courses because the majority of farmers earn their livings by growing chemical substance-requiring mono-crop such as tobacco, soya bean and cabbage. There has also been land erosion in the upper land due to mono-crop plantation on the steep slope.
This practice of production aiming to increase the yield for ever-increasing market has prompted the
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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7,742.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G26 |
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Originated in the Banthad Range, Klong(canal) Nang Noi flows through Nayong District, Munag District of Trang Province and the Trang River which constitutes the ecology of the Indian Ocean. Throughout the past, the canal has been supplying ( ... )
for household as well as agriculture. At present due to the population growth in conjunction with human activities, the canal has become degraded. The water quality is affected by chemical substance from agriculture. The soil erosion is increasing due to deforestation in the watershed area and along both sides of the canal. Water species is dwindling. All these have both direct and indirect
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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9,507.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G42 |
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Of about 770 km. long and with 40 small tributaries, the Nan River supplies a fairly uniform flow throughout the year, compared to the other 3 tributaries of the Chaophaya River draining into the Gulf of Thailand. Stretching about 40 km. along the ( ... )
the project location is rated the most polluted spot in the Pisanuloke Province. The communities residing along both sides of the river depend upon the river for household consumption and agricultural practices.
With fairly uniform water supply, the main occupation is rice farming which is normally practiced 3-4 crops a year. Consumption of water and chemical application are being managed in
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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13,392.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G18 |
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A portion of ecological system of the Mekhong River, the project location is one of the riches forest in Nongkhai Province. With its area of 300 sq.km. the forest is the origin of many tributaries of the Mekhong. It used to provide natural resources ( ... )
dance to surrounding communities. Due mainly to the inefficient protection system, the forest has become degraded by slash-and-burn & non-environmentally-friendly agricultural practice, commercial logging ,illegal charcoal burning and ,as a consequence of deforestation, uncontrollable wild-fire.
All these have led to the degradation of the ecology of the Mekhong River as a whole. There have
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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10,693.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G28 |
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The process of traditional medicine production involves drying of raw materials which requires heat from various sources such as fire-wood, charcoal ,fossil fuel and electricity from grid. The burning of these fuels gives out the green house gas ( ... )
tends to cause climatic variance and successively adversely affects human livelihood. Moreover at present, the use of fossil fuels costs a lot since its price is comparatively high thus tending to make the process financially unviable.
In order to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas accumulation and ensure a low production cost ,one of the favourable option is to develop the use of
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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10,700.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G05 |
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The project location is situated in the Chee River basin which falls within the ecological reach of the Mekhong River. Long after the adoption of mono-crop system and its modern technology,
the natural resource in the area has become depleted ( ... )
cological system seriously altered.
Clearing the forest in order to obtain more land for cash crop was being practiced. In order to rush and ensure an expected yield, the application of chemical fertilizer/pesticide has always been exceeding the appropriate limit. The adverse consequences of the dual problem are witnessed both environmentally and in livelihood security.
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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11,571.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G17 |
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The project area is situated in the ecological system of the Mekhong river. It is a part of the wetland area of Songkhram River, one of the main tributary of the Mekhong in northeast Thailand. The current agricultural practices focusing on mono-crop ( ... )
dered the once-intact forest a degraded one. Moreover, the practices has prompted vast-scale burning of rice-fields and unregulated application of chemical substance to maximize the yield thus making the land more degraded
A grass-rooted , farmer organization, Ban Kham Bok Farmers? Group has discussed amongst its 86 members to reverse the unfavourable agricultural practices and adopt new
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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10,848.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G04 |
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Situated in the ecological system of the Chee River, a tributary of the greater Mekhong River, the project location and target population have long benefited by its provision in terms of water and food. However some 40 years ago , the ( ... )
ment policy and approach on agriculture sector emphasizing the mono-culture to boost the export figure have rendered the imbalance of the ecosystem. The approach has prompted deforestation for cultivated land and large-scale application of chemical fertilizer and pesticide adding upon the expense of farmers. Moreover, there has been an unfavourable practice in preparing the
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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13,392.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G16 |
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Situated in the northeast of Thailand, the project location is a typical area of northeast Thailand where water shortage has been a chronic problem, especially in the location where off-season agriculture is being practiced for additional income ( ... )
d security. In order to guarantee the expected yield , community members have to resort to diesel engine to pump underground water and store in the ponds for subsequent uses.
Water pumping by diesel engine has been practiced in a very large scale. With the price of the fuel apt to increase and the requirement to contribute to the stabilization of the emission of the Green House Gas which
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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10,690.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G27 |
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An NGO working with local communities to manage the use of natural resources of a water body-the Songkhla Lagoon and the Gulf of Thailand.
The major activities include capacity building of target population, providing artificial habitat for water ( ... )
s , demarcating conservation zones and formulaing plan for sustainable use of natural
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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11,121.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G19 |
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Khoke Yai forest is a catchment area draining into Siew River, a tributary of Mekhong River. The forest has been providing sources of food , wood and fuel for surrounding communities. The threatening problems are community encroachment for more ( ... )
ated land, illegal logging, and wild-fire. Consequently, the forest has become degraded and subsequently affected the ecology of Mekhong River.
Besides, Khoke Yai forest has long contributed to the control of soil salinity. Without it or with such capacity decrease, the saline soil will expand and spoil cultivated land and water courses.
The network was established by small groups of
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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7,801.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G32 |
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The project location is the watershed area for 2 river basin: the Yom River basin and Mekhong River basin. There are 2 communities whose majority (90 %) earn their livings by planting maize and cotton. The plantation of these 2 cash ( ... )
s encouraged by private sector who aims to make profit regardless the environmental damage. The rate of chemical fertilizer and pesticide application is increasing every year and depositing its effect in the soil , water courses and human bodies. ( 8 out of 10 farmers under examination were found high level of toxic chemical in their blood).
Depending upon the 2 rivers for livelihood, the
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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7,234.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G29 |
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It is , at present, apparent that the world is consuming the natural resources and energy at
an alarming rate. It is occurring in all scales of society: community scale and national commercial scale. All these contribute to the accumulation ( ... )
e green house gas in the atmosphere which is apt to produce bad consequences to humanity. The project location, an agricultural community, has carried out development process on sustainable agriculture starting from the production , food processing and marketing. The food processing requires the application of heat obtained from oven. This oven is a product of indigenous knowledge and gives
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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9,825.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G13 |
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Since 1992, the Phong River, a tributary of the Mekhong River has been under continuous threats which include toxic chemicals, from both industries and agriculture. While the industries upstream are dumping untreated waste into the river, the ( ... )
ities are making the situation worse by unscrupulous disposal of household waste. The effect of the pollution has been witnessed by the death of fishes along the river and residue in human bodies.
Since the project location comprises 10 farming communities with 1,363 families depending upon the river for agriculture and other domestic use, the threats directly affects the livelihood of these
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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7,170.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G33 |
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The target community is the population residing along and depending upon the Ing River which is an ecological part of the greater Mekhong River. With its length of 240 km., there is the popular reservoir ?Kwan Phayao?. When the population and ( ... )
for food is increasing,many native fishes species has faced extinction. In 1998, an official survey has revealed that 28 species out of original of 52 had disappeared from the project location. Added to the ever-increasing demand for water species is human activities which prompt the disposal of community waste into the river and its tributaries.
Instilling conservation awareness of young
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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10,238.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G06 |
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The project location is a village with 312 families of which 253 earn their living as farmers. Before 1982 , there were approximately 1,000 water buffaloes in used for agricultural land of about 300 ha.
After 1982 there emerged the too ( ... )
commercial scale plantation of a non-indigenous species cassava prompting almost all farmers to sell their buffaloes for small tractors. The patterns of buffaloes use were obsolete. The use of diesel oil for tractors replace and the application of chemical substance in agriculture prevails. Evidently, these initiatives were caused by the belief that modern technology in terms of machine and
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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5,357.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G12 |
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In the past much of the rural area in northeast Thailand was of agriculture where population earned their livings through rice and other vegetable planting as well as livestock for food and
farming labour. As a result of government policy on ( ... )
op about half a century ago couple with population growth / globalization and the recent financial crisis ( mid-1997), the rural environment has been drastically changed. Farming by livestock (Water buffaloes) has almost totally been replaced by machinery (small tractors). Environment in farmlands and water resources has been affected by chemicals. Vast-scale field burning to facilitate farming
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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11,940.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G21 |
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The project location is situated in the east coast basin , a portion of the bigger ecosystem of the Gulf of Thailand. while a great portion of the area are agricultural land, there still are dense forests which are watersheds and so called ? the ( ... )
a hundred rivers ?.
In 1989, the project area had been devastated by the Typhoon ?Gay? which rendered the area under degrading condition. Even though up to now, the area has been slowly reclaimed, the rate of encroachment and deforestation have exceeded the rate of reclamation. Consequently, the area has become drier during the summer months and under swift and devastating deluge during
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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11,513.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G37 |
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Ban (village) Fang Khlong is a vast area for mono-crop plantation. Encroachment of natural forest to acquire more area has been a major problem. In order to maximize the yield,small tractors ,other types of machinery and appliances have been ( ... )
uced into the community, replacing the traditional animal and manual labour. In order to make these sets of equipment work, various kinds of fossil fuel have to be burnt thus producing more green house gas into the atmosphere.
The centre whose majority of members are local people with eagerness to better the community life has realizes the problem and its consequence has initiated the Ways of
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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11,116.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G02 |
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Lam Ta Klong river , a tributary of the greater Mekhong River, originated in the Khao Yai National Park. Before joining the Mekhong River at the Laotion border, the river runs its course through various areas, both of cultivated and residential. ( ... )
ver has been providing water for agriculture and household consumption as well as food in term of water species. This portion of the ecological system of the Mekhong River has long established the rice-and-fish culture in the northeast Thailand, some portion of Lao P.D.R. as well as Cambodia.
As the modern agro- technology and practices were adopted, coupled with rapid population growth , the
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