A b s t r a c t V o l u m e Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 Ho Chi Minh City / Vietnam 5th – 7th of March 2013 Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 – Page 1 Page 2 - Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 Table of contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 3 CONFERENCE LAYOUT ...................................................................................................................................... 5 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE................................................................................................................................... 6 TH DAY I - I: 5 OF MARCH 2013 .................................................................................................................................. 6 TH DAY I - 2: 5 OF MARCH 2013 ................................................................................................................................. 7 TH DAY 2 - 6 OF MARCH 2013 .................................................................................................................................... 8 TH DAY 3 - 7 OF MARCH 2013 .................................................................................................................................... 9 ABSTRACTS OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS ........................................................................................................... 11 SESSION 111 - 01. HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND IMAPCTS ON RIVER ECOLOGY .......................................................... 13 SESSION 112 - 01. HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND IMAPCTS ON RIVER ECOLOGY .......................................................... 21 SESSION 113 - 02. HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACTS ON ECONOMY ................................................................. 29 SESSION 114 - 02. HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACTS ON ECONOMY ................................................................. 37 SESSION 121 - 06. HAZARDS AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN THE MEKONG BASIN ......................................................... 45 SESSION 122 - 06. HAZARDS AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN THE MEKONG BASIN ......................................................... 53 SESSION 123 - 05. MEKONG BASIN HYDROLOGY AND HYDROGRAPHY .............................................................................. 61 SESSION 124 - 05. MEKONG BASIN HYDROLOGY AND HYDROGRAPHY .............................................................................. 69 SESSION 131 - 03. MEKONG BASIN FOREST DYNAMICS AND REDD+ .............................................................................. 77 SESSION 132 - 04. MEKONG BASIN LANDUSE (NON-FOREST) DYNAMICS .......................................................................... 87 SESSION 133 - 12. CAPACITY BUILDING, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH .............................................................................. 95 SESSION 134 - 12. CAPACITY BUILDING, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ............................................................................ 103 SESSION 211 - 07. MEKONG BASIN AQUATIC ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY AND WATER QUALITY PROTECTION ............................. 111 SESSION 212 - 07. MEKONG BASIN AQUATIC ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY AND WATER QUALITY PROTECTION ............................. 119 SESSION 213 - 08. TONLE SAP LAKE: ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY AND RURAL LIVELIHOODS .................................................... 127 SESSION 221 - 09. MEKONG DELTA: CLIMATE CHANGE RELATED CHALLENGES ................................................................ 135 SESSION 222 - 09. MEKONG DELTA: CLIMATE CHANGE RELATED CHALLENGES ................................................................ 145 SESSION 223 - 09. MEKONG DELTA: CLIMATE CHANGE RELATED CHALLENGES ................................................................ 155 SESSION 231 - 11. COLLABORATION PLATFORMS IN BASIN MANAGEMENT: INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SPATIAL INFRASTRUCTURES ............................................................................................................................................... 163 SESSION 232 - 10. IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALISATION ON AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES ............... 171 SESSION 233 - 10. IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALISATION ON AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES ............... 181 POSTER ABSTRACTS ..................................................................................................................................... 189 POSTER 302 – 02. HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACTS ON ECONOMY ............................................................... 191 POSTER 303 - 03. MEKONG BASIN FOREST DYNAMICS AND REDD+ ............................................................................. 193 POSTER 304 – 04 MEKONG BASIN LANDUSE (NON-FOREST) DYNAMICS ......................................................................... 201 POSTER 305 – 05 MEKONG BASIN HYDROLOGY AND HYDROGRAPHY ............................................................................. 211 POSTER 306 - 06. HAZARDS AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN THE MEKONG BASIN ........................................................ 217 POSTER 312 - 12. CAPACITY BUILDING, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ............................................................................. 225 POSTER 309 - 09. MEKONG DELTA: CLIMATE CHANGE RELATED CHALLENGES ................................................................. 233 POSTER 310 - 10. IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALISATION ON AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES................ 255 POSTER 311 - 11. COLLABORATION PLATFORMS IN BASIN MANAGEMENT: INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SPATIAL INFRASTRUCTURES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 264 INDEX OF FIRST AUTHORS ............................................................................................................................ 269 INDEX OF INSTITUTES ................................................................................................................................... 274 IMPORTANT CONTACTS ............................................................................................................................... 278 HELPFUL CONTACTS ..................................................................................................................................... 279 Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 – Page 3 Page 4 - Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 Conference Layout GRAND BALLROOM ace rr e c T uo Q oom u r ll h PHU QUOC ROOM a P B GRAND BALLROOM 1 GRAND BALLROOM 2 and r G Female Restroom Male Restroom Elevators Foyer Business Banquet Center Sales Cham Elevators Pre Function Area Pre Function Area Conference Secretary Room Cat Ba Con Dao Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 – Page 5 Conference Schedule Day I - I: 5th of March 2013 Grand Ball Room 1 Grand Ballroom 2 Phu Quoc Room Foyer Topic Speaker 07:30 8:30 Welcome Coffee and Registration Dr. Claudia Kuenzer – WISDOM Project Leader, German Earth 9:00 09:10 Welcome Note of Organizers Observation Center of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) MinDirig. Wilfried Kraus – Deputy Director General “Provision for Welcome Note of BMBF and 09:10 09:20 the Future – Basic and Sustainability Research”, German Federal Opening Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Dr. Tran Viet Thanh - Vice Minister of Ministry of Science and 09:20 09:30 Welcome Note of MOST Technology Vietnam (MOST) Dr. Nguyen Thai Lai - Vice Minister of Ministry of Natural Resources 09:30 09:40 Welcome Note of MONRE and Environment of Vietnam (MONRE) Dr. Hoang Van Thang - Vice Minister of Ministry of Agriculture and 09:40 09:50 Welcome Note of MARD Rural Development Vietnam (MARD) 09:50 10:15 The Mekong Basin: Impulse Speech Prof. Ed Grumbine – Northern Arizona University, USA 10:15 10:45 Coffee Break 10:45 10:55 Country Statement Cambodia Dr. Saumura Tioulong - Elected Member of Parlament of Cambodia Ms. Bouangeun Oudomchit – Deputy Director of the Department of 10:55 11:05 Country Statement Laos Water Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Laos Dr. Pithaya Pookaman - Vice Minister of the Ministry of Natural WISDOM ROOM - Movies and 11:05 11:15 Country Statement Thailand Exhibition Resources and Environment, Thailand Hands on the System Mr. Hla Maung Thein - Deputy Director-General of the of 11:15 11:25 Country Statement Myanmar Environmental Conservation Department of the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry Prof. Shen Lei – Vice Director of the Institute for Geographic 11:25 11:35 Country Statement China Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), China 11:35 12:15 Group Picture 12:15 13:45 Lunch Break Page 6 - Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 th Day I - 2: 5 of March 2013 Grand Ball Room 1 Grand Ballroom 2 Phu Quoc Room Foyer Topic Speaker Summary of Morning Statements Dr. Hans Guttman – Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Mekong River 13:45 14:05 and MRC Perspective Commission (MRC), Laos Dr. Trinh Thi Long – Southern Institute for Water Resources WISDOM Project results of the last 14:05 14:25 Research (SIWRR) & Dr. Claudia Kuenzer – Earth Observation 6 years Centre / German Aerospace Center (DLR) Florian Moder – Integrated Expert at the Southern Representative WISDOM ROOM - Movies and Exhibition Life demonstration of the WISDOM Office of the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology, Hands on the System 14:25 15:00 Information