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Viet Nam: Ecology and Sustainability in the Mekong Delta
Explore the ecological and cultural resources of the Mekong Delta, an intensely cultivated landscape flanking the longest river in Southeast Asia. Reaching 3,000 miles from the Plateau of Tibet to the South China Sea, the Mekong River flows through six countries populated by 60 million people.
Protecting the basin will require unprecedented cooperation. Much proposed development -- such as dams, irrigation, and dredging—will dramatically alter the river’s flow and impact the delta in unpredictable ways.
Students examine wetlands, soil, mangroves, shrimp farms, aquaculture, migratory bird habitats, freshwater swamps, and grasslands, and explore issues of sustainable development, pressures on natural resource exploitation, and ecotourism in Viet Nam and Cambodia. This program features lecturers and program support from Can Tho University, which is internationally recognized for its research on marine aquaculture and water management.
