Meetings and conferences
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Mekong environmental symposium 2013
Organizer(s)
German Aerospace Center
Format
In person
Venue
InterContinental Asiana Hotel
Date
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The symposium is a three-day platform for national decision makers, renowned scientists, and industry from all six Mekong riparian countries (China, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam), as well as from the international community to share their experience and knowledge. It will focus on relevant aspects of finding equilibriums between necessary economic development as well as the urgent need for environmental protection and the maintenance of the Mekong’s river ecology.
This symposium will adress, among others, the issues of:
- Hazards and disaster risk reduction in the Mekong Basin
- Climate change related challenges of the Mekong delta
- Collaboration platforms in basin management: Information systems and spatial infrastructures
- Capacity building, education and outreach.