Published 2013-12-01
“…Sand and gravel mining in the Mekong River bed and in the tributary channels has not been taken into consideration to date.This paper provides the first assessment of sediment extraction along the 2 400-kilometre channel of the main stem of the lower Mekong River, from the Chinese border to the delta. The
World Wide Fund for Nature ran a survey in 2011-2012. Systematic interviews assessing the types of aggregates, extraction techniques, extracted volumes, trends over the past years and the expected changes in the geography of extraction were carried out in the four countries drained by the Lower Mekong. …”
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