Save the Mekong Delta from drowning
Save the Mekong Delta from drowning
Owing to only a few decades of human influence and unsustainable management of the Mekong River basin’s natural resources, the Mekong Delta is receding rapidly. Most of the delta landform, home to 17 million people and an economic powerhouse, could slip below sea level by 2100. Avoiding such a catastrophic impact will require concerted actions that acknowledge root causes for land
loss and the global importance of the delta landform. Deltas persist and grow if sediment supply from an upstream river basin builds delta land at the same or greater rates than land is submerged by relative sea-level rise and erosion. With more rapid sea-level rise, more sediment resources are needed to maintain the current extent of the delta. Only improved coordination of governance and investments, informed by science, will provide the delta with those critical resources.
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Kondolf, G.M.
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Darby, Stephen
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Kummu, Matti
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Minderhoud, Philip
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6 May 2022
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Kondolf, G.M., Schmitt, R, Carling, Paul, Goichot, Marc, Arias, M, Bizzi, S, Castelletti, A, Cochrane, T, Darby, Stephen, Kummu, Matti and Minderhoud, Philip
(2022)
Save the Mekong Delta from drowning.
Science, 376 (6593), .
(doi:10.1126/science.abm5176).
Abstract
Owing to only a few decades of human influence and unsustainable management of the Mekong River basin’s natural resources, the Mekong Delta is receding rapidly. Most of the delta landform, home to 17 million people and an economic powerhouse, could slip below sea level by 2100. Avoiding such a catastrophic impact will require concerted actions that acknowledge root causes for land
loss and the global importance of the delta landform. Deltas persist and grow if sediment supply from an upstream river basin builds delta land at the same or greater rates than land is submerged by relative sea-level rise and erosion. With more rapid sea-level rise, more sediment resources are needed to maintain the current extent of the delta. Only improved coordination of governance and investments, informed by science, will provide the delta with those critical resources.
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Published date: 6 May 2022
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