Message-ID: <af328a3e070210044935@[150.203.147.11]> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 10:54:57 +1100 From: Vern Weitzel <mailto:vern@COOMBS.ANU.EDU.AU> Subject: Environment and Development in Vietnam To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Last December we held a Seminar on Environment and Development in Vietnam here in Canberra, with support form AusAID and the National Centre for Development Studies.The meeting included several Vietnamese scientists, among them Mr Vu Ngoc Thanh who delivered a paper on biodiversity loss and animal trafficking in Vietnam.
The Vietnam government environment program was discussed in a paper by Dr Tran Thi Thanh Phuong from the Vietnam National Environment Agency.
Other subjects covered included river systems and water quality, air quality and climate change, forest products and cost-benefit analysis of Cat Ba Park.
The seminar papers are now available in HTML and MS-Word format at the following URL:
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~vern/env_dev/seminar96.html
Atext version of this page is below.
We have a number of other pages that may be of interest. Please check out avsl home page:
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~vern/avsl.html
Vern
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Seminar on Environment and Development in Vietnam
Friday and Saturday, December 6-7, 1996
Common Room, University House, and J G Crawford Building, National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University
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Meeting Proceedings
Please Examine Some Conference Photos
Seminar session
Chair, Dr Elspeth Young, NCDS.
Vern Weitzel, Chair Australia Vietnam Science-Technology Link Introduction
Mr Vu Ngoc Thanh, Faculty of Biology, National University of Vietnam - Hanoi Keynote paper: Biodiversity and biodiversity loss abstract or full paper or Word document
Theme papers:
Dr Tran Thi Thanh Phuong, National Environment Agency, MoSTE, Vietnam Environmental management and the policy making process in Vietnam abstract or full paper or Word6 document
Stephen Midgley, Khongsak Pinyopusarerk, Chris Harwood and John Doran, CSIRO Forestry & Forest Products Exotic plant species in Vietnam's economy - an Australian contribution abstract or full paper or Word6 document
Brief scientific papers:
Dr Louis Lebel, GCTE Core Project Office, CSIRO Wildlife & Ecology Global change challenges for environment and development in Vietnam abstract or full paper or Word6 document
Dr Hiep Nguyen Duc, Environment Protection Authority NSW Some aspects of air quality in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam abstract or full paper or Word6 document
Prof. Ian White, Water Research Australia, CRES, ANU; Mike Melville and Jes Sammut, School of Geography, The University of NSW Salt water intrusion floodgates on the lower Mekong abstract or full paper or Word6 document
Dr. Vu Thanh Ca, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan Salinity intrusion in the Red River Delta abstract or full paper or Word6 document
Dr Neil McLaren and John Morrison, Environment Research Institute, University of Wollongong A water quality project in Vietnam - July 1996 abstract or full paper or Word document
Emma Aisbett and Dr Pham Tuan, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, University of New South Wales Hydrocarbons refrigerants: economic and environmental implication for SE Asia abstract or full paper or zipped Word6 document or Word6 document
Concluding Theme paper
Mr Jay Roop, ESSA Technologies, Ltd. Cost benefit analysis of a marine park in Vietnam abstract full paper available mid-January 1997.
Workshop Session
Mr Jay Roop, ESSA Technologies, Ltd. (Facilitator) Local participation in environmental management in Vietnam workshop outline
Workshop Session
Aviva Imhof, AID/WATCH (Facilitator) Damming the Mekong - Implications for Vietnam workshop outline
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