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Support to the Mekong River Commission (MRC)
Since 1998, Hatfield has provided on-going environmental and institutional strengthening support to the Mekong River Commission.
Hatfield has provided MRC with services related to: integrated water resource management (IWRM) environmental training, flood monitoring and management using remote sensing and GIS, fisheries and wetland habitat assessments, wetland classification, environmental assessment, environmental information system development and knowledge management.
Hatfield has implemented a number of initiatives within the MRC, including:
- Technical support to the Basin Development Program for the preparation of the Basin Action Plan for Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam
- Delivery of the Lower Mekong Basin Flood Mapping Service, providing regular flood map products to the MRC to improve flood management and monitoring within the basin.
- Assessment of, and recommendations for, the organisational, institutional and financial management arrangements of the Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS) and the National Mekong Committees (NMC);
- Developed the Mekong River Commission website (http://www.mrcmekong.org) and the MRC Data and Information Services Portal (http://portal.mrcmekong.org) to enable direct access to real time information, spatial and time-series data, and a Master Catalogue.
- Developed a capacity building and training program delivered through an interactive self-study training program entitled the ‘Mekong River Awareness Kit’ (Mekong RAK);
- Conducted a fisheries management and wetland habitat assessment in Cambodia, including the development of a project GIS system incorporating RADARSAT imagery and fisheries habitat information;
- Developed spatial models of seasonal flooding in the Lower Mekong Basin, including areas and volume estimates, using RADARSAT data, derived digital terrain models (DTM), and hydrological flow models.
For more information, contact:
Thomas Boivin
Managing Director and Partner
Hatfield Consultants Mekong
e-mail: hcm@hatfieldgroup.com
telephone: +856 20 23229998
