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


[Latest addition 17 March 1997]

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 Word 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 or full paper or Word6 document

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


Funded in part by AusAID International Seminar Support Scheme