Working Paper on Population Growth and Natural Resource Pressures in Pursat Catchment

This project examined the linkages between population and demand for food and water. Cambodia, in general, and Pursat Province in particular, have a complex and interesting mosaic of demographic attributes and development issues. The Tonle Sap basin and Pursat catchment possess the country’s largest...

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Autores principales: Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, Cambodia, Tonle Sap Authority, Supreme National Economic Council, Cambodia, Hatfield Consultants, Culture and Environment Preservation Association
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food 2013
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34426
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Sumario:This project examined the linkages between population and demand for food and water. Cambodia, in general, and Pursat Province in particular, have a complex and interesting mosaic of demographic attributes and development issues. The Tonle Sap basin and Pursat catchment possess the country’s largest potential water resources. These resources have the ability to support on-going economic development, including irrigation and agricultural production, fisheries and aquaculture, energy and forest products, navigation and other modes of transport, domestic and industrial water use and tourism.