Atmospheric Deposition to Large River Basins and Potential Effects on the Water Environment

Abstract

The project findings will fill in the knowledge gap and provide scientific information to policy makers, e.g. showing multiple benefits of the air emission reductions to the river water quality, ecosystems, air quality and climate. It aims to show that the human right to clean air, clean water and climate justice can be safeguarded within a package of policies regulating the atmospheric emission and deposition. The project activities are designed to adequately address the gender and social equality, conflict sensitivity and poverty eradication, following the SUMERNET ethical principles, to achieve the major goal of enhancing water security. This proposed 24-month project focuses on three river basins, Thachin of Thailand, Mekong/Phnom Penh of Cambodia and Dong Nai of Vietnam with involvement of key boundary partners. The findings of the project will be widely communicated to stakeholders. A set of policy recommendations and a policy brief will be produced in English and local languages. A national dissemination workshop will be organized in each country with involvement of policymakers, boundary partners, scientists and other stakeholders. The key findings will also be disseminated to wider public through the SUMERNET website, news article, survey/interview, youth campaign, conferences, and peer-reviewed papers. The project team is led by and composed of equal number of male and female researchers, and the priority will be given to female researchers and stakeholders to take part in the project activities and results dissemination.