Library on Governance in Social-Ecological Systems

The Province of Sayaboury, Laos

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A watercourse on the Nam Tan River, Laos

Case
The Nam Tam watercourse is located in the province of Xayaboury in Laos. The resource appropriated from Nam Tan is water for irrigation. This irrigation system consists of a watercourse that delivers water from a main canal of the Nam Tai Irrigation System to its adjacent fields. The case describes how a new irrigation project administered by an agency of the central government has incorporated an indigenous irrigation model. The resource users are situated in the area covered by the Nam Tan...
09 Aug 2016