AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Jan. 23, 2012 -- A 750,000 euro contract for the provision of consultancy services for the Mekong Delta Plan in Vietnam has been awarded to a consortium headed by consultancy and engineering firm DHV.
Other members of the consortium include Royal Haskoning, Wageningen University & Research Centre, Deltares, RebelGroup and UNESCO-IHE.
The Mekong Delta is one of Vietnam’s most productive agricultural areas yet it is increasingly being confronted with the effects of climate change. Regional challenges include serious flooding, salinization of agricultural land, temporary drought, insufficient irrigation capacity and the threat to valuable ecosystems. Furthermore, intensive agriculture, urban development and industrialization are competing for the available space.
The purpose of the Delta Plan is to create a strategic long-term vision (2100) for the Mekong Delta, to set out a long-term Delta Program with a range of short-term measures (2015-2025) and to strengthen water governance for the delta.
Developing the Delta Plan is expected to take 18 months and the consortium will advise on the water system, land usage, scenario development and water governance.
The project is part of ‘The Netherlands Global Water Program’, a Dutch government umbrella program for making global water efforts from the Netherlands, dedicated to cooperation of the Dutch water industry in delta countries like Vietnam.
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