Category Archives: Research

Capacity Building for Sustainable Water Management at Local Level: A Case Study of Participatory Assessment of Community Water Management

Capacity Building for Sustainable Water Management at Local Level: A Case Study of Participatory Assessment of Community Water Management Highlight: The indicators proposed for measuring how a water user group organizes and performs its water management. The researchers expect that the measures could identify not only shortcoming of a water user group in question, but…

Magnitude and factors influencing soil loss and sedimentation in the Mun River Basin, Thailand

Magnitude and factors influencing soil loss and sedimentation in the Mun River Basin, Thailand Highlights Mun River Basin is in NE Thailand and a part of Lower Mekong Region High soil loss and sediment loading were found in upper basin since land conversion Agricultural practice was mostly responsible for the loss Sediment cores showed high…

Best Management Practices for mitigating agricultural nutrient pollution in the Mun River Basin, Thailand

Best Management Practices for mitigating agricultural nutrient pollution in the Mun River Basin, Thailand Highlight: Rice paddies and staple crop fields are predominant in Mun River Basin. The cropping increase nutrient loading and soil loss to the river. Proper soil conservation practices can improve surface water quality. In this study, interconnections between soil and water…

Contamination of microplastics, influencing factors and its relationship to chemical characteristics of municipal solid waste landfill leachate

Contamination of microplastics, influencing factors and its relationship to chemical characteristics of municipal solid waste landfill leachate Highlight: In Thailand, most of plastic waste end up in non-engineered landfills. It causes leakage of microplastic and plastic additives to the environment and thus enter food chain. Relationship between plastic physical degradation and generation of microplastic and…