The Mekong: IWRM and Institutions

Abstract

During recent years, numerous events and documents in the water sector have endorsed integrated water resources management (IWRM) and a basin-wide approach to river management. The Mekong River is a good example of an international river basin that involves multiple sectors and actors and thus needs integrated management. The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has partly adopted this task, but faces many constraints such as the absence of the two upstream countries.