Conclusion

Abstract

This book summarizes key findings of a five-year interdisciplinary research project conducted by a consortium of researchers from Germany, Vietnam and international organisations together with stakeholders from the national and regional level in Vietnam. Compared to the state of knowledge at the beginning of the project, relevant advances could be achieved concerning the information needed for an integrated land and water management. In order to make full use of the results, a continuous process of science-policy dialogue was initiated which is followed up by the local research institutions and stakeholders. Next to the establishment of a River Basin Information Center in the Vu Gia Thu Bon River Basin (http://www.basin-info.net/river-basins/vu-gia-thu-bon-information-centre-vietnam ), in agreement with the Vietnamese government further river basins were identified to which the tools and knowledge developed in LUCCi should be transferred.