Towards Sustainable Co-Management of Mekong River Inland Aquatic Resources, Including Fisheries, in Southern Lao PDR

This paper presents historical information regarding the development of the aquatic resource co-management system in Khong District, Champasak Province, Southern Lao PDF. Between 1993 and 1998, 63 villages in Khong District established co-management regulations to sustainably manage and conserve inland aquatic resources, including fisheries, in the Mekong River, streams, backwater wetlands, and rice paddy fields. Local government has endorsed these regulations, but villages have been given the mandate to choose what regulations to adopt based on local conditions and community consensus. Communities are also empowered to alter regulations in response to changing circumstances. Villagers have widely reported increased fish catches since the adoption of aquatic resource co-management regulations. Improved solidarity and coordination within and between rural fishing and farming villages has also been observed. While many of the lessons learned from the co-management experience in Khong are applicable to other parts of Laos and the region, unique conditions in different areas will require inventive approaches to meet local needs. Common property regimes can break down in crisis, but experience in Khong indicates that they can also be strengthened in response to resource management crisis

Fisheries bioecology at the Khone Falls (Mekong River, Southern Laos)

This CD-ROM contains full database of the "Khone Fall fisheries database" and detailed analyses done in the companion report "Ecological studies of fish in the Khone Falls area (Mekong River, Southern Lao PDR).Fisheries, Ecology, Mekong River, Laos,

A Survey of Ring Baffle Damping in Cylindrical Tanks

Survey of Miles method for determination of damping by ring baffles in cylindrical tank

The Fraudulent Conveyance Origins of Chapter 11: An Essay on the Unwritten Law of Corporate Reorganizations

In the first few decades of the Bankruptcy Code, experienced reorganization professionals followed a set of norms that ensured that parties, notwithstanding their conflicting positions, would continue bargaining with each other. Such norms helped keep the parties bargaining with each other, and these norms followed a few familiar patterns. In this Essay, Professor Baird contends that time and tradition have produced unwritten rules with respect to the conduct of a reorganization. These unwritten rules are now an essential feature of corporate reorganization practice. Baird reconceptualizes the role of the judges, who he argues no longer are neutral arbiters of disputes, and are more like vigilant referees, intervening if one of the players violates these unwritten rules