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Watershed management is the study of the relevant characteristics of a watershed aimed at the sustainable distribution of its resources and the process of creating and implementing plans, programs and projects to sustain and enhance watershed functions that affect the plant, animal, and human communities within the watershed boundary. [1]
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE, Vietnamese: Bộ Tài nguyên và Môi trường) is a government ministry in Vietnam responsible for: land, water resources; mineral resources, geology; environment; hydrometeorology; climate change; surveying and mapping; management of the islands and the sea.
Watershed delineation is the process of identifying the boundary of a watershed, also referred to as a catchment, drainage basin, or river basin.It is an important step in many areas of environmental science, engineering, and management, for example to study flooding, aquatic habitat, or water pollution.
The purview of the Ministry includes forestry, aquaculture, irrigation and the salt industry; it is also involved in water management and flood control. [1] The Ministry maintains 63 provincial department offices throughout Vietnam. The Ministry itself is located in Hanoi.
Watershed College, a boarding school in Zimbabwe; Watershed Distillery, Columbus, Ohio, US; Watershed High School, Richfield, Minnesota, US; Watershed mine, Far North Queensland, Australia; Watershed Park,a large wooded public park in Olympia, Washington; Watershed Trail, a ex-rail footpath from Roxana to Edwardsville in Illinois, US
Watershed district may refer to: Watershed district (Minnesota) Watershed district (Russia) This page was last edited on 30 December 2019, at 19:58 (UTC). Text is ...
Water resources management is the use of structural measures - such as dams, canals or treatment plants - and nonstructural measures - such as pricing, standards or permits - to control natural and human-made freshwater resources systems - such as rivers, lakes, artificial reservoirs, wetlands and groundwater - for beneficial uses.
Water pollution is a serious issue in Vietnam as a result of rapid industrialization and urbanization without adequate environmental management. As of 2008 only 10 percent of municipal wastewater was treated, and only 45% of industrial zones were expected to have wastewater treatment of some kind in 2010. [3]