Open AccessConflict of water using resources under the impacts of Ba Lai sluice dam in Ben Tre province
Author(s) -
Ngô Thị Thu Trang,
Nguyen Quang Viet Ngan,
Chau Thi Thu Thuy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
khoa học và công nghệ: khoa học xã hội và nhân văn
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2588-1043
DOI - 10.32508/stdjssh.v3i2.516
Subject(s) - livelihood , agriculture , water resources , ecosystem , sluice , water resource management , geography , aquaculture , environmental science , environmental resource management , fishery , ecology , archaeology , fish <actinopterygii> , biology
The buiding of gaint Ba Lai sluice dam is an importantpart of the Bac Ben Tre Water Management Project. The dam construction operation in April 30th 2002 influencesall brackish ecosystems to fresh water ecosystem and also changes sea - river dynamic operations, four districts include: Binh Dai, Ba Tri, Giong Trom and Chau Thanh. Since then, the livelihood of local people has change to adapt to a new characteristic of ecosystem. There are three main agriculture activities: agricultural activities in fresh water ecosystem, aquaculture, pork producer. These economic activities not only affects on the water system in this area but also leads to the conflict of water using in this area. The main objective of the paper is to analyze the current state of conflict on the use of water in people's lives under the impact of the Ba Lai dam. An indepth interview techniques in combination with reference from previous data were were applied to study in 36 households and 8 local governmental staffs. The maxtrict analyse base on primary data were characterized such as: (i) the conflict between aquaculture and fresh water agriculture households, (ii) the conflict between aquaculture households, (iii) the conflict between pork producer and (vi) the conflict between households and local government.