Taka Furuichi is a PhD Scholar at the ANU. He is conducting fascinating research on sedimentation in the Lake Inle catchment in Burma. This is an important issue, in Burma and throughout the region, as upland agriculture is often blamed for producing downstream sedimentation. These claims are often made in the absence of good research about the rates and sources of sedimentation and the effect of sedimentation in lowland areas. As one component of his research Taka recently interviewed farmers living around the fringes of Lake Inle about the impacts of sedimentation. He has prepared a fascinating photo essay setting out some of the preliminary results of these interviews.
Sedimentation in Lake Inle, Burma
June 27th, 2006 by Andrew Walker · Add a Comment
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