1. Sub-area : Southern highlands Southern Laos, sesan in Vidnam and SrePok and Sekong in Cambodia Key Physical Features Granite ridges with a maximum altitude, over 1,800 m. Densely forested Mountainous areas pp2.4 Presentation Power Point 2.4 Southern highlands

2. Benefits of shared resources Southern Laos : Forest resources are main sources : irrigated area is little : capture fishery in the tributaries. pp2.4 Presentation Power Point 2.4 Southern highlands

3. SrePok and Sekong, Cambodia Forest resources are main sources irrigated area is little. Capture fishery is in the tributaries pp2.4 Presentation Power Point 2.4 Southern highlands

4. SeSan, Vietnam Only 1.4 % of all irrigation but sill higher than other areas of this sub-area. Forest resources are main source. Capture fishery is in the tributaries pp2.4 Presentation Power Point 2.4 Southern highlands

5. People and shared resources Southern Laos & SrePok and Sekong Ethnicity settlement with low population densities (20-70 persons/km 2 ) Resources are used mainly for subsistence economy Shifting cultivation is predominant. Poverty is high pp2.4 Presentation Power Point 2.4 Southern highlands

6. People and shared resources SeSan, Vietnam Ethnicity settlement with low population density of 20-70 persons/km 2 Resources are used : For subsistence economy (shifting cultivation) : For cash economy such as cottons, sugar cane soya, tobacco, sesame. Poverty in high. pp2.4 Presentation Power Point 2.4 Southern highlands

7. Implication of Basin Planning Trans boundary impacts from damming river in the downstream communities if Cambodia. How these impacts are reconsidered ? Maintaining resources for the poor, landless and ethnic group are important issues. Chemical contamination to tributaries is considerably. pp2.4 Presentation Power Point 2.4 Southern highlands