Floods, however, are perceived by many farmers and scientists not only as a
“disaster”. Historically, it may be confirmed that the natural form of the Mekong River
delta region is always linked with annual floods although they can be damaging to
loss of life and property. There are multiple replenishing and revitalizing benefits
from floods. A workshop in March 2002, conducted by the Mekong River
Commission [MRC] (MRC, 2002) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), provides
a summary of available information on preserving the ecological functions reliant on
the natural flood regime as well as suggestions to guide WWF’s further analyses of
the natural flood regime (Johnston et al, 2003). It was concluded, that: