Rubber growers can boost resilience by adopting better cultivation methods, but will need more support.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
For Vietnamese minority communities, climate change isn’t coming; it’s here
Vietnamese minority communities, particularly minority women, are at the forefront of the climate crisis. They are developing their own coping strategies to deal with extreme weather.
HSBC exits Vinh Tan 3 coal power project in Vietnam
The London-based bank’s cancellation of its role as financial advisor for the 1,980-megawatt Vinh Tan 3 coal power plant in Vietnam marks the latest move by a major international lender against coal.
Sinking predicted for Mekong Delta region
The decreasing alluvia sedimentation loads of the Mekong River as a result of upstream dam building, together with the excessive sand mining downstream in the delta, is seen as a major driver.
The Sambor Dam: How China’s Breach of Customary International Law Will Affect the Future of the Mekong River Basin
The LMC has provided China and Cambodia with the opportunity to bypass obligations and bilaterally construct the Sambor Dam in Cambodia.
China’s dams isolate Asian elephants
No elephants have crossed the Mekong in the past decade, and movement routes and gene flow of Asian elephants living on either side have been blocked by a Chinese reservoir.
Vietnam needs to choose the path less traveled
The cost so far have been especially high environmentally, as has seen Vietnam’s worsening air, water and soil pollution, not to mention destruction of forests and other natural resources.
New solar power prices not incentive enough
Finance Minister warns new solar power rates proposed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade would erase all incentive to develop solar power over other sources.