News on the Mekong

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Fifty per cent of the Mekong Delta at risk of salinization due to sand mining and dam building

Sediment starvation in the Mekong Delta can drive 50% of the area saline by 2050. This is shown in a study by the Rise and Fall Project...

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The Transboundary Interactions and Beliefs to Protect Aquatic Animals in the Mekong

In the present day, the Mekong river faces decadence, especially from building too many hydropower dams on it. According to the research...

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Ramsar designation planned for Boeung Prek Lapouv area

The Boeung Prek Lapouv Protected Landscape Area in Takeo province – renowned as a habitat for many species of rare water and migratory...

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Chinese dams, pollution send Vietnamese in Mekong Delta in search of greener pastures

Three years ago, a lack of job prospects in his Mekong Delta hometown led Truong Ba Long, 33, to move to Vietnam’s economic hub of Ho Chi...

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Including Women’s voices in Exclusive Water Governance Institutions

By Thai Huynh Phuong Lan People living in rural areas across the Mekong Delta in Vietnam rely highly on natural resources for their...

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What’s the truth about the role of women in agriculture today?

Women produce 60-80 percent of the world’s food, and women are inherently better stewards of the environment than men. Or are they?...

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Mekong Delta faces decline in wild birds, fish and plants

The number of species of wild birds, fish, and plants in the Mekong Delta has fallen rapidly in recent years because of a decline in food...

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Vietnam promotes conservation and protection of wetlands

Vietnam News THỪA THIÊN-HUẾ — The establishment of two new wetland protected areas (WPAs) – Thái Thụy WPA in the northern Thái Bình...

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Taking steps towards more socially equitable governance in the Mekong Delta transboundary wetlands

David J.H. Blake Wetlands ecosystems are at the heart of sustaining local livelihoods across the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB). They provide...