Tác giả: Đào Thu Hằng

I'm from Hanoi, Viet Nam. I'm an author of Dot Chuoi Non (dotchuoinon.com/author/hangbelu/), a blog on Positive thinking, founded by Dr. Tran Dinh Hoanh, an attorney in Washington DC. I'm a co-founder of Conversations on Vietnam Development - cvdvn.net, a virtual think tank. I am a co-founder of two companies in Viet Nam working on children education services. I advise companies on STEAM education, English language education for children and students in Vietnam. I'm studying the Buddha's teaching and the teaching of Jesus. I practice mindful living including meditation. I hold a PhD on Sustainable Energy Systems from University of Lisbon and Aalto University. I graduated from Hanoi University of Technology on Environmental Engineering. I obtained a Master degree of the same major from Stanford University and Nanyang Technological University. My English-language blog at: hangbelu.wordpress/. I play table tennis as a hobby.

Brazil announces end to Amazon mega-dam building policy

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by  on 3 January 2018

  • Brazil’s government this week announced a major shift away from its policy of building mega-dams in the Brazilian Amazon – a strategy born during the country’s military dictatorship (1964-1985) and vigorously carried forward down to the present day.
  • The Temer government claims the decision is a response to intense resistance from environmentalists and indigenous groups, but while that may be part of the reason, experts see other causes as well.
  • The decline in political influence of Brazil’s gigantic construction companies caused by the Lava Jato (Car Wash) corruption investigation is likely a major cause of the change in policy. So is the current depressed state of Brazil’s economy, which makes it unlikely that Brazil’s huge development bank (BNDES) will invest in such multi-billion dollar projects.
  • While environmentalists and indigenous groups will likely celebrate the shift away from the mega-dam policy, experts warn that many threats to the Amazon remain, including pressure by Brazil’s ruralist lobby to open up conserved areas and indigenous lands to agribusiness, along with threats posed by new road, rail, waterway and mining projects.

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Can We Prevent a Global Energy Crisis From Bitcoin Mining?

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TAM HUNT JANUARY 04, 2018

Unchecked bitcoin mining could equal the world's current electricity consumption.

Unchecked bitcoin mining could equal the world’s current electricity consumption

Put it on camera: How to get into scientific film- and video-making

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nature_It’s easier than ever to learn how to produce captivating clips that can boost your scientific outreach — or open the door to a new job.
 Roberta Kwok
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Filming in Yellowstone

Biologist Stephani Gordon turned to freelance film-making to capture nature and science research on camera.Credit: Audrey Hall

Stephani Gordon has filmed squid in the Gulf of California, a nineteenth-century whaling boat in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands and a search for Amelia Earhart’s plane in the central Pacific. In 2017, she shot footage off the coast of Mexico of pelagic creatures such as the paper nautilus (Argonauta nouryi) and vampire jellyfish (Vampyrocrossota childressi).

Gordon, sole proprietor of Open Boat Films in Portland, Oregon, spent more than a decade working as a field biologist, studying seabirds, sharks and other marine animals. But from 2004 to 2005, while working as a marine-ecosystem research specialist at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Honolulu, Hawaii, she served as a field guide for two nature photographers and was impressed by the large audience their images drew. Tiếp tục đọc “Put it on camera: How to get into scientific film- and video-making” →

The crime family at the centre of Asia’s animal trafficking network

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theguardian

Bach brothers based in Vietnam and Thailand are responsible for smuggling thousands of tonnes of elephant ivory, rhino horn and other endangered species

Bach Mai aka ‘Boonchai’ (left) and his brother Bach Van Limh are key players who control the smuggling gateway from Thailand into Laos.
 Bach Mai aka ‘Boonchai’ (left) and his brother Bach Van Limh are key players who control the smuggling gateway from Thailand into Laos.

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There is a simple reason why there is always trouble in Nakhon Phanom. It is the reason why the US air force came here during the Vietnam war, and the reason why this dull and dusty town in north-east Thailand now serves as a primary gateway on the global animal trafficking highway. It is all to do with Tiếp tục đọc “The crime family at the centre of Asia’s animal trafficking network” →

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2017

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Mongabay.com

  • Throughout 2017, scientists discovered new populations of rare wildlife, and rediscovered some species that were previously thought to be extinct.
  • Some countries created large marine protected areas, while a few others granted land rights to indigenous communities.
  • In 2017, we also saw the ever-increasing potential of technology to improve conservation monitoring and efforts.

The past year may have seemed like doom and gloom for the environment, but there was plenty to be thankful for. So once again, we bring you some of the happier environmental stories of 2017 (in no particular order). These include rediscoveries of species that were once thought to be extinct, local communities being granted land rights, and the emergence of new technologies that are boosting conservation efforts.

1. New populations of rare wildlife were found

This year, conservationists discovered some new populations of threatened wildlife. Take, for example, the helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil). A research team recorded a new and “unexpectedly rich population” of this critically endangered bird in western Borneo. For a species that is now nearly extinct because of poaching, this discovery boosts hope for its future.

It was good news for the Grauer’s gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) as well. Surveys in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Maiko National Park revealed several previously uncounted individuals of Grauer’s gorillas in just 1 percent of the park. The researchers think that there might be many more gorillas living inside the largely unexplored 10,885-square-kilometer (4,000-square-mile) park. Tiếp tục đọc “Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2017” →

Ivory trade in China is now banned

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by  on 2 January 2018
  • China has shut its legal, domestic ivory markets and banned all commercial ivory trade.
  • Conservationists have welcomed this ban, calling it “one of the most important days in the history of elephant conservation”.
  • But for China’s ivory ban to work, neighboring countries must follow suit, conservationists say.

China’s ivory trade ban is now in effect, making it illegal to sell and buy ivory in the country. Tiếp tục đọc “Ivory trade in China is now banned” →

China’s high-speed train plans in Southeast Asia stumble

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Disagreements over costs and land procurement are adding years to schedules

asia.nikkei.com

YUKAKO ONO, Nikkei staff writer

Officials attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the rail project linking Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima, on Dec. 21 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. (Photo by Yukako Ono).

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand Exports of high-speed railway systems by China to Southeast Asian nations are lagging behind schedule due to problems over cost sharing and delays in land procurement.

A China-led project in Thailand is finally about to get underway, two years after a groundbreaking ceremony for a part of the route. But the outlook for connecting the line with China’s planned pan-Asian railway network is still dim.

The situation is a matter of concern to China as high-speed railway exports represent a core of the Belt and Road Initiative to reinforce its relations with neighboring countries through infrastructure projects.

The Thai government on Dec. 21 held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 250km, 179 billion baht ($5.46 billion) high-speed rail project linking Bangkok and the northeastern Thai province of Nakhon Ratchasima. Tiếp tục đọc “China’s high-speed train plans in Southeast Asia stumble” →

Vietnam loses $2.4 billion as deep-water port has insufficient infrastructure

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Vietnam has spent bit money to build ports

Ho Kim Lan, secretary general of the Vietnam Port Association (VPA), said 80 percent of container imports and exports still have to go through small ports and vessels. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam loses $2.4 billion as deep-water port has insufficient infrastructure” →

Ice Loss and the Polar Vortex: How a Warming Arctic Fuels Cold Snaps

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insideclimatenews_The loss of sea ice may be weakening the polar vortex, allowing cold blasts to dip south from the Arctic, across North America, Europe and Russia, a new study says.
BY BOB BERWYN, INSIDECLIMATE NEWS
SEP 28, 2017
A strong versus weakened polar vortex. Credit: NOAA

A strong polar vortex (left, from December 2013) is centered over the Arctic. A weakened polar vortex (right, from January 2014) allows cold air to dip farther south. Credit: NOAA

When winter sets in, “polar vortex” becomes one of the most dreaded phrases in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s enough to send shivers even before the first blast of bitter cold arrives.

New research shows that some northern regions have been getting hit with these extreme cold spells more frequently over the past four decades, even as the planet as a whole has warmed. While it may seem counterintuitive, the scientists believe these bitter cold snaps are connected to the warming of the Arctic and the effects that that warming is having on the winds of the stratospheric polar vortex, high above the Earth’s surface.

Here’s what scientists involved in the research think is happening: The evidence is clear that the Arctic has been warming faster than the rest of the planet. That warming is reducing the amount of Arctic sea ice, allowing more heat to escape from the ocean. The scientists think that the ocean energy that is being released is causing a weakening of the polar vortex winds over the Arctic, which normally keep cold air centered over the polar region. That weakening is then allowing cold polar air to slip southward more often.

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Multiple Mekong forums risk igniting rivalry

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ASEAN+ January 03, 2018 01:00

THE NATION 

LEADERS FROM six riparian states along the Mekong River will be busy this year as meetings on many cooperation schemes in the region are scheduled in a situaton that observers have said is overlapping.

 The youngest forum, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC), will call its second summit meeting next Wednesday in Phnom Penh to endorse a five-year action plan (2018-2022) regarding its cooperation projects.

Its participants – six counties in the Mekong basin comprising China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam – have all been involved in many cooperation schemes over the past decades.
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Thu hút công chúng quan tâm đến các nghiên cứu khoa học – A practical guide to Public engagement to scientific findings

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Ngày nay, thu hút công chúng quan tâm đến các kết quả nghiên cứu khoa học  cần được khích lệ trong giới nghiên cứu, Tài liệu này sẽ đưa ra những chỉ dẫn hữu ích để viết các dự án có tác động thực tiễn. Năm bước chính của chỉ dẫn sẽ giúp các nhà nghiên cứu truyền thông với công chúng các nghiên cứu khoa học của mình: Giới hạn, thu hút cộng đồng, lên kế hoạch, thử nghiệm và phổ biến

Tải tài liệu tại đây PDF downloadable here.

Nowadays, public engagement is highly encouraged among researchers. In this guide, you will find useful tips on how to plan and write your next project so it has a real impact. Five steps will guide you in communicating your research: Scoping, Involving people, Planning, User-testing and Dissemination.

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Commodity prices likely to rise further in 2018: World Bank

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Worldbank.org
Oil prices to average $56 a barrel in 2018, up from 2017 average of $53/bbl

WASHINGTON, October 26 – Oil prices are forecast to rise to $56 a barrel in 2018 from $53 this year as a result of steadily growing demand, agreed production cuts among oil exporters and stabilizing U.S. shale oil production, while the surge in metals prices is expected to level off next year, the World Bank said on Thursday.

Prices for energy commodities – which include oil, natural gas, and coal — are forecast to climb 4 percent in 2018 after a 28 percent leap this year, the World Bank said in its October Commodity Markets Outlook. The metals index is expected to stabilize in the coming year, after a 22 percent jump this year as a correction in iron ore prices is offset by increased prices in other base metals. Prices for agricultural commodities, including food commodities and raw materials, are anticipated to recede modestly in 2017 and edge up next year. Tiếp tục đọc “Commodity prices likely to rise further in 2018: World Bank” →

Giật mình số thanh thiếu niên phá thai năm 2016

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Đinh chính những hiểu lầm về năng lượng tái tạo tại Việt Nam (P5)

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GreenID mong muốn giúp cộng đồng hiểu rõ những hiểu lầm thường gặp đang cản trở sự phát triển của NLTT tại Việt Nam và hy vọng rằng cuốn tài liệu này sẽ mang lại những thông tin bổ ích cho người đọc.

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