Posted 10 Apr 2017 11:12
Updated 10 Apr 2017 11:21

An aerial view of bleaching in the Cairns-Townsville region of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef AFP/Ed ROBERTS

SYDNEY: Coral bleached for two consecutive years at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has “zero prospect” of recovery, scientists warned on Monday (Apr 10), as they confirmed the site has again been hit by warming sea temperatures.

Researchers said last month they were detecting another round of mass bleaching this year after a severe event in 2016, and their fears were confirmed after aerial surveys of the entire 2,300km long bio-diverse reef.

Last year, the northern areas of the World Heritage-listed reef were hardest hit, with the middle-third now experiencing the worst effects. Tiếp tục đọc “‘Zero recovery’ for Great Barrier Reef corals in back-to-back bleaching” →

Coastal erosion threatens Bình Thuận Province

09.04.201709.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Viet Nam News Update: January, 27/2017 – 10:00

Erosion is seen recently in southern coastal Bình Thuận Province’s Tiến Thành Commune. VNA Photo

BÌNH THUẬN — Extreme weather conditions resulting in a complex tide phenomenon, landslides and sea erosion are threatening coastal areas in central Bình Thuận Province, authority officials and local people have said.

Mai Kiều, director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this week that landslides and erosion constantly hitting the province’s 10km coastline over the past 10 years had caused extensive damage to local life.

Tuy Phong District was the hardest hit area, with hundreds of households in the communes and townships, including La Gi, Tân Phước, Vĩnh Tân and Tiến Thành, faced with the high possibility of having to flee their homes.

Landslides and erosion have been increasingly impacting agricultural production; infrastructure, including roads and sea dykes; and particularly many protective forests.

The sea has completely destroyed over 450m of sea dykes and damaged nearly 300 houses and dozens of hectares of forest in the two areas of La Gi and Tân Phước alone, according to Kiều.

Last month, sea tides and waves 3-4m high devastated 150 households in Vĩnh Tân Commune, with some 300m of coastline completely eroded.

Tiếp tục đọc “Coastal erosion threatens Bình Thuận Province” →

Mekong Delta urged to store fresh water for 2017 dry season

08.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Last update 08:15 | 06/02/2017

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VietNamNet Bridge – The dry season in 2017 is expected to be less severe than in 2016, but Mekong Delta will still face a lack of fresh water and saline intrusion, scientists say.

Localities in Mekong Delta are now taking initiative in storing water and cooperating with each other in exploiting water sources, getting ready to cope with drought and saline intrusion.

According to the Central Center for Hydrometeorology Forecasting, the 2016-2017 dry season is likely to end later than usual. It said the drought would be less severe than in 2015-2016, while the water level on Mekong River would be low and influenced by tides. Tiếp tục đọc “Mekong Delta urged to store fresh water for 2017 dry season” →

Central region recovers after mass fish deaths

07.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

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Update: April, 07/2017 – 09:00

Residents of Vĩnh Linh District in central Quảng Trị Province receive financial compensations for the environmental catastrophe caused by the Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Steel Corporation last year. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Tĩnh

HÀ NỘI — A year after the environmental catastrophe of mass fish deaths caused by the Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Steel Corporation, residents along the central coast are trying to return to a normal life.

Formosa’s actions polluted more than 200km of coastline in April last year, killing more than 100 tonnes of fish and devasting the environment, robbing thousands of people of their livelihoods and severely damaging the economies of Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Tri and Thừa Thiên Huế provinces.

Fisheries and tourism, key economic sectors for the central region, were plunged into a serious crisis.

Residents surviving on fishing were rendered desperate and helpless, not knowing what to do with no fish or shrimp to catch. Tiếp tục đọc “Central region recovers after mass fish deaths” →

China’s Influence on Hydropower Development in the Lancang River and Lower Mekong River Basin

07.04.201708.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

CGIAR (consultative Group in Agriculture Research)

Read and download:China’s Influence on Hydropower Development in the Lancang River and Lower Mekong River Basin

Link to Mekong Hydropwer Map and Portal

Series of “State of knowledge” on Mekong:

1. The Impact of Dams on the Mekong
2. Mekong sediment basics
3. Corporate social responsibility in Mekong hydropower development
4. China’s Influence on Hydropower Development in the Lancang River and Lower Mekong River Basin

Corporate social responsibility in Mekong hydropower development

07.04.201708.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

CGIAR (Consultative Group in Agriculture Research)

Read and Download:Corporate social responsibility in Mekong hydropower development

Link to Mekong Hydropwer Map and Portal

Series of “State of knowledge” on Mekong:

Mekong sediment basics

07.04.201708.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

CGIAR (Cnsultative Group in Agriculture Research)

Read and download:Mekong sediment basics

Link to Mekong Hydropwer Map and Portal

Series of “State of knowledge” on Mekong:

The Impact of Dams on the Mekong

07.04.201708.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

CGIAR (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)

Read and Download: The Impact of Dams on the Mekong

Link to Mekong Hydropwer Map and Portal

Series of “State of knowledge” on Mekong:

From dams to basins: mapping across scales

06.04.201707.04.2017 ~ Đào Thu Hằng ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Link to Mekong Hydropwer Map and Portal

Series of “State of knowledge” on Mekong:

Tiếp tục đọc “From dams to basins: mapping across scales” →

Mekong Delta sinks into the sea

06.04.2017 ~ Đào Thu Hằng ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

vietnamnet.vn_The Mekong Delta is sinking 2.5cm every year because of ground water extraction and unreasonable planning and constructions on the surface.

Farmers use underground water during dry season

The problem was discussed at a conference about sinking threat and solution for the Mekong Delta on March 21 in Can Tho City. Tiếp tục đọc “Mekong Delta sinks into the sea” →

Climate policy hub opens in Hanoi

05.04.201705.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Last update 17:17 | 05/04/2017

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VietNamNet Bridge – A knowledge hub to support climate change action was launched in Ha Noi on Tuesday.

Youngsters plant a coastal protection forest in Soc Trang Province’s Tran De District. — Photo: VNA/VNS

The Climate Policy Hub, hosted by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)’s regional office in Ha Noi, aims to generate robust evidence on climate change in countries across Asia, and assist in policy development and investment decisions aimed at mitigating and adapting to climate change.

The hub offers agro-ecosystem diagnoses, mapping and modelling exercises, and economic and policy analyses, said Dr Dindo Campilan, CIAT’s Asia director at the inauguration ceremony. Tiếp tục đọc “Climate policy hub opens in Hanoi” →

Mekong Delta shifts strategy, takes advantage of benefits of flooding

31.03.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Last update 08:16 | 24/01/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – In the past, Mekong Delta residents, striving to produce as much rice as possible, built closed embankments to prevent floods and cultivate third crops. But now they need floods to preserve water to fight drought and saline intrusion.

Le Anh Tuan, deputy head of the Climate Change Research Institute under Can Tho University, said it was necessary to reconsider third-crop rice cultivation.

Tuan said many years ago, ensuring food security was the priority for the Mekong Delta.
Therefore, farmers tried to cultivate three rice crops a year to increase productivity. In order to do this, they had to build embankments to prevent floods. Tiếp tục đọc “Mekong Delta shifts strategy, takes advantage of benefits of flooding” →

China eyes an opportunity to take ownership of climate change fight

30.03.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

The Guardian

The economic and environmental cost of pollution will drive Beijing’s policies regardless of what Donald Trump does

Smog in Liaocheng in eastern China. Reducing carbon emissions is a priority for Beijing’s leadership and could help to bring about global change. — Smog in Liaocheng in eastern China. Reducing carbon emissions is a priority for Beijing’s leadership, which could influence the global battle against climate change. Photograph: Sipa Asia/REX/Shutterstock

Li Shuo

Thursday 19 January 2017 21.57 EST Last modified on Tuesday 7 March 2017 20.31 EST

Twenty years ago, climate change was believed by many in Beijing to be a conspiracy cooked up by the western world to contain China’s development.

Since then, China has performed an about-turn, not only recognising climate change as a major global challenge but also, ahead of Davos this week, vowing to lead the world’s effort in combating it.

The election of Donald Trump, who, labelling climate change a “hoax” created by China, has reversed the conspiracy, casts a dark shadow on the prospect of future international climate cooperation. But for China, now could be a moment of opportunity. Tiếp tục đọc “China eyes an opportunity to take ownership of climate change fight” →

Phát triển nhiệt điện than ở ĐBSCL: Cần xem xét những rủi ro tiềm ẩn

29.03.201702.04.2017 ~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

MTG – Đăng lúc: 27.03.2017 05:54

Theo Quy hoạch phát triển điện lực quốc gia giai đoạn 2011-2020 có xét đến năm 2030 (Quy hoạch điện VII điều chỉnh), một loạt các nhà máy điện than sẽ được xây dựng ở đồng bằng sông Cửu Long (ĐBSCL). Xoay quanh vấn đề quy hoạch phát triển nhiệt điện than tại khu vực này, đã có nhiều nghi ngại về những tiềm ẩn rủi ro.

Công bố tại tọa đàm “Lựa chọn nào cho phát triển năng lượng ở Việt Nam” vừa qua, báo cáo của Trung tâm phát triển sáng tạo xanh (GreenID) đã có những phân tích rõ nét về vấn đề này.

Tiếp tục đọc “Phát triển nhiệt điện than ở ĐBSCL: Cần xem xét những rủi ro tiềm ẩn” →

What is the right water supply solution for the Mekong Delta?

26.03.201726.03.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Last update 08:10 | 18/01/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – International organizations and the government of Vietnam are all considering solutions to supply safe water to the Mekong River Delta, one of three deltas in the world most vulnerable to climate change.

Nguyen Hong Tien, a senior official of the Ministry of Construction, said the solution for the Delta is a combination of both inter-provincial water supply plants and smaller-scale water supply works in urban and rural areas.

In small residential quarters, which cannot receive water from regional works, people will use water from salt and brackish-water treatment stations.

He said the Mekong Delta should prioritize the use of surface water from the Tien and Hau Rivers for daily life and production needs. Tiếp tục đọc “What is the right water supply solution for the Mekong Delta?” →

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Chuyên mục: Biến đổi khí hậu – Climate change

‘Zero recovery’ for Great Barrier Reef corals in back-to-back bleaching

ChannelNewsAsia

Coastal erosion threatens Bình Thuận Province

Mekong Delta urged to store fresh water for 2017 dry season

Central region recovers after mass fish deaths

vietnam news

China’s Influence on Hydropower Development in the Lancang River and Lower Mekong River Basin

Corporate social responsibility in Mekong hydropower development

Mekong sediment basics

The Impact of Dams on the Mekong

From dams to basins: mapping across scales

Mekong Delta sinks into the sea

Climate policy hub opens in Hanoi

Mekong Delta shifts strategy, takes advantage of benefits of flooding

China eyes an opportunity to take ownership of climate change fight

The economic and environmental cost of pollution will drive Beijing’s policies regardless of what Donald Trump does

Phát triển nhiệt điện than ở ĐBSCL: Cần xem xét những rủi ro tiềm ẩn

What is the right water supply solution for the Mekong Delta?