Conversations on Vietnam Development
Snake hunters have been risking their lives in order to make a living
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| The hunters wade across streams throughout the night to stalk on snakes and other wild animals. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
As night falls, men from the Chau Ma and S’tieng ethnic minority groups will leave their hamlets inside a strictly protected area of Cat Tien National Park and head toward the springs. Tiếp tục đọc “Snake-hunting rampant in protected Vietnamese forest”
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| A resident catches a 0.5-metre shark catfish. |
ĐỒNG NAI — Hundreds of residents living near the Trị An hydropower plant in the southern province of Đồng Nai went to the dam to catch fish right after the plant closed its spillway on Tuesday morning.At 10am, the plant dammed up its water following eight consecutive days of release. As water near the dam started to recede, nearby residents used nets, small canoes and even the electric shock method to catch big fish, many of which weighed up to 8kg. Tiếp tục đọc “Đồng Nai fish hunters flock to hydropower dam”
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| Bưng Riềng landfill is covered with unprocessed garbage creating serious pollution. – VNS Photo: Thanhnien.vn |
BÀ RỊA-VŨNG TÀU – After five years of operation, the Bưng Riềng landfill in Xuyên Mộc District has started leaking wastewater and spreading foul smells in the southern province.
The landfill is overloaded with about 22sq.m of unprocessed garbage, according to a report by the Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Some indicators of COD, BOD5 or nitrite have exceeded allowed limits by 2.8 to 13.7 times. Tiếp tục đọc “Southern region landfill overflows”
Shrinking and degrading wild elephant habitats in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have led to a shortage of food and more conflicts between wild and domestic animals, according to Director of the Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre Huynh Trung Luan.
Degrading wild elephant habitats in Dak Lak province have led to a shortage of food and more conflicts between wild and domestic animals.
The locality has witnessed five conflicts between wild and domestic elephants since March. The wild animals, in group of six to seven, have reportedly been approaching forest ranger stations and residential areas to search for food and attack domestic ones. They hurt seven animals of the centre and killed another in Krong Na commune, Buon Don district. Tiếp tục đọc “Hungry wild elephants hurt domestic ones”
A conference took place in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on August 31 to discuss the protection and resilience of the marine ecosystem in the waters in the four central regions that suffered from mass fish deaths last year.
Mass fish deaths, caused by wastewater discharged by Taiwan’s Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh steel company, were first reported in Ha Tinh on April 6, 2016. The incident also occurred in Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue.
As a result, more than 200 kilometres of coastline were polluted, devastating the marine environment and local economies of those provinces, which largely rely on fishing and tourism. Tiếp tục đọc “Conference spotlights recovery of central marine ecology”
VietNamNet Bridge – With increased land subsidence, HCM City needs to build dykes like the ones used in the Netherlands to prevent tides and floods, experts have urged.
HCM City Mayor Nguyen Thien Nhan said MONRE has surveyed the soil and terrain conditions at 17 points in HCMC. The monitoring shows continued subsidence at all points. Subsidence of up to 30 cm in the last 10 years has been found in two places.
“If the soil sinks by 1 cm per annum and the sea water level rises by 0.5 cm per annum, or 1.5 cm in total, the difference between the earth surface and sea water level would be up to 45 cm. If so, the problem will be very serious,” Nhan said. Tiếp tục đọc “Will HCM City build dykes similar to those used in the Netherlands?”
MẠNG LƯỚI SÔNG NGÒI VIỆT NAM PHÁT ĐỘNG CUỘC THI ẢNH
ĐỐI THOẠI VỚI DÒNG SÔNG 2017:
“Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long – Giới trong quản trị tài nguyên nước”
Trong cộng đồng dân cư, phụ nữ luôn là một trong các đối tượng chịu tác động lớn nhất trước các thách thức từ gia tăng dân số hay các vấn đề môi trường. Tuy nhiên, vai trò của họ trong phát triển kinh tế – xã hội cũng như sự tham gia của người phụ nữ nói chung vào các vấn đề môi trường vẫn chưa được ghi nhận rõ nét, đặc biệt là tại Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long. Tiếp tục đọc “Phát động cuộc thi ảnh Đối thoại với dòng sông lần thứ III – năm 2017”
(TN&MT) – Trên địa bàn quận Bình Thạnh (TP.HCM) vẫn tồn tại những con rạch đen, ô nhiễm môi trường ở mức nghiêm trọng suốt một thời gian dài, gây nhiều bức xúc cho người dân. Trước tình trạng này, Sở TN&MT TP.HCM đã đề xuất thực hiện một loạt các giải pháp để cải tạo những dòng kênh đen, trả lại môi trường sống cho người dân.
Ô nhiễm nghiêm trọng
Từ lâu, rạch Bùi Hiếu Nghĩa, Cầu Bông, Cầu Sơn, Long Vân Tự…đã mặc định trong suy nghĩ của người dân quận Bình Thạnh là những con rạch ô nhiễm, mong muốn được cải tạo sớm ngày nào tốt ngày ấy. rạch Lăng, rạch cầu Sơn, rạch Long Vân Tự Tiếp tục đọc ““Cấp cứu” những con rạch đen”
Cau Son Canal in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, is heavily polluted.
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| The solid waste treatment plant operated by Tam Sinh Nghia Investment Development JSC in Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
Leah Schleifer –
Droughts in Somalia. Water rationing in Rome. Flooding in Jakarta and Harvey-battered Houston. It doesn’t take a hydrologist to realize that there is a growing global water crisis. Each August, water experts, industry innovators, and researchers gather in Stockholm for World Water Week to tackle the planet’s most pressing water issues. Tiếp tục đọc “7 Reasons We’re Facing a Global Water Crisis”
STOCKHOLM, Aug 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world needs to use water more efficiently rather than exhausting invisible underground supplies and blindly exporting “virtual water” to avert a global crisis that would undermine food and energy systems, a leading expert warned.
More than one-third of humanity is water-stressed every year or season, while drought crises are on the rise from California to Ethiopia as the planet warms, said Fred Boltz, who leads The Rockefeller Foundation’s work on science and environment. Tiếp tục đọc “Thirsty world must wake up to looming water crisis, expert says”
An estimated 5 percent of deaths in Bangladesh are attributable to drinking water with high levels of arsenic, researchers sayBy Thin Lei Win
BANGKOK, Aug 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Almost a quarter of a century after public health experts discovered mass public poisoning in Bangladesh caused by water contaminated with arsenic, the government is planning a new push to end the scourge, while researchers are designing an app to find safe sites for new wells.
About 20 million Bangladeshis, or one in eight, have been drinking water with arsenic levels higher than the government’s limit of 50 microgrammes (μg) per litre, said Kazi Matin Uddin Ahmed, geology department chair at the University of Dhaka. Tiếp tục đọc “Can technology help Bangladesh end mass arsenic poisoning?”
From major disaster, conflicts and under-reported stories, we shine a light on the world’s humanitarian hotspots
TEPIC, Mexico, Aug 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Countries need to quadruple spending to $150 billion a year to deliver universal safe water and sanitation, helping to reduce childhood disease and deaths while boosting economic growth, said the World Bank. Tiếp tục đọc “The cost of clean water: $150 billion a year, says World Bank”
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