Fish sanctuary offers food for generations

Inquirer (Philippines) 15 October 2015 Lydia Cantos will not allow anyone to do away with the law, especially that related to fisheries. “I love this job. The sea employed my father and my brothers. It literally nurtured us. Imagine rice on the table without fish?” she says. Cantos, the coastal resource management (CRM) coordinator of Gloria, a serene seaside town of Oriental Mindoro Read More…

Vietnam’s readiness to realise REDD+ evaluated

Vietnam Net Bridge 10 October 2015 The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Office in Vietnam held a conference in Hanoi on October 7 to evaluate the nation’s readiness to implementing the initiative. The event is part of activities to complete the readiness package (R-package) report, which enables Vietnam to join the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Read More…

Vietnam pledges ‘ambitious’ cut to future emissions

Channel NewsAsia 13 October 2015 Vietnam has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by eight per cent below normal levels by the year 2030, its contribution to the UN target of keeping global warming below two degrees Celsius. The announcement came as world leaders gear up for the 2015 climate conference in Paris at the end of November. “It’s ambitious, because at present Read More…

In Vietnamese floating villages, a precarious life

The Cambodia Daily 12 October 2015 They live in floating houses along the river here because they have no legal right to own land. Some say their immigrant families have been here for generations, but they are all treated like outsiders. For the thousand or so ethnic Vietnamese families who have lived and fished for years in the floating villages along this stretch of the Tonle Sap river Read More…

Asia Pacific leaders endorse fishery growth, resilience

The Fish Site 12 October 2015 Food security and fishery leaders and policy-makers from Asia Pacific economies have formally adopted the Iloilo Plan of Action that strongly promotes climate resiliency and inclusive growth in the sector. The policy was adopted as the two-day Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High Level Policy Dialogue on Food Security and the Blue Economy came to a Read More…

Mekong faces water shortage

Vietnam Net Bridge 11 October 2015 The drought in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta continues to severely affect farms and households in the region, causing water shortages for thousands of families in the provinces of Long An, Dong Thap, An Giang and Can Tho City. The most seriously affected are families who farm fish. Duong Van Teo, who raises about 30,000 fish in Tan Hung District in Long An Read More…

Absence of rains pose threat for Mekong Delta

Vietnam Net Bridge 11 October 2015 Farmers in the Mekong Delta depend heavily on the wet season inundating their fields but this year the rains are late Mekong Delta provinces such as Long An, Dong Thap and An Giang are normally grappling with floods at this time of year but the heavy rains are yet to come. In most places this would be good news but in the Delta it’s anything but. Read More…

El Niño causing unusual dry spell across Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

Thanh Nien News 10 October 2015 The Mekong Delta, Vietnam's rice basket, is facing a historic dry period as intense El Nino conditions have changed rainfall patterns, an expert said.  The delta usually saw very high rainfall during every monsoon season. But this year that is not the case, with water levels in many places dropping to record lows. Dang Van Dung, deputy director of the Read More…

Drought spawns fish fears

The Phnom Penh Post 6 October 2015 Fishing communities along two of Cambodia’s principle rivers say their livelihoods are threatened by droughts that have reduced water levels and devastated fish numbers. “The Tonle Sap is 3 metres lower than last year,” Long Sochhet, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Fishing Communities, said yesterday. “Less water means less fish, so it is a Read More…

Cambodia says industrialized nations must help mitigate climate change

Voice of America 26 September 2015 As world leaders prepare for a major summit on climate change in Paris this December, Cambodian officials say industrialized nations should provide support to lesser developed countries, to offset their contributions to global warming. Like other countries, Cambodia is preparing its own plan to contribute to the fight against climate change, under UN Read More…