Vietnam struggles to preserve biodiversity

Vietnam Plus Preserving biodiversity in Vietnam was the main topic of discussion at a workshop on May 5 in Hanoi. Nguyen Quoc Dung, from the Forest Inventory and Planning Institute under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development emphasised the need for a strategic framework and action plan for the Core Environment Programme (CEP)’s phase 3 (2018-2022), building a legal framework for Read More…

Climate change threatens water security in Vietnam

Viet Nam News Ensuring water security is becoming an urgent task for Việt Nam in the context of climate change impacting all aspects of life, heard a conference on Wednesday. Held by Việt Nam’s Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises (VAFIE), the Việt Nam Academy for Water Resources (VAWR), Germany’s Network for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and German Agency for International Read More…

Over 700 illegal fishermen netted in Cambodia

Khmer Times A four-month government campaign has exposed 730 cases of illegal fishing on Tonle Sap lake. Noa Thuok, secretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture, said 30 people have been sent to court so far as a result of the inter-ministerial crackdown, which began in December. Community organizations welcomed the action and urged officials to continue efforts to combat fishing Read More…

Illegal fishing task force for Tonle Sap Lake claims success

The Cambodia Daily A government task force set up to curb illegal fishing on the Tonle Sap lake has confiscated more than 60 boats, seized thousands of meters of illegal fishing nets and arrested dozens of fishermen during its four-month campaign, the National Police reported on Wednesday. Prime Minister Hun Sen created the task force in December to crack down on rampant illegal fishing on the Read More…

Diversify food sources, experts tell forum

Khmer Times Cambodia needs to diversify its food sources and improve marine conservation efforts amid dwindling numbers of fish stocks in the Mekong River, which remains one of the main sources of fish for Cambodians, experts said yesterday. During a Sustainable Mekong Research Network (Sumernet) forum in Phnom Penh yesterday, experts said the government needed to improve efforts to ensure the Read More…

IUCN launches wetlands project

Vietnam Net Bridge The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) launched a regional project to enhance the resilience of wetlands in Lower Mekong countries on the occasion of World Wetlands Day (February 2).       Funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), and Read More…

Angkor Wat’s collapse from climate change has lessons for today

National Geographic Angkor, Cambodia – Next to the road leading into Angkor Thom—one of the walled cities that make up Angkor, the ancient Khmer empire in Cambodia—stands a solitary but crumbling bridge with corbeled arches made out of recycled sandstone blocks. The bridge seems to be of little significance; no water runs beneath it. Few, if any, of the tour buses shuttling visitors to Read More…

Mekong Delta protective forests wiped away by rising waters

Vietnam Net Bridge Thousands of households along the coast in Ca Mau province have been living in fear as hundreds of meters of protective forests have been lost to the sea each year. Nguyen Cong Tuan of Dat Mui commune recently drove reporters to the Vam Xoay seaport, about two kilometers away from the central area of the commune. “The sea here is compared with an ‘evil genius’. Strong Read More…

Three fish species known as ‘sea monsters’ in danger of extinction

VietNamNet Bridge Ca ho (Catlocarpio siamensis), vo co (Pangaius sannitwongsei) and tra dau (Pangasianodon gigas) living in the Mekong Delta are all large-size fish which can reach 300 kilos in weight and three meters in length. They are all in danger of extinction.As they have enormous size and always causes big waves when whisking their tail, the fish are called ‘sea monster of Mekong Read More…

Role of fisheries emphasised in reports

The Phnom Penh Post A spate of reports by WorldFish, an international organisation that researches how fisheries can help reduce poverty and hunger, illustrates how the fishing industry supports the economic survival of many of the Kingdom’s inhabitants. The reports give an inside look at the role fisheries play in driving employment in Cambodia, and provide a deep-dive into the minutia Read More…