Conservation and environmental news: Greater Mekong
Dogs to sniff out the state of Vietnam's critically endangered rhinos
Highly trained detection dogs are being used help to determine the population status of the Javan rhino in Vietnam, in an attempt to save one of the world’s rarest mammals from extinction.
Emerging hope for the critically endangered Mekong dolphins
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – His Excellency Nao Thuok, Director General of the Cambodian Fisheries Administration, recently hosted an informal meeting of national and international experts to discuss urgent conservation actions for the critically endangered Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin.
Famed clam fishery first to receive MSC certification in Southeast Asia
The Ben Tre clam fishery in Vietnam has received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, becoming the first fishery in Southeast Asia to meet the organization’s sustainability and management standards.
Green Office “cool” at the British Embassy
The number of “Green Offices” in Vietnam has grown with the British Embassy in Hanoi, the British Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the Department for International Development Vietnam (DFID Vietnam) becoming the newest members of WWF Vietnam’s Green Office programme.
Climate change in the Mekong
Hanoi, 24 October 2009- Today, International Climate Action Day unites the world in the fight against climate change, an issue of grave importance to Vietnam as the region is already strongly affected by climate change. A lack of immediate action on climate change will come at great cost to the region, states a new WWF report on climate change.
First rattan association of Cambodia, a step to sustainable rattan industry
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Eleven rattan small and medium enterprise owners and other community rattan processors from Phnom Penh and provinces meet on September 28th to officially form Cambodia’s first rattan association. The agenda will focus on election of a management committee and discussion over conditions and roles of current and future memberships.
New species discovered in the Greater Mekong at risk of extinction due to climate change
A bird eating fanged frog, a gecko that looks like it’s from another planet and a bird which would rather walk than fly, are among the 163 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region last year that are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, says a new report launched by WWF ahead of UN climate talks in Bangkok.
Close Encounters: new species discoveries in the Greater Mekong
New species discovered in the Greater Mekong at risk of extinction due to climate change.
Greater Mekong Climate Change Adaptation agreement: a world’s first in the making…
Asia’s first climate change adaptation agreement was the focus of a recent meeting held in Bangkok, convened on July 22 by WWF Greater Mekong Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme and the Swedish Environmental Secretariat for Asia.
Assessing climate change vulnerability in the Greater Mekong Region
More than 90 specialists and researchers from WWF, relevant NGO’s, government agencies and universities gathered in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 20-21, to assess the climate change vulnerability of six high priority biodiversity conservation areas: the Tonle Sap lake in Cambodia, the Siphandone stretch of the Mekong River in Laos, the Central Annamites Mountains in Vietnam, the Eastern Plains Dry Forests in Cambodia, the Western Forest Complex in Thailand and the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.