Health

Pandemic flu: from the front lines

Researchers describe the scientific and public-health challenges they face in battling the H1N1 virus.

Publication Date: 
03/09/2009
Nature
461
7260
20
Tags:
Health, Health Care, Diagnostic Methods, Viral Diseases, Influenza, Africa, Japan, Vietnam, Mexico, United States Of America (US), Australia, Argentina, India, Swine Flu
Water Resources

Institutional and development issues in integrated water resource management of Saigon River

The article focuses on endogenous institutional factors in the water sector and the challenges and opportunities to an alternative integrated management approach in Vietnam, particularly in the context of its political legacy, current development goal, and Doi Moi reforms, using Saigon River as a case study.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2009
Edsel E. Sajor, Nguyen Minh Thu
Journal of Environment & Development
18
3
268
Tags:
River Pollution, Water Resources, Rivers, Water Management, Urban Water Supply, Health Effects, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Waste Disposal, Public Participation, Vietnam
Water Resources

Implementing integrated river basin management: lessons from the Red River Basin, Vietnam

This report focuses on the establishment of the Red River Basin Organization (RRBO) in Vietnam, but expands its analysis to the wider transformations of the water sector that impinge on the formation and effectiveness of this organization. A few reflections on the policy process are drawn from this analysis, albeit in a tentative form given the relatively limited period of time considered here.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2009
Franois Molle, Chu Thai Hoanh
International Water Management Institute
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Management, Water Policy, Governance, Vietnam, River Basin
Climate Change

Mekong Delta May Be Inundated By Rising Sea

More than a third of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, where nearly half of the country's rice is grown, will be submerged if sea levels rise by 1 meter (39 inches), an environment ministry scenario predicted.

Publication Date: 
21/08/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Forests, Agriculture, Rice, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Sea Level Rise, Thailand, Vietnam
Health

 According to Report

Vegetarians less bony: Going vegetarian could reduce one

Publication Date: 
30/07/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
Animal Products, Health, Research, Vietnam, Australia
Industry

Nike's New Leather Policy: No Sourcing From Amazon Rainforest

Following a report by Greenpeace calling out a number of companies whose supply chains have been connected to rainforest deforestation, Nike has created a policy to not source leather from cattle raised in the Amazon rainforest (the company says it already does not source from there) and will require that suppliers create leather tracing systems.

Publication Date: 
27/07/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Leather Industry, Amazon, Deforestation, Greenpeace, China, Vietnam
Natural Disasters

Vietnam floods leave 22 dead, 13 missing

Vietnam floods leave At least 22 people died and 13 others went missing in weekend storms that pummelled mountainous northern Vietnam, the government

Publication Date: 
07/07/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Floods, Vietnam
Wildlife

Status, conservation and trade in African and Asian rhinoceroses

Poachers in Africa and Asia are killing an ever increasing number of rhinos

Publication Date: 
06/07/2009
IUCN
Tags:
CITES, Endangered Species, Wildlife, Rhinoceros, Orang NP, Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Poaching, Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe, China, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Asia
Climate Change

Sea level rise and the vulnerability of coastal peoples

This paper will consider the likely economic, social and cultural impacts on coastal communities by displacement due to climate change induced sea level rise. Additionally, it will take into account the secondary risks associated with uprooting

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
Anthony Oliver-Smith
UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security
Tags:
Coastal Erosion, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Displacement, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Alaska, Tuvalu Island, India, Bonn, Anthony Oliver-Smith, UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security
Fisheries

Empty coasts, barren seas

Gaining access to the territorial waters of many developing countries has been a goal of expanding global capital in recent years. It comes in different forms and under different names but with the single objective of extracting profits for big business. The European Union (EU) is at the forefront of this drive.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
Seedling
0
0
23
Tags:
Fisheries, Marine Fisheries, Aquaculture, Trade, Endangered Species, Marine Fisherfolk, Exports, Asia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Developing Countries, European Union (EU)

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