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Mekong Delta May Be Inundated By Rising Sea [1]

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) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Agriculture [4], Rice [5], Climate Change [6], Green House Gases [7], Sea Level Rise [8], Thailand [9], Vietnam [10]
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