In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
The solar energy group of the Renewable Energy Research Centre, Vietnam, has designed an efficient solar water heater. The system consists of three collector-cum-storage tanks with a total capacity of 90 litres. Inside the tank, a metal plate is linked under the solar energy absorber surface. The water-heating mechanism in …
The battle to save Vietnam's elephants is on. As per the last census, fewer than 300 wild elephants were left in the country. At the present rate of poaching, environmentalists fear that none will be left in four years. Shaken by these statistics, the government is appointing villagers to guard …
The Mekong river, running through six nations, has generated lot of development activities and much tension in the Southeast Asian countries. While China and Laos have pinned their hydro-electric hopes on the river and Thailand sees it as a booming tourist resort, for Vietnam and Cambodia any disruption in the …
a study of sea defences in northern Vietnam, carried out by researchers from the University of East Anglia and the Mangrove Ecosystem Research Centre in Hanoi, Vietnam, shows that mangroves are more effective than concrete constructions at keeping out the sea. They are now known to soften the impact of …
A RECENT study of the sea defences around the Gulf of Tonking in northern Vietnam highlights the role of mangroves in strengthening the coastal defences. Researchers from the University of East Anglia, UK, and the Mangrove Ecosystem Research Centre in Hanoi, said that planting mangroves on coasts is more effective …
More than 20 years have passed since the Vietnam war ended, but agent orange continues to live on. Agent orange is a highly poisonous herbicide, used as a defoliant for crops and forest cover. Although it was used by the Americans for just two years - to defoliate the jungles …
Given the pace of development and the concurrent c1cstructionofforests in Vietnam, the Indochina tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) could well be on the path of extinction. The dwindling numbers of these tigers could be attributed to con- tinned hunting, poaching and destruction of Vietnam's already denuded forests. Ali additional threat to …
A 1992 SURVEY carried out by the Vietnamese ministry of forestry and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in the Vu Quang Nature Reserve in central Vietnam,, led to the discovery of the unique creature. The animal could not be clearly identified as being either wild cattle or an …
More than 50,000 people will pay for the nation'., power crisis. The Vietnamese government announced it., plans to displace a large number of people from a remote northern province to make way for a big hydroelectric power project. According to an informed source, thousands of hectares of forests and farmlands …
Community farming of geckos could well benefit the Vietnamese economy and environment. Or so believes Bob Murphy, a herpetologist at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, who recently paid a second visit to Vietnam to catalogue the new species of lizards. Murphy has undertaken a us $15,600 mission to …
Farmers in Vietnam and the Philippines are literally being taught a lesson. Eager to incr crop yields, they were liberal ia using pesticides to contain leaf dar4 age, which has never affected crop yield in the first place. Some 9q farmers were recently interviewee by researchers at the Internationq Rice …
Vietnam is gearing up to combat dengue, a mosquito-bome fever which kills thousands of children in Asia and more than a million worldwide. Aus Aid, Australia's national aid agency, is helping it in its endeavour. They are planning to use an organism called mesocyclops to get rid of the deadly …
Vietnam is rolling out the red carpet for multinationals with a flourish. Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet recently- relaxed his houses like Ford and Toyota. 4-month-old ban on build- He approved of a request - ing factories in rice fields, to put forward by the Hanoi the delight of industrial …
Common garden snails, a cherished culinary delight in Vietnam, are now becoming a major agricultural menace. Billions of snails -- particularly the big, imported, tea-cup sized gastropods known as golden snails -- are eating their way through the rice paddies that form the nation's mainstay. Scientists have determined that 8 …
A euphemistically named agreement for the "sustainable development of the Mekong river basin" has generated a storm of controversy. The rum- blings were heard almost as soon as the accord was signed between the so-called Lower Mekong countries - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam - in the Ist week of …
THE Vu Quang forest, a sweltering, extremely wet, slime-covered rocky terrain on the mountainous border between Laos and Vietnam, is proving to be a veritable zoo of animals unknown to science. After the discovery of the Vu Quang ox (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) last year (Down To Earth, August 31, 1993), biologists …
The good old barter system is back. To meet the demand for duck meat, India will soon import Vietnamese ducks in exchange for Indian buffaloes. According to the animal husbandry department secretary, J P Singh, it was found that Indian buffaloes were in demand in Vietnam while duck meat is …
THE URGENT need for foreign exchange has forced Vietnam to roll out the red carpet for foreign tourists. However, Vietnamese officials voice concern over tourism's negative impact on the environment, threats of uncontrolled growth around scenic areas and lack of infrastructure to sustain tourism in the long run. Environmental considerations …
THE JUNGLES of Vietnam hide a hitherto undescribed mammal. Basing their claim on remains such as skins, skulls and teeth recovered from local hunters, zoologists reckon an adult specimen of the mysterious mammal -- named Pseudoryx nghetnhensis -- weighs about 100 kg, is 80-90 cm high at the shoulder and …
We are proud to invite you to join us at International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Energy (SAFE2015): Fostering Multi-stakeholder collaboration on Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Energy which will be held from 17-19 November 2015 at Nong Lam University Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAMThe official language of the conference …
