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Inordinate growth focus hurts biodiversity
Posted by Vietnam Net: None Given on May 4th, 2015
Vietnam Net: "In the past years, we were too focused on developing the economy, and neglected environmental protection and biodiversity conservation," said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Bui Cach Tuyen. "This improper view led to insufficient measures to manage and conserve biodiversity, and increasing impacts of climate change are directly affecting it (the country's biodiversity)." The nation's flora and fauna were facing the pressure of changing habitat and frequent natural disasters,...
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Ministry urged to assess impact of Mekong River damming
Posted by Vietnam Net: None Given on March 7th, 2015
Vietnam Net: Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has told the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to assess impact of hydropower damming in the mainstream Mekong River on residents in the downstream.
The ministry said at a meeting on Tuesday with the Deputy PM that it has invited representatives of Laos and Cambodia, and international organizations and experts to jointly prepare a study on impact of hydropower projects.
Le Duc Trung, office manager of the Vietnam National Mekong Committee, said...