Energy companies pledge to measure impacts of large dam projects
Critics say new scorecard to evaluate social and environmental impacts of hydropower projects serves dam builders not local communities.
The First Mekong Resources Forum: Water Resources and Sustainable Development – Perspectives from Laos and Vietnam
Water is vital for all livings, development and prosperity of every nation. Water sources from rivers, lakes and wetlands not only maintain ecological functions and biodiversity, but also supply water for domestic uses, agricultural production, energy and navigation; ensure food…
Crucial Meeting Tomorrow on Laos’s Xayaburi Dam
Wide-ranging coalition calls for the dam to be cancelled. A crucial meeting takes place tomorrow in Siem Reap, Cambodia, among the ministers of the Mekong River Commission on whether to proceed with the US$3.5 billion Xayaburi Dam, the first of…
Save the Mekong Coalition Calls on MRC Council: Pass Resolution to Cancel Xayaburi Dam
Press Release: For Immediate Release [6 December 2011] As the Ministers of the Mekong River Commission’s (MRC) Council prepare to meet tomorrow to discuss whether to proceed with the Xayaburi Dam, the Save the Mekong coalition, a network of civil…
Fuelled by Forests
The past 20 years in Vietnam have been remarkable. The economy has expanded by an average of 7 percent annually since the mid-1990s and according to the Vietnam Development Report 2011, “poverty has fallen drastically from 60 percent in 1993…
Government urged to take actions to prevent rivers from degrading
Experts have rung the alarm bell over the “health” of the river system in Vietnam, saying that a lot of rivers are perceptibly degrading.
Where did the time go?
Danielle Carriere joined PanNature for three months (May - July 2011) under the Students Without Borders program of World University Service of Canada. In the below blog post, she shares her experience with other volunteers on the website of Students…
WB/CEPF supervision mission to visit PanNature
From 14th to 18th June 2011, three representatives from the World Bank, Senior Biodiversity Specialist Ms Claudia Sobrevila, Valerie Hickey and Karen Azeez, Douglas J. Graham, Environment Coordinator for Vietnam and CEPF Grant Director Jack Tordoff undertook a supervision mission…
“Community forest” the effective tool for sustainable forest management
With the success of the pilot project on allocating land and forests to the community for management, experts believe that the “community forest” is really the good mechanism for sustainable forest management.
The thirst for hydropower plants devastating living environment
People are trying to build more and more hydropower plants to satisfy their thirst for power. However, when power plants are set up, the environment gets degrading and the tourism industry cannot develop.