Vietnam seeks sustainable development of fisheries

Vietnam Plus – Fisheries output is expected to reach 8.2 million tonnes this year, much higher than the target of 6.5 – 7 million tonnes set under a 2016-20 sustainable seafood development programme, according to the Directorate of Fisheries. The export value is expected to be 10 billion USD against a target of 8- 9 billion USD. The output last year was 8.15 million tonnes, 4.38 Read More…

River Of Tears: How Chinese Dams Are Devastating The Mekong

WORLDCRUNCH – Seen from the Thai side, facing the jungle-covered hills of the Laotian bank, the great river bordering the two countries ebbs continuously, like a body of water symbolizing the eternal course of life. The melancholic and beautiful flow of the Mekong, so steady and slow, seems to carry its traditional majesty along with its flat, white waters. But this is an illusion, and Read More…

Numbers of critically endangered Mekong river dolphin stable

WWF – Urgent need for even more collective action to save population from extinction after latest census. The Cambodian Government’s Fisheries Administration and WWF announced today that the Irrawaddy dolphin population in the Mekong River numbers just 89. The number is a slight decline from the estimate of 92 in 2018 but shows that the population has stabilised in recent years after Read More…

Amid Drought and Flooding, Cambodian Fish Catches, Exports Fall…

The Diplomat – For two decades, scientists and environmentalists have warned that fish stocks in the Lower Mekong River were at risk from a cluster of factors including overfishing and use of illegal nets, massive dam construction in Laos and China, and the effects of climate change. And now the numbers appear to support those warnings, with Cambodian fish exports for the first nine Read More…

Room for the river: Mitigating flood risk in South and Southeast Asia

The Third Pole – As the waters of the flooded Kosi river swirled closer, Rohit Kumar started to pull down his new home in the village of Govindpur, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, brick by brick. It was the only way to save the house from being washed away by the floodwaters. All the villagers were doing the same, according to a news report. Everyone was fleeing with whatever they Read More…

With Activists Silenced, China Moves Ahead on Big Dam Project

Yale Environment 360 – The Yangtze River courses from the Himalayan Plateau in Tibet down into southwestern China’s Yunnan province, carving a path through a breathtaking landscape where steep ridges are covered in Yunnan pine. Closer to the river and the road that runs beside it, aspen and birch leaves shimmer in the wind. Clumps of pink rhododendron form natural fences along the terraces Read More…

Urgent call by global experts for our most vulnerable whales,…

World Wildlife Fund – 20th Century whaling nearly wiped out many species of whale worldwide. While some species, such as humpback whales, have bounced back due to strong management measures, a third of the world's cetaceans - whales, dolphins and porpoises - are still threatened with extinction. The critically endangered Vaquita porpoise, only found in the upper Gulf of California, Mexico, Read More…

Germany supplies equipment to monitor Mekong River dam impacts

VN Express – Germany has provided equipment to the Mekong River Commission to monitor the environmental impacts of two mainstream dams on the lower reaches of the Mekong River. The equipment, worth around $600,000, meant to help monitor the impacts of Laos's Xayaburi and Don Sahong dams, was handed over on Tuesday as part of the German government’s support for the MRC’s Joint Read More…

To better protect the world endangered freshwater dolphins

Khmer Times – Cambodia is pushing the conservation of the country’s Mekong River dolphins not only to make it an attractive tourism product, but also to better protect the population of the world endangered mammal. According to Neth Pheaktra, Spokesperson and Secretary of State at the Ministry of Environment, as the freshwater dolphins are increasingly attracting tourists, more Read More…

WWF, fisheries dept announce community co-management for aquatic…

Vientiane Times – World Wide Fund for Nature in Laos (WWF-Laos) in cooperation with the Department of Livestock and Fisheries on Wednesday announced community fishery co-management regulations for Xebanghieng River’s 10 fish reservations of Savannakhet province, focusing on protection of threatened aquatic species. The announcement and official launch of the administration of 10 fish Read More…