China's 10-week South China Sea fishing ban begins
Source: United Press International
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2013-05-15 21:59:26 -0700 | green-news
China Thursday announced the start of its annual 10-week fishing ban "in most parts of the South China Sea" for rehabilitating marine resources. "Foreign boats will also be strictly banned from fishing in the area during the period," China Daily...
PIX: World's Rhinos could soon be gone, gone forever
Source: Rediff
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2013-05-13 01:09:46 -0700 | green-news
The Baburnama famously records Emperor Babur hunting rhino in the Punjab plains It features on the Rs 10 note along with tiger and elephant The rhino is Assam's state animal "Kaziranga Sanctuary has 2,300 rhinos, Manas has 20, Pobitra has...
Flood control in Vietnam: Up a creek
Source: The Economist
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2013-05-02 10:19:01 -0700 | green-news
The city's location is good for manufacturers who cheaply produce goods here and truck them to nearby ports with easy access to the South China Sea. But it worries urban planners familiar with the city's quixotic campaign to prevent flooding....
Deadly Bird Flu Is Global Threat, GPs Warned
Source: Sky News
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2013-05-01 15:06:56 -0700 | green-news
At least 126 people in China have been infected with the H7N9 virus, most of them near Shanghai...Another 60% have been treated in hospital for serious lung problems. Public Health England (PHE) has taken the precaution of writing to GPs,...
Gardening Etcetera: A gathering in the moonlight
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2013-04-27 06:15:02 -0700 | green-news
Arizona Daily Sun 1 hour ago The full moon meant a good time for my family in the Highlands of Vietnam...The story of the bat was my favorite because it always left me with curiosity about night life...The full...
Poachers Close in on Last Rhino Retreat
Source: Inter Press Service
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2013-04-21 04:51:43 -0700 | green-news
The ungulate is also found in other protected reserves throughout Assam, namely the Manas National Park in the foothills of the Himalayas on the border of Bhutan, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, not far from the Assamese capital Guwahati and Orang National...
We need a bit more hunger to end poverty
Source: Spiked
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2013-04-15 07:07:48 -0700 | green-news
Yesterday, the UK Observer s lead story was Millions face starvation as world warms, say scientists'. The story, by the Guardian s environment editor, John Vidal, continues: Millions of people could become destitute in Africa and Asia as staple foods...
Save The Rhino: India Using Drone Technology To Protect Endangered Wildlife From Poachers
Source: International Business Times
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2013-04-11 04:36:27 -0700 | green-news
Officials at the Kaziranga National Park said the drones will aid them in monitoring parts of the park to protect the rhinos from poachers, who have already killed 16 animals in the first three months of this year, after slaughtering...
The Monsanto Rider Is Much, Much Worse Than GMOs
Source: Salem News
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2013-03-31 02:38:17 -0700 | green-news
Given that Monsanto has already gotten DHS to define organics as a biosecurity threat, it is no leap of the imagination that Vilsack who has been an aggressive servant of the biotech industry, is set to declare organic products plant...
Protected areas in Vietnam is 3.5 million grant
Posted by: lethibichlan
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2012-07-27 06:26:41 -0700 | green-news
On 9 / 9, Development Programme UNDP United Nations cooperation with the Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Rural Development project "Overcoming barriers to improve management effectiveness of protected areas in Vietnam Nam. " The project will be implemented in...
Vietnamese Rescuers Struggle To Save Mythical Giant Turtle
Posted by: ryangeneral
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2012-03-01 16:41:38 -0800 | green-news
In a struggle to save a rare, giant turtle that is considered a sacred symbol of Vietnam, hundreds of Vietnamese are working together to clean up a lake in Hanoi, the country's capital. According to local scientists, pollution at Hoan...
8 dead in latest Vietnam floods—government
Source: Inquirer.net
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2011-01-03 13:37:55 -0800 | travel-news
Vietnam, bringing to about 150 the number killed in flooding disasters over the past month, the government said Wednesday. Almost 34,000 people have been forced from their homes in the south-central coastal provinces of Ninh Thuan, Khanh Hoa and Phu...
Miss Earth 2010 to be Held in Vietnam
Posted by: ken_nic2009
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2012-11-02 18:12:11 -0700 | green-news
Now on its 10th year, the third most prestigious beauty pageant in the world is going to be held outside the Philippines for the first time. Vietnam’s hosting of the 10th Miss Earth pageant was officially announced during a press...
Scientist at Work Blog: A Forest Denizen at Risk
Source: The New York Times
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | updated 2013-05-22 12:09:39 -0700 | green-news
Recent Posts May 22 Slow lorises in the deep dark of the Vietnamese forest are probably wise to avoid the scientist who wanders by with a flashlight and a notebook...May 20 Sometimes a lot of light at night does not...
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