Local researchers trained in carbon control
Domestic energy scientists and experts have received training in carbon management-related issues at a two-day seminar which closed on June 25 in Hanoi. The event was organised by the Institute of...
View ArticleNew flame-headed bird species found in Cambodia capital
A new species of bird with a distinctive orange-red coloured tuft of feathers on its head has been found in Cambodia’s populous capital city, conservationists said on Wednesday. This file photo shows...
View ArticleTrans-Vietnam cycling promotes environmental protection
The 2013 Trans-Vietnam Cycling programme will begin on July 4 to raise public awareness of traffic safety and marine environmental protection. Themed ‘For the Homeland’s Sea and Islands’, this year’s...
View ArticleElephant tusk smuggler seized in HCM City
Twenty elephant tusk-based products were secretly hidden in the luggage belonging to the man, who was returning from France. Investigation in the case is ongoing. Ivory-based products sell at a high...
View Article21,000 species at risk of extinction
Smart, who heads IUCN’s biodiversity conservation union, insisted urgent and more efficient action was needed “if we are serious about stopping the extinction crisis that continues to threaten all life...
View ArticleCity budgets $3.3b for climate change plan
CM City has earmarked VND70.54 trillion ($3.3 billion) for 36 projects to mitigate the effects of climate change, which is expected to severely affect the city. Based on assessments of the impacts, HCM...
View ArticleHit by poachers, S. Africa to lobby for rhino horn sale
Environment minister Edna Molewa said the country will submit a proposal “to introduce regulated international trade in rhino horn” at the next meeting of the wildlife trade regulator CITES in South...
View ArticlePollution worsens in Dong Nai River
Pollution in the Dong Nai River, mostly from thousands of factories, continues to affect the water supply to residents and farmland in HCM City and surrounding provinces. The river supplies water for...
View ArticleASEAN committed to environmental protection
Deputy Natural Resources and Environment Minister Bui Cach Tuyen made the statement at the 17th meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Multilateral Environmental Agreements’ (AWGMEA) which opened in...
View ArticlePhilippines finds huge hoard of endangered species
Five dead crocodiles, 14 critically endangered turtles and a cache of other rare species have been found in the home of a suspected wildlife trader in one of the Philippines’ biggest slums, the...
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