SDG 14 Life below water - Open Development Mekong https://opendevelopmentmekong.net Sharing information about Mekong and its development with the world. Tue, 11 Jun 2019 01:42:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US Thailand ‘Prostituting its Resources,’ Says Top Nature Photographer As one of Thailand’s foremost marine conservation photographers, Sirachai “Shin” Arunrugstichai sees on a daily basis dead baby sharks discarded as trash by fishing trawlers, tourist speedboats crushing coral, and dead whales cut open and full of plastic. “We are prostituting our resources for others to use,” he said. “We are eating the world to […]

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]]> https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/news/thailand-prostituting-its-resources-says-top-nature-photographer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thailand-prostituting-its-resources-says-top-nature-photographer Vietnam Sea and Island Week launched in Bac Lieu The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu held a ceremony on June 1 to launch Vietnam Sea and Island Week and Action Month for the Environment in response to World Oceans Day and World Environment Day 2019.  Speaking at the event, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung […]

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]]> https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/news/hope-stirs-with-every-turtle-hatchling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hope-stirs-with-every-turtle-hatchling Cambodia’s Endangered River Dolphins at Highest Population in 20 Years For decades, Cambodia’s Mekong River population of Irrawaddy dolphins has verged on extinction. Once believed to have numbered in the thousands, the population began to plummet in the 1970s. During the violent reign of the Khmer Rouge and the years of war that followed, the dolphins were hunted for food. Indiscriminate net fishing, in which the dolphins […]

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