A short video produced by PanNature, reflecting opinions and perspectives of different stakeholders, especially local people living in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, about hydropower dam projects on the mainstream Mekong.
In August 2014, a 5.5 MW hydropower dam broke for the second time in Gia Lai Province. Luckily no one was killed. This isn’t the first time that dams have leaked or broken in Vietnam but what was striking was the fact that according to the article the construction company ignored basic safety consideration by building the dam in the wet season. As a result, the cement didn’t dry properly and couldn’t withstand the water pressure. After the dam failed for the first time in June 2013, the provincial government ordered the company to suspend construction. The company refused.
Vietnam’s environment has faced accelerating pressures of degradation and pollution from development. Pollution not only affects the health, property and lives of citizens and the state, but is also a potential source of political and social unrest, causing civil protests to stop the acts of pollution. Therefore, clear litigation for citizen lawsuits to protect their rights and interests will be an essential solution and beneficial for citizens, the state, enterprises, and other parties.
The Center for People and Nature (PanNature) would like to introduce to you the Policy Bulletin on Natural Resources, Environment and Sustainable Development No. 13, Quarter I/2014.
Just for 2 days, 5-6th May 2014, the Forests Asia Summit held in Jakarta, Indonesia has waved many pressing issues in the sustainable development goals of the region.
If forests generally and forest products particularly are seen as a property; then its owners need at least balance between "protection" and "utilization”. However, in this reason, the management of the State of Vietnam on forests has not been to do so!
The Financial Times recently published an article entitled China: The road to reform. The first sentence reads: “For those who have to endure the toxic smog of northern China, it often comes as a surprise to learn that Chinese environmental laws and emissions regulations are some of the most stringent in the world.”
Since 2012, Caritas Switzerland and PanNature with funding from Misereor have implemented the community-based tourism project in Nam Dam village. The objective of this project is to develop a model in Nam Dam as a pilot model of how community-based…
Recently, People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) has published the guidance on pines in the mountains of Mai Chau - Moc Chau to provide specific information and updates on Pinopsida plants, collectively referred to as the coniferous flora in the mountains…
If you want to understand why Vietnam’s environmental problems are so intractable, read the article in the August 23, 2013 edition of Viet Nam News entitled Illegal wharves threaten environment.