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Discovery of 126 new species in Việt Nam

29/06/2016

The year of 2014 is assessed to be a very successful year for biology scientists. During 2012 - 2013, about 100 new species were discovered in Viet Nam. However, only in 2014, according to estimates of scientists from the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology),
Global e-waste volume

27/06/2016

Over 40 million tones of discarded electrical and electronic equipment found its way into dump yards in 2014, according to a report. And the highest per-capita tallies were in countries that pride themselves on ecological consciousness, according to the report, compiled by the United Nations University, the UN’s educational and research branch.
Impacts of the implementation of commitments relating to trade and environment in International Econ...

27/06/2016

In the last 68 years, particularly in recent years in the 21st century, the globalization and international economic integration, within the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has made two revolutions. Firstly, the globalization of trade in goods has boomed the production and increased services globally
Some common issues of emission trading

27/06/2016

Emission quota is a market-based policy tool to help emission owners implement emission reduction at lower costs compared to other traditional pollution control methods. This tool is first proposed by the Canadian economist John Dales in 1968 at Toronto University and first applied in 1977 according to the Clean Air Act of America. This market model has been studied and successfully applied in rea...
Green growth and trading opportunities for Việt Nam

27/06/2016

For the past 10 years, “green growth” has become an economic development model in many countries and international organizations to protect the environment while ensuring global economic growth by minimizing the amount of industrial waste and greenhouse gasemissions, and using natural resources in a sustainable way
Danang Riverwatch - Water quality supervising community model

27/06/2016

Danang Riverwatch is a model of community combining 5 subjects: students, researchers, authorities, citizens and community organizations. They work together to supervise, control and protect the aquatic environment in Quảng Nam - Đà Nẵng province.
Local knowledge in wetland management in Ba Bể lake

27/06/2016

In addition to current scientific knowledge, during the livings long-standing closely linked with mangroves, local people in Ba Bể lake have accumulated a system of knowledge and livelihoods that is diverse, variable and valuable. Local knowledge is the experience formed and accumulated through many years of usage
Utilization wastewater as a resource

27/06/2016

Wastewater treatment is proving a sound investment, as examples from around the world show its benefits for human health, also for forestry and industry, biogas, domestic water, heat, electricity and fertilizer.
Access to Green Climate Fund, Critical approach to mobilize resources for implementing Việt Nam’s N...

27/06/2016

According to the results from the study on Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) for Việt Nam, there needs around 30 billion USD for Việt Nam to achieve the GHG emission reduction target by 2020. So far, the Government of Việt Nam has made great efforts in responding to climate change (CC) with the total share of 64% of the country spending on climate change related activities coming from state bud...
The Global Environment Facility achievements of period 2010-2014 and orientations for 2014-2018

27/06/2016

The Global Environment Facil- ity (GEF) was established in 1991 to address global environmental issues with 183 member countries. The GEF is an independent finanical institu- tion providing grants for activities in the areas of biodiversity, climate mitigation, chemical and waste, in- ternational waters, land degradation and sustainable forest management, with 5 cycles of operation.
Việt Nam getting support from Japan in sustainable natural resources magement

27/06/2016

The Japanese Government will provide technical assistance on sustainable management of natural resources to the 5 mountainous provinces of Điện Biên, Lai Châu, Sơn La, Hòa Bình and Lâm Đồng in the period of 2015 - 2020. Particularly, it is focused on policy support, sustainable forest management and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+), biodiversity and knowledge sh...
Capacity building for activities of ASOEN Vietnam, towards ASEAN Community 2015

27/06/2016

Việt Nam increasingly reconfirms its role and position in cooperation activities on environmental protection. 2015 marks a very important milestone to ASEAN in general and to Việt Nam in particular, marking 20 years of Việt Nam becoming a member of ASEAN. This is also a year that ASEAN countries continue to promote the implementation of master plans in three pillars in Security - Politics, Economi...