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Climate study of Mekong Basin projects crop shifts
2013-04-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bangkok Post: A climate-change study on the Lower Mekong Basin says Laos' and Vietnam's central highlands can anticipate declines in production of robusta coffee and forecasts the cash crop will become more suitable for northeastern Thailand. "For robusta coffee, we found overall the central highlands will have reduced suitability," said Jeremy Carew-Reid, the main author of Climate Change and Impact Study for the Lower Mekong Basin. "But other areas will open up, such as northeastern Thailand, northern...
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Mekong hit by climate change
2013-04-08 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Viet Nam News: Fish farms in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang. Climate change is likely to have a great impact on fish farming along the Mekong River as erratic rainfall will disrupt the flood pulse cycle of the river, predicts a new study. -- VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hung BANGKOK (VNS)-- A new study on Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in the Lower Mekong Basin released on March 29 has revealed that the effects of climate change in the basin is worse than the global average. Final results of the United States...
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Climate Change Will Harm Mekong Basin Harvests
2013-03-31 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: One of the most fertile areas of south east Asia, the Lower Mekong Basin, faces a bleak future from the impacts of climate change, according to a U.S.-funded study. The lead author of the study, Dr. Jeremy Carew-Reid, says some of its findings are "very shocking.' Hotter and wetter rainy seasons and more long-lasting dry seasons in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam will jeopardize the region's reputation as one of the world's major producers of crops on which hundreds of millions depend....
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Scientists say Climate Change, Dams Threaten Mekong Livelihoods
2013-03-29 17:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: Scientists meeting in the Thai capital have warned extreme weather caused by climate change will reduce fish stocks and major crops in the Mekong River Basin if countries in Southeast Asia fail to adapt. However, they also warn dam building, much of it for hydropower, is the largest single threat to fisheries that sustain millions of people. An estimated 60 million fishermen and farmers depend on the Mekong River for its rich nutrients and abundant fish. A new study by a group of scientists...
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Mekong Delta: No common voice found yet in adapting to climate change
2013-02-01 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
VietNamNet: Big challenges Vietnam is an agriculture economy with 70 percent of its territory in urban area and 75 percent of population earning their living on rice fields. The agriculture production makes up tens of billions of dollars to the export turnover. However, the production has been threatened by the climate change. Kosei Hashiguchi from JICA (the Japan International Cooperation Agency) said at a workshop on the response to the climate change in late January 2013 that the seven coastal provinces...
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