Tuesday, February 09, 2010

'International Forum on Mekong Environment and Livelihoods', Can Tho, Vietnam

On Wednesday last week, the ‘International Forum on Mekong Environment and Livelihoods: The Changing Situation and Trans-boundary Implications’ was held at Can Tho University in the Vietnam Delta. The forum brought together 160 participants consisting of representatives of Vietnamese authorities from southern Vietnam, academics and civil society organizations from all Mekong countries, and international civil society groups.

Please find attached the Forum Report, which summarizes the presentations and discussions. Many issues were raised about the impacts by mainstream dams on the Vietnam Delta and the wider basin. The papers prepared for this meeting will be published as a proceedings.

The event was organized by the Can Tho People’s Committee, Can Tho University and the Vietnam Rivers Network, with support from the Save the Mekong Coalition, Oxfam Australia and TERRA.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why worry so much about environment while ignore yuon evilness and atrocities? End yuon crimes, yuon atrocities is much important to concern about than this funken environment in yuon’s way.

By the way, yuons is about to massacre virgin woods and precious woods in Laos as well in Cambodia which yuons transformed and sold to developed societies in Europe and around the world at cheap prix. While you buy material made of precious woods, think twice that these materials are soiled of bloods of innocent people to whom yuons led mass massacre against to robe land and resources of these people. Yuons also badly exploited Mekong which causes much suffering to innocent people as well as to environment. Does this funken forum concerned about it or continue to ignore it and focus on nonsense only?

Anonymous said...

Vietnamese companies are poluting Cambodia.
Only Vietnamese poluting factories are installed in Cambodia.
Vietnam doesn't develop Cambodia but Vietnam transfer poluting factory to Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

why is cambodia sounded like we only about youn and siem, the eternal historical enemies of khmer people! cambodia is no fond of these two historical enemies, really! wake up already!

Anonymous said...

Can Thao in khmer is a pot that you puke, pee or taking a poo in. What a name.