Across Southeast Asia, vast areas of coastal mangroves have been cleared to cash in on the shrimp export boom. Now those shrimp farms are under threat from climate-related flooding. Even Java's fifth largest city is battling rising tides. Vietnam too is vulnerable. A one-metre increase in sea level will destroy much food production in the Lower Mekong Delta – the nation’s breadbasket - and force millions to flee. The country is fighting back. Earth Report investigates.
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National Coordinating Body, MFF Indonesia
Diponegoro University,Indonesia
Prof. Dr. Johannes Hutabarat
Dr. Rudhi Pribadi
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Dr. Vuong Dinh Tuan
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Vietnam Finds Itself Vulnerable if Sea Rises
By SETH MYDANS
In a worse-case projection, a Vietnamese government report says that more than one-third of the Mekong Delta could be submerged if sea levels were to rise by three feet....
