Pushing Vietnam’s shrimp industry toward sustainability
MEKONG DELTA, Vietnam — Shrimp farmer Nguyen Manh Hung lost his entire farm to erosion in 2016 after a series of ravaging droughts and floods. He and his family had…
Articles by Zoe Osborne
Zoe is a freelance journalist and photographer specialising in society, culture and the environment in Vietnam. She lives in Ho Chi Minh City with her partner and a gecko. Visit her website at Zosborne.com or find her in Facebook (Facebook.com/zoeosborne.journalist) and Instagram(Instagram.com/zoeosborne.journalist).
In Vietnam, small farmers and timber magnates forge uneasy alliance
HO CHI MINH CITY – In a bid to address the history of poor management that has ravaged its forests and the quality of its timber, Vietnam is embracing a…
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Oceans
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Amazon conservation
- We’re killing those tropical trees we’re counting on to absorb carbon dioxide
- As Amazon forest-to-savanna tipping point looms, solutions remain elusive
- Big dream: NGO leads in creating 1,615-mile Amazon-Cerrado river greenbelt
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Land rights and extractives
- Indigenous community wins recognition of its land rights in Panama
- Timber organization’s backing ‘one step’ toward ‘peace park’ in Borneo
- Indigenous groups blast Amazon state’s plan to legalize wildcat mining
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Endangered environmentalists
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Indonesias forest guardians
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