msquebanh, 5 months ago #Vietnam’s “rice bowl” delta region, where #MekongRiver empties into #SouthChinaSea, is predicted to run out of #sand in just over a decade. Losses to riverbed are devastating lives & harming the local economy. Over the past 2 decades, #HydropowerDams upstream on the #Mekong restricted flow of sand to the delta. And #SandMining to feed Vietnam’s construction boom is depleting resources, according to a major #WorldWideFundForNature (#WWF) report. https://themalaysianreserve.com/2023/12/01/sand-mining-in-vietnams-mekong-delta-sinks-homes-livelihoods #AsianMastodon #TootSEA
#Vietnam’s “rice bowl” delta region, where #MekongRiver empties into #SouthChinaSea, is predicted to run out of #sand in just over a decade. Losses to riverbed are devastating lives & harming the local economy.
Over the past 2 decades, #HydropowerDams upstream on the #Mekong restricted flow of sand to the delta. And #SandMining to feed Vietnam’s construction boom is depleting resources, according to a major #WorldWideFundForNature (#WWF) report. https://themalaysianreserve.com/2023/12/01/sand-mining-in-vietnams-mekong-delta-sinks-homes-livelihoods
#AsianMastodon #TootSEA
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