International Plastic Bag Free Day in Vietnam
July 3 marks International Plastic Bag Free Day, an annual event dedicated to raising awareness about the environmental impact of plastic bags and promoting sustainable alternatives.
Local Solutions to Global Plastic Pollution
Yu Jianfeng recently started fighting “white pollution,” as people in China call plastic pollution based on the ubiquity of discarded white plastic bags. “Plastic is a really big problem for rivers,” he said. “It is eaten by fish and other wildlife and its toxic chemicals can move up the food chain. It affects individual species, … Read more
Conservation—It’s about the People
When recently a pod of 100 dolphins swam through Cu Lao Cham Marine Protected Area (MPA) off the coast of Central Vietnam, it got residents and park officials talking. It had been a long time since people spotted marine mammals in the coastal waters. Development and fishing had driven them away. “Maybe a big typhoon … Read more
