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Coastal nations vulnerable to climate change, says UN

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Bangladesh are among the countries worst affected by climate change because of rising sea levels near their coastlines, according to the UN’s inter-governmental committee on climate change. In the last 50 years, the mangrove forests in Viet Nam have almost halved in size, shrinking to 209,740ha from 408,500ha in 1943.Nguyen... Read more