SEA LEVELS RISE
According to a 2007 study entitled, Impact of Sea Level Rise on Developing Countries, sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Vietnam is number one on the list of countries in jeopardy.
Vietnam could lose up to:
■ 16 % of its land (Taiwan comes in second with 5 %)
■ 35 % of its GDP (Thailand is second with 22 %)
■ 40 % of its population (Thailand is second with13 %)
■ 23 % of its agriculture (Myanmar is second with 12 %)
■ 90 % of its wetlands (Myanmar is second with 40 %).
The full study can be found at the World Bank Policy Research Working Papers’ website: http:/econ.worldbank.org