Today marks World Wetlands Day. 

The swamp forests, reedbeds and flooded grasslands of the Lower Mekong basin form one of the most biologically important regions on the planet. But these ecosystems are vanishing at an alarming pace, along with riverbank collapse, which has led to coastal communities losing their homes.

Researchers believe that this is because the Vietnam Mekong Delta is currently being robbed of its very foundations - sand. 

On this episode of Climate Connections, Rachel Lau, Research Assistant, National Institute of Education, Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU and Assistant Professor Edward Park, National Institute of Education & Principal Investigator, Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU weigh in on why the Mekong Delta is drowning in 'sand debt'.

Feature produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting ([email protected])

Voiced by: Emaad Akhtar

Photo credit: NTU

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