Ho Chi Minh City will take measures to build a brand name for the city’s Can Gio mangrove biosphere reserve.
Deputy Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Trung Tin affirmed the plan at a national conference reviewing 10 years of operation of the biosphere reserve in Can Gio district, HCM City on Nov. 27.
Over the last decade, Can Gio has fully met the criteria of the world network biosphere reserves, including the representative ecosystem, human gradually intervention, bio diversity protection and the involvement of social organisations and local communities.
Considering as the “green lung” of the city, Can Gio biosphere covers more than 75,000 ha and is dominated by mangroves, including both salt water and brackish water species.
According to Professor Nguyen Hoang Tri, General Secretary of the National Committee on Man and Biosphere programme (MAB), besides the economic value, the forest also helps reduce the effects of climate change and sea level rising.
At the workshop, scientists talked about challenges to Can Gio biosphere, including the impacts of nature’s changes as well as the pressure of economic development./.
