A Japan-funded project with a totalfunding of 3.83 million USD was officially launched on March 24 in LamDong province with a view towards improving local people’s livelihoodsthrough tourism.
The project, financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA), seeks to get residents living in or near the Bi Doup – Bui BaNational Park involved in eco-tourism services.
With the overall objective of bettering the residents’ lives, theproject will provide training for local people to qualify them asguides and instruct them to launch tourist services such as home-staysand gong performances.
It will also provide the locals with plant seeds and training onfarming practices as well as harvest and post-harvest techniques thatare environmentally friendly and sustainable.
The programme is expected to not only better protect natural resourcesin the Bi Doup – Nui Ba reserve through developing co-managementbetween the park authorities and local people, but also improve theliving standards of people in the project site in Lac Duong district,who mainly come from the Cill and Lach ethnic minorities./.
The project, financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA), seeks to get residents living in or near the Bi Doup – Bui BaNational Park involved in eco-tourism services.
With the overall objective of bettering the residents’ lives, theproject will provide training for local people to qualify them asguides and instruct them to launch tourist services such as home-staysand gong performances.
It will also provide the locals with plant seeds and training onfarming practices as well as harvest and post-harvest techniques thatare environmentally friendly and sustainable.
The programme is expected to not only better protect natural resourcesin the Bi Doup – Nui Ba reserve through developing co-managementbetween the park authorities and local people, but also improve theliving standards of people in the project site in Lac Duong district,who mainly come from the Cill and Lach ethnic minorities./.
