Nearly 500 plants from five species have bên planted on 10,000 hectares of a forest in Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve, recognised in 2012 by UNESCO as one of eight biosphere reserves in Vietnam.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment has approved a 74 billion VND
(3.44 million USD) budget for a project on urgent protection of wild
elephants in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to the
provincial Forest Protection Department.
Frequent conflicts between wild elephants in the southern province
of Dong Nai and local residents have increased the need for urgent
protection of the endangered mammal.
A forest festival will be held for the first time in the southern
province of Dong Nai at the end of November this year, raising public
awareness of forest and biodiversity protection.
The Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve has officially become the 580 th
biosphere reserve of the world and one of the eight world biosphere
reserves in Vietnam.
Authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai have set
long-term targets for building a green sustainable economy, with
strategies that protect and expand the forest cover.
