The Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO held a workshop in the southern province of Dong Nai on November 28 to review its work in 2018 and plan for the implementation of the Lima Action Plan and eco-labelling in world biosphere reserves in Vietnam.
A national conference on co-management in protecting fishery resources between the State and community took place in the central province of Binh Thuan on December 9.
As many as 33 wards and communes in central provinces will be assisted to combat natural disasters under the second phase of a project funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
The HCM City People’s Committee has asked city departments and all 24 districts to prepare for natural disasters this year by completing maps about flooding hotspots and raising public awareness about disaster risks.
Rotating rice and shrimp farming on the same fields in the Mekong Delta has proven so economically effective and environmentally friendly that experts have urged the zoning of areas for the model.
The southern province of Binh Phuoc currently has 1,371 dug addicts, 1,177 of whom are living in the community under the province’s programme on drug detoxification at the community.
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has implemented a number of measures to make the Kon Ka Kinh National Park become a biodiversity reserve hub.
Officials and experts from Vietnam and Cambodia met at a workshop in Kien Giang province to find an optimal community-based management model for the border areas between the two countries.
Kon Ka Kinh national park, dubbed the “roof of Gia Lai province”, is set
to become a biodiversity reserve hub owing to its diversified flora and
fauna.
The Red Cross Societies of the US, France and Vietnam have reached a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) on launching a project on
community-based management of disaster risks in Vietnam’s north-western
ethnic minority regions.
Can Gio mangrove forest, which was recognised by UNESCO as a world
biosphere reserve in 2000, is a complex of terrestrial and aquatic flora
and fauna, formed downstream of the Dong Nai-Saigon river system in the
southeast gateway of Ho Chi Minh City, with a total area of 7,740 ha.
With a rich cultural and ecological diversity as well as a unique
wealth of species, Vietnam has huge potential for promoting its tourism
brand but like many other developing nations, it is dealing with the
thorny issue of harmonising socio-economic development, of which tourism
is a key driver, with environmental conservation. A report by online
Nhan dan newspaper.
Vietnam is one of the five countries hardest hit by climate change, with
its coastal region being the most vulnerable area. Community-based
management and development of mangrove forests is an effective way to
strengthen coastal resilience against climate change.
The People’s Committee of the southern coastal province of Binh
Thuan has approved a new community-based management model to preserve
and better exploit noble scallop resources, and protect the coastal
environment and ecosystem.
The efficiency of the Swiss-funded project “Promoting Community
Management Models” (PCMM) will be rolled out across the Red River Delta
province of Nam Dinh from 2012 to 2016, according to the SDC.
