The Cham Islands’ Marine Protected Area (MPA) management board, in cooperation with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has launched a new garbage sorting programme as part of efforts to reduce plastic waste in Vietnam.
The Cham Islands off the coast of Hoi An have since 2015 limited the number of tourists permitted to 3,000 per day to protect the vulnerable world biosphere reserve site from being overrun by boats and waste, but the area is in crisis despite these efforts.
Coral reefs have been revived on an area of 2,000sq.m in water off the Cham Island Maritime Protected Area (MPA) after a pilot project that ran from 2015-17.
A large area of sea grass on the Cham Islands, off the coast of Hoi An, have been damaged due to the rapid increase in speed boats over the past several decades—another sign that mass tourism and unsustainable development threaten the rich ecosystem on the islands.
IUCN has launched a communication campaign to cut the use of plastic bags on Ly Son island, as a prelude to its sea turtle conservation programme on the island.
A marine project is underway in the central province of Quang Nam to save sea turtles as part of a local effort to protect the biodiversity in Cu Lao Cham (Cham Island) Marine Protected Area (MPA).
A group of 25 volunteers from Da Nang Technology College and other colleges have begun their efforts to transform a fishing village of Tam Hai Island into an art space for tourism development.
Cu Lao Cham (Cham Islands) in the central province of Quang Nam has showed strong development in recent times thanks to great contributions of young people, who are working to promote local economic development and ensure security and defence in the island.
Museums usually hold a fair share of historical treasures, but the Hoang Sa Museum being built in Da Nang city, has received one that is particularly priceless.
The Cham Island Maritime Protection Centre has launched a photo contest, the Cham Island-Hoi An World Biosphere Reserve in My Eyes, to mark the 8th anniversary of world recognition in 2017.
The Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet and the Management Board of Cham Island has inked an MoU on the protection of flora and fauna in the forest of the island.
The Cham Islands, 18km off the coast of Hoi An city, gained access to the national power grid on September 3, after a one year construction project to install a 15.5km sub-marine cable system.
The ancient city of Hoi An has introduced new craft products made from Firmiana colorata, commonly known as the Chinese parasol tree, a big tree in Cham Island.
A small colony of young coral reef is growing back on the coastal area
of Tam Hiep Islet in Cham Island, 18km off the coast of Hoi An city, the
central province of Quang Nam.
Authorities of the
central province of Quang Ngai have handed over to the provincial museum
and a salvage company nearly 5,000 antiquities retrieved from a
600-year-old sunken ship last year.
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