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Conference promotes value of biosphere reserves for sustainable development
Effective management of biosphere reserves plays an important role in achieving sustainable development goals, through the promotion of new initiatives for economic development, while ensuring social, cultural and environmental sustainability, said Hoang Thi Thanh Nhan, Deputy Director of the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Agency (NBCA) ...
Vietnam has 11 'natural laboratories' to study sustainable development
Vietnam currently has 11 world biosphere reserves. These are “natural laboratories” for the country to apply a global approach on new solutions to achieve the ultimate goal of sustainable development.According to Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan, Vietnam is facing the ...
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Relentless efforts to protect Kon Hà Nừng biosphere reserve
The Kon Hà Nừng Plateau, which received UNESCO recognition in September last year, consists of the 57,589-hectare Kon Ka Kinh National Park and Kon Chư Răng Nature Reserve, plus the 152,009-hectare buffer zone, and the 206,211-hectare transition zone.According to the deputy chairman of Gia Lai ...
Development of Vietnam’s biosphere reserves over 20 years
A workshop on the development and management of biosphere reserves in Vietnam was held in Hanoi on November 17 to evaluate the results after 20 years of the country’s joining the World Biosphere Reserve network and propose solutions for the development and sustainable management of ...
VEA and UNDP jointly launch biosphere reserves management project
Việt Nam Environment Administration (VEA), under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in coordination with UNDP launched a Biosphere Reserves (BRs) management project on Tuesday morning (27/10) in Hà Nội.The project “Mainstreaming Natural Resource Management and Biodiversity Conservation Objectives into Socio-Economic Development Planning and ...