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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) ...
Efforts to promote products made by ethnic minorities
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has always devoted its time and money to promoting products made by ethnic minorities and people living in mountainous areas (EM&MP). That remark was made by Le Viet Nga, Deputy Director General of the ministry’s Domestic Market Department ...
Workshop talks restoration of flooded areas in Mekong Delta
A workshop on launching a project to take nature-based solutions for the restoration of flooded areas and natural processes in the Mekong Delta took place in An Giang province on September 15.At the event, a WWF Vietnam representative said they will conduct studies and propose nature-based solutions for the ...
OP-ED: Central Highlands development: Sustainable livelihoods to ward off instability risks
The Central Highlands, home to nearly 6 million people, needs thorough solutions to issues related to land use, agro-forestry-fisheries development, and ecological environment protection in order to deal with risks of instability in security and order.According to Secretary of the Party Committee of Dak Lak ...
5-million-euro sustainable landscape project set for Central Highlands
A project to strengthen integrated sustainable landscape management through a deforestation-free jurisdiction in the Central Highlands Lâm Đồng and Đắk Nông provinces was launched on Friday (3/6).The project will be implemented over four years (2022–2026) in Lâm Đồng and Đắk Nông provinces. The project’s targets ...
More efforts invested in poverty reduction in ethnic minority areas
Creating sustainable livelihoods for ethnic minority residents in mountainous and border areas to help them get out of poverty is a consistent policy of Vietnam, which has resulted in major achievements.During 2016 – 2020, though Vietnam had encountered many natural disasters and disease outbreaks, especially ...
Sustainable livelihoods needed for forest conservation
A webinar held on December 24 pointed out the need to develop sustainable livelihoods for residents in the buffer zones of nature reserves and national parks so as to help with forest conservation.A representative from the Vietnam Administration of Forestry said it is necessary to ...
US's $23.9 mln biodiversity, ethnic livelihood support project in central Vietnam ends
A four-year U.S. program for community development and protection of biodiversity in central Vietnam wrapped up on Wednesday.The USAID Green Annamites project, carried out by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), sought to assist Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue provinces with protecting their ...
Phan Anh
Models proved effective in helping ethnic women improve their livelihoods and adapt to climate change
Four pilot projects deployed in ethnic minority areas have proved effective in helping local women gain sustainable livelihoods and improve their ability to cope with natural disasters and climate change.The results were announced at a consultation workshop for the project on “Strengthening women’s livelihoods and ...
Trung Hung
