In late November 2013, the “Welcome to the Birds” events were organized for the first time in Vietnam to observe one of nature’s most ambitious and long-distance migrants: the migration of birds from the breeding sites in the north to…
Rattan planting for livelihoods and conservation in central Vietnam
By Martin Fowlie (BirdLife International) Over the last two years, under a BirdLife International Local Empowerment Programme project funded by Toyota Motor Corporation and Nando Peretti Foundation, communities in the buffer zones around forest reserves in Vietnam have been planting…
Advancing Forest of Hope Program in Vietnam
In September 2013, Viet Nature Conservation Centre confirmed the selection of Khe Nuoc Trong Watershed Protection Forest in Quang Binh province for the first “Forest of Hope” model in Vietnam. The Forests of Hope program, which was a global program…