The forest of Dong Chau – Khe Nuoc Trong in central Vietnam’s Quang Binh Province is one of the last refuges for some of the rarest mammals on Earth, including the little known and very elusive Large-antlered Muntjac Muntiacus vuquangensis.…
Records of two Large-spotted Civet and Owston’s Civet in Phong Dien Nature Reserve, Thua Thien Hue province
In search for Edwards’s Pheasant, a Critically Endangered bird endemic to Vietnam, from 2011 to date Viet Nature Conservation Centre has continuously carried out camera trapping surveys in four provinces in Central Vietnam, from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien Hue.…
Welcome to the Birds – Vietnam 2015
WELCOME TO THE BIRDS 2015 Goals: – Raising awareness of protecting the environment, especially wild birds. – Improving knowledge about birds’ migration, and the need of preserving any site along their migratory flyway. – Observation and taking photos of many…
The closing workshop of the Toyota project and results of the status assessment of rattan planting models in Quang Tri in 10 years (2004-2014)
Khe Sanh –June 29th 2015, the closing workshop of the Toyota project and results of the status assessment of rattan planting models in Quang Tri in 10 years (2004-2014) took place in Khe Sanh Town, Huong Hoa District, Quang Tri…
Lauch of “Protection of biodiversity and enhancement of ecosystem services of the Dong Chau – Khe Nuoc Trong Forest, Le Thuy District, Quang Binh Province” project
Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình – This morning, 13/8/2014, at Sai Gon – Quang Binh Hotel, Viet Nature Conservation Centre and Quang Binh Forest Protection Department launched their project entitled “Protection of biodiversity and enhancement of ecosystem services of the Dong…
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…