WELCOME TO THE BIRDS is a series of events across the East Asian-Australasian and Central Asian Flyways to raise awareness of the wonder of our migrating birds. BirdLife International and the Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB; BirdLife in…
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…
Finding Spoon-billed Sandpipers in Vietnam
During the week of 16-21 December 2013, Viet Nature participated in a global census of Spoon-billed Sandpiper wintering grounds supported by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSBP). This is the first time in Vietnam that bird conservation…
Welcome to the Birds events attracts Vietnamese nature lovers
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…