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Conservation Today — eNewsletter of the Viet Nam Country Office
April - October 2007 isue
Top News Story
Synergies for a sustainable Asia: The 4th Asia Regional Conservation Forum
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) organized the 4th Asia Regional Conservation Forum in early September in Kathmandu, Nepal. Held every four years, it provides a platform to discuss innovative conservation approaches, share regional experiences, and build partnership for future action in Asia. …
07 Oct 2007 | News story
What else is new ... updates from IUCN Viet Nam
New water initiative launched in Viet Nam
“Water Partnership ‘Water for Food and Ecosystems (WFE)’ Vietnam – Netherlands”, a new initiative that IUCN is involved in, is the Viet Nam Government’s latest effort to sustainably manage water resources in order to support adequate food production and healthy ecosystems. …
07 Oct 2007 | News story
New concept explored in Viet Nam: Fire ecology
Forests fires are a natural ecological phenomenon. Effective fire management should endeavour to exploit the positive role of fires while mitigating its negative impacts. …
07 Oct 2007 | News story
Biodiversity Conservation Corridors: Status and direction
A series of Regional Roundtable Discussions to address Asian regional biodiversity and sustainable development issues was launched with the first workshop in this September. The focus of the workshop was on “Biodiversity Corridors: current status and directions”. …
07 Oct 2007 | News story
Helping hands needed: Marine turtles and their habitats
Forty eight essays and 108 paintings about marine turtles and their habitats from junior high school pupils on Minh Chau Island in the gulf of Tonkin were judged this September by a committee of environmental and community education activists, local conservationists, teachers, and representative from IUCN Viet Nam. …
07 Oct 2007 | News story
Strengthening Voices for Better Choices: Working toward better forest governance
Strengthening Voices for Better Choices (SVBC) project coordination team members from around the world met in Brazil this September to strategize how to institute improved forest governance in the Global South. …
07 Oct 2007 | News story
Greening private sector: IUCN celebrates best environmental practices
An environment prize has been established under the annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards for the first time in Viet Nam this year by IUCN. …
07 Oct 2007 | News story
IUCN supports capacity building for local Agenda 21 implementation
Training workshops to improve the capacity of local actors to implement Agenda 21 priorities were jointly organized by IUCN and the Agenda 21 Office for Yen Bai and Ca Mau province in August and September, 2007. …
07 Oct 2007 | News story
Innovative legislation: Making Payment for Environmental Services feasible
Viet Nam faces considerable challenges to effectively safeguard biodiversity in the country. The incorporation of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) in the Draft Viet Nam Biodiversity Law represents a mechanism to meet these challenges. …
07 Oct 2007 | News story
Countdown 2010: Urging progresses in biodiversity loss reduction
The Countdown 2010 network met in Hanoi this August to discuss how to honour the commitment that they had made to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development. …
07 Oct 2007 | News story
Finding balance in a changing world: IUCN Viet Nam’s Strategic Framework
IUCN Viet Nam’s Strategic Framework 2007-2010 prioritizes the issues of governance, environmental planning, environmental services, and climate change. …
01 Jul 2007 | News story
Capacity building: IUCN staff improve writing skills
A training course on writing skills was held for IUCN staff this September under the guidance of a regional trainer in the field of communication for development. …
07 Oct 2007 | News story
Staff News
In September, IUCN Viet Nam said goodbye to two staff members, Ms. Dinh Thi Minh Thu – the Communications Coordinator and Mr. Pham Quang Hoa – the National Project Coordinator for the project “ Strengthening Voices for Better Choices”. We highly appreciate their contributions to IUCN Viet Nam and wish them all the best with their future endeavours. …
07 Oct 2007 | News story
Food for thought ... our new releases
NTFP Impact Assessment Briefings: NTFPs Impact Poverty, National Development and Biodiversity Conservation by Creation of Livelihood Assets
07 Oct 2007 | Downloads - document
NTFP Impact Assessment Briefings: Household Income and the Role of NTFPs
07 Oct 2007 | Downloads - publication
Working with IUCN: a unique perspective
Views from Bayley
When I first came to IUCN Viet Nam, it was a confusing place. The people traveled extensively – Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Vietienne, Phom Phenh, Bangkok and even farther afield – coming and going from the office daily. Acronyms fly about even faster than people. IUCN Viet Nam works on almost too many projects to count. …
07 Oct 2007 | News story
