Story | 05 Sep, 2019
Cities launch park-based programmes to reap health, biodiversity, and financial harvest
Urban biodiversity and healthy natural ecosystems offer a range of benefits to human society, including providing cleaner water, reducing flood risk and storing carbon.
Story | 22 Aug, 2019
Climate change vulnerability assessment: Rice farming communities in Viet Nam at risk
Recent climate change vulnerability assessments conducted in wetland sites in Viet Nam as a component of IUCN’s Mekong WET project highlighted that rice farming, the main income of wetland communities, will be affected by changes in rainfall…
Story | 10 Jul, 2019
Empowering local communities to raise awareness about climate change through citizen journalism
IUCN and Thai Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) recently joined hands to organise a citizen journalism ‘Training of Trainers’ workshop for media representatives from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
Story | 22 Jun, 2019
Swedish Crown Princess visits Viet Nam, country struggling with plastic pollution
Sweden’s relationship with Viet Nam goes back 50 years. Viet Nam is one of the top five countries with mismanaged waste ending up in the ocean, so it is not surprising that Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria is especially concerned about plastic…
Story | 19 Jun, 2019
Mekong transboundary cooperation: Making a problem bigger
When asked about his success as a soldier and politician, U.S. President Eisenhower said: “Whenever I run into a problem I can’t solve, I always make it bigger. I can never solve it by trying to make it smaller, but if I…
Story | 17 Jun, 2019
Six years of conservation progress in Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot
More than 100 conservation and development practitioners attended the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) Phase II Final Assessment Workshop, held from 28 to 30 May in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Story | 14 Jun, 2019
From 28-30 May 2019, government officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam gathered in Bangkok to discuss the status and progress of wetland policies in the region. The discussion was part of a regional dialogue organised by the Indo-Burma Ramsar…
Story | 27 May, 2019
On behalf of organizers, IUCN would like to express our sincere thanks for all applicants of marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2019 in Hon Cau Marine Protected Area.
Story | 27 May, 2019
IUCN Viet Nam is looking for a consultant who will conduct a stock-taking analysis of business engagement initiatives on environment protection in Viet Nam to support the strategic development of Viet Nam Business for Environment (VB4E). This analysis will identify priorities and the niches of…
Story | 21 May, 2019
Frequent monitoring is needed to cope with red tides
Red tides or harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur when excess nutrients in the water enable the out of control growth of algae. That produces toxins that are concentrated in fish and especially shellfish and make us sick when we swim in contaminated water or eat toxic…