Story | 28 Sep, 2018
Biodiversity monitoring in Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Archipelago: getting started
“What species exist in this site?” is a question that is often asked by visitors to Vietnam’s protected areas. It seems to be a simple question to answer given the amount of research that’s been carried out in Vietnam’s national parks and nature reserves. But as MONRE…
Story | 10 Sep, 2018
Second phase of FFF gets going in Vietnam
The first phase of the Forest & Farm Facility (FFF), which ran from 2012 to 2017, was a clear success. In the 10 focal countries, over 900 forest and farmer producer organizations (FFPOs) were strengthened, 279 business plans were completed, 51…
Story | 05 Sep, 2018
From the 19th to the 21st of June 2018, the Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) hosted its fourth technical workshop in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea. The event addressed the effective management of protected areas, and focused in particular on Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) and…
Story | 06 Aug, 2018
Đánh bắt thủy sản bất hợp pháp trong khu bảo tồn biển Cù Lao Chàm: câu hỏi về phương án xử lý?
Vào tháng 4 năm 2017, IUCN đã dành một tuần tại Cù Lao Chàm (CLC) thuộc miền Trung Việt Nam để hỗ trợ thảo luận giữa Ban quản lý và các cộng đồng ngư dân địa phương về việc mở rộng phân khu bảo vệ nghiêm ngặt của Khu bảo tồn biển (KBTB) từ 2%…
Story | 05 Jul, 2018
How to increase the value of Vietnam’s forestry sector?
On a visit to Quang Tri in 2016 we asked a forest ranger where the best forest was. He said it was in remote areas too inaccessible for illegal logging or land conversion. If an area has fertile soil and is easy to access, people will turn it into farmland. When we asked a young farmer in Yen…
Story | 28 Jun, 2018
GEF Assembly beach clean-up yields nearly 1 kilo of trash per metre per minute
On Tuesday, 26 June, 300 volunteers trained by IUCN collected almost half a ton of trash – 82% of which was single-use plastics – in 30 minutes from a 500-metre stretch of beach in Da Nang, Viet Nam. The exercise coincided with the sixth Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly currently…
Story | 01 Jun, 2018
IUCN Việt Nam và Vườn quốc gia Côn Đảo xin trân trọng thông báo kêu gọi tình nguyện viên (TNV) tham gia Chương trình TNV bảo tồn rùa biển 2018 tại Vườn quốc gia Côn Đảo, tỉnh Bà Rịa Vũng Tàu.
Story | 01 Jun, 2018
Call for application: Marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2018 in Con Dao National Park
IUCN Viet Nam and Con Dao National Park are pleased to announce the call for marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2018 in Con Dao National Park, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province.
Story | 27 May, 2018
Thay mặt cho Ban tổ chức, IUCN xin trân trọng cám ơn những bạn đã quan tâm và nộp hồ sơ tham dự chương trình Tình nguyện viên bảo tồn rùa biển 2018 tại Khu bảo tồn biển Hòn Cau.
Story | 27 May, 2018
On behalf of organizers, IUCN would like to express our sincere thanks for all applicants of marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2018 in Hon Cau Marine Protected Area.