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First forest leased for research and conservation purposes
(11:35:18 AM 10/02/2015)The management board of Dong Chau Protective Forest in central Quang Binh province has signed a contract for the Viet Nature Conservation Centre to lease forest land for scientific research and conservation.
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Biodiversity conservation project green-lighted
(16:21:06 PM 11/02/2015)The Prime Minister has approved a project on central-level biodiversity conservation and sustainable usage of eco-forestry services, using Germany ’s non-refundable official development assistance (ODA).
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Nearly $500,000 sponsored for Lang Sen wetland conservation
(10:45:11 AM 18/11/2014)According to Mr. Truong Thanh Son – Director of the Lang Sen Wetland Reverse, the project “Conservation of the Lang Sen Wetland Reverse” in Long An Province, has been launched with its total cost of nearly 500,000 USD.
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Mangrove forest conservation measures proposed
(16:10:09 PM 01/08/2014)Urgent measures are needed to conserve mangrove forests, which have been rapidly disappearing in the past few decades, experts said at a forum organised in Ca Mau Province last Friday.
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Vietnam, Denmark foster energy conservation links
(11:40:20 AM 19/06/2015)Vietnam and Denmark have reached a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on energy conservation and renewable energy industries, spanning five priority fields across 10 cooperative forms.
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EUR 12.5 MILLION TO ASSIST VIET NAM IN CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF FORESTS AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
(12:05:33 PM 29/07/2015)Mr. Tran Kim Long, Director of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), and Mrs. Kirsten Hegener and Mr. Christian Henckes, Deputy Directors of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, signed the Implementation Agreements for two new Technical Cooperation programmes:
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Standardised mammal surveys in support of law enforcement and measuring conservation success; an example from the Central Annamites
(09:31:02 AM 11/11/2015)From 10 to 11 November 2015, the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) and WWF’S Carbon and Biodiversity (CarBi) project will jointly host a workshop on the application of standardised biodiversity surveys in forests in Vietnam.
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Wildlife farming comes under scrutiny
(20:54:35 PM 23/04/2014)A forum centred on the conservation and sustainable use of wildlife resources was held in Hanoi on April 22 by the Biodiversity Conservation Agency under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
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USAID works alongside Viet Nam’s National Assembly on effective wildlife conservation through demand reduction
(22:04:42 PM 26/07/2019)HA NOI, July 26, 2019 – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through the USAID Wildlife Asia activity, in partnership with the Office of the National Assembly, TRAFFIC and Behavior Change Communication Agency Intelligentmedia brought together top government leaders and relevant stakeholders today for a featured dialogue aimed at evaluating the country’s communication work on endangered species conservation. The high-level event reflects a deliberative process to put forward concerted demand reduction efforts that will bring an end to the consumption of illegal wildlife products in Vietnam.
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Conservation plan launched to protect elephants
(08:08:52 AM 16/11/2013)The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has green-lighted an urgent project to bolster elephant conservation efforts and restrict ivory trading in Viet Nam by 2020.
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VEA and VNFOREST Celebrate the International Dayfor Biological Diversity 2016
(18:04:45 PM 27/05/2016)Hanoi, 20/5/2016. The Viet Nam EnvironmentAdministration (VEA) of the Ministry of Nature Resources and Environment, the Viet Nam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Viet Nam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE) co-organised the Forum “Building a platform for biodiversity conservation & sustainable use of ecosystem services”.
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Global Environment Facility funded 7 ideas
(09:40:58 AM 16/10/2014)The Vietnam Global Environment Facility (GEF) National Dialogue with the 6-cycle period from 2014 to 2018 recently concluded with successful results. GEF has chosen 7 out of 15 ideas proposed for GEF’s funded projects in Vietnam. They are: Sustainable Urban Development; Wildlife conservation; Reducing carbon emissions; Controlling persistent organic pollutants; Strengthening cooperation to protect the international water resources; Biodiversity mechanisms and Ensuring sustainable financing mechanisms. In 7 ideas, Sustainable Urban Development and Wildlife Conservation are two particularly interested ideas.
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Animal protection added into 7th biology textbook
(14:36:40 PM 10/12/2013)To raise the awareness of students on wildlife conservation, the contents on Vietnam’s wild animals will be added into the textbook of 7th grade students.
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Century-old trees recognised as national heritage
(14:28:41 PM 13/08/2013)The Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE) has recently recognised five centenary trees in the Lam Kinh relic complex in the central province of Thanh Hoa as national heritage, raising the number of such trees to 482.
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Vietnam seeks return of royal treasures from France
(15:06:21 PM 05/07/2014)The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre stated that it has been trying to call for financial support to bring back a beloved Vietnamese emperor's bed and a rickshaw home from France.
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Poachers prosecuted for killing langurs
(14:31:51 PM 15/04/2015)Ngu Hanh Son's Forest Protection Department has decided to prosecute a criminal case for the illegal killing three Red-Shanked Doucs (Pygathryx nemaeus), an animal listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
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