The Da Nang Department of Industry and Trade held a ceremony at a public park east of the Dragon Bridge on Saturday to launch the Earth Hour 2024 with the message of calling on people to join hands in reducing carbon footprint, towards net zero emissions.
In the story ‘We Have Eaten The Forest’ of a Montagnard village in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, ethnologist Georges Condominas tells about the ancient way of ‘eating the forest’, which is to preserve the forest culturally.
Cuc Phuong National Park in the northern province of Ninh Binh on March 21 held a consultation conference to collect opinions on its plan for developing ecotourism in the 2023-2030 period.
Viet Nam has received a US$51.5 million payment for verified emissions reductions for reducing deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) and for enhancing carbon stored in forests through reforestation and afforestation.
International Day of Forests (March 21) was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on November 28, 2012 and was first marked in 2013. Since then, this event has been celebrated annually with different themes.
Recently, the protection, conservation and development of Hon Yen coral reef (An Hoa Hai commune, Tuy An district) has received attention from the province and domestic and foreign environmental protection organizations, so the marine ecosystem in this area has many developments. Currently, Phu Yen is keeping investing and proposing the establishment of Hon Yen wetland conservation area.
Under the auspices of the US Embassy in Vietnam, the 2nd International Nature Film Week will be held in Ha Noi from March 21-31, 2024.
On the morning of March 16th, the People's Committee of Hue City, in coordination with the Forest Protection Department, the Management Board of “Sustainable Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation” (VFBC) Technical Support Project, and the Implementation Unit of WWF-Vietnam Biodiversity Conservation Component, organized a ceremony to launch the “Action for Wildlife” Campaign.
The HCMC People’s Committee has just announced a direction of the city’s chairman on “Tree planting festival in eternal gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh" and strengthening forest management and protection in 2024.
The Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment, in coordination with online magazine Nature and Environment, has launched a writing contest on Vietnamese heritage trees.