HCM City (VNA) – More than 100 representatives from southern preservation zones and national parks discussed the role of communication and education programmes in preserving bio-diversity in Ho Chi Minh City on August 2, 2008.
Hoang Nghia Son, Director of the Institute of Tropical Biology (ITB), which organised this discussion, told the participants that the country’s 10-million-ha natural forests boasting immense potentials in economy, bio-diversity, and scientific values have been shrinking rapidly because of the human-beings.
For the ITB, preservation zones should work with scientists to protect genes, raise awareness of dwellers in forests and nearby, and encourage other organisations and research institutes to engage in education programmes to protect forests.
Representatives from Mui Ca Mau, Tram Chim, Cat Tien national parks, the Can Gio bio-reserve and other preservation zones shared their experiences on building action plans to implement bio-diversity preservation on the back of communication mainstreaming programmes.