The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Vietnam on June 8 launched the project“Annamites Carbon Sinks and Biodiversity” to avoid deforestation andforest degradation, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
It is a sub-project of the “Avoidance of deforestationand forest degradation in the border area of southern Laos andcentral Vietnam for the long-term preservation of carbon sinks andbiodiversity” project of the WWF Greater Mekong Programme.
The sub-project aims to develope a sustainable management andprotection of approximate 200,000 ha trans-boundary forest area whichcontains global biodiversity values and high level of ability to absorbcarbon dioxide. The aim is to avoid emissions of 1.8 million tonnes ofcarbon dioxide delivering from deforestation and forest degradation.
The project, scheduled to run in four years, is supported mostly bythe Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation andNuclear Safety of Germany.
The project areacomprises the two Sao La Nature Reserves and the Bach Ma National Parkin Vietnam and the Xe Sap National Protected Area in Laos. Theseareas are connected with Phong Dien and Song Thanh Nature Reserves inVietnam via natural forest corridors.
WWF Vietnam –Central Annamites Landscape Manager, Van Ngoc Thinh said: “The successof the project will be proved through many indicators includingreforestation and protection of assigned forest areas, reduced impactsto forests from illegal logging, increased diversity and populations ofmammals, and additional income of local households”./.
It is a sub-project of the “Avoidance of deforestationand forest degradation in the border area of southern Laos andcentral Vietnam for the long-term preservation of carbon sinks andbiodiversity” project of the WWF Greater Mekong Programme.
The sub-project aims to develope a sustainable management andprotection of approximate 200,000 ha trans-boundary forest area whichcontains global biodiversity values and high level of ability to absorbcarbon dioxide. The aim is to avoid emissions of 1.8 million tonnes ofcarbon dioxide delivering from deforestation and forest degradation.
The project, scheduled to run in four years, is supported mostly bythe Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation andNuclear Safety of Germany.
The project areacomprises the two Sao La Nature Reserves and the Bach Ma National Parkin Vietnam and the Xe Sap National Protected Area in Laos. Theseareas are connected with Phong Dien and Song Thanh Nature Reserves inVietnam via natural forest corridors.
WWF Vietnam –Central Annamites Landscape Manager, Van Ngoc Thinh said: “The successof the project will be proved through many indicators includingreforestation and protection of assigned forest areas, reduced impactsto forests from illegal logging, increased diversity and populations ofmammals, and additional income of local households”./.
