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Journalist Worshop Discussed Development and Environmental Trade-off in Vietnam’s Context

In 29 and 30 of May 2008, in Luong Son district (Hoa Binh province), PanNature hosted the journalist workshop to share thoughts and experience with the media on the theme â€œDevelopment and Environmental Trade-off in Vietnamâ€™s Contextâ€ . Environmental experts and journalists got together, discussed and agreed that environmental values should not be sacrified merely for economic benefits.

PanNature Welcomed Lauren Child in Quan Ba

From 14 to 16 April 2008, PanNature received a distinguished visitor from the United Kingdom - world-renowned childrenâ€™s author Lauren Child. The visiting team, including Lauren, her friend Adrian Darbishsire, and Katja Pellini from UNESCO Vietnam, spent two days in Quan Ba district of Ha Giang province.

Sarus Crane – Symbol of Peace

This is the first book to be published on the Eastern Sarus Crane Grus antigone sharpii. The book is published by PanNature and a professional photographer Minh Loc. The book presents over 300 wonderful colored photographs photographs taken by Minh Loc.

Experiential Environmental Learning Manual for Primary and Middle School Teachers

PanNature worked with Hanoi Environmental Education Project to develop the Experiential Environmental Learning Manual for primary and middle school teachers. This manual ambitiously aims at providing primary and middle school teachers with unique and hands-on tools for carrying out experiential EE for their students.

Awareness Assessment of Coastal Zone Management and General Environmental Issues in Soc Trang

PanNature is working with the GTZ project to assess level of awareness and understanding of sustainable coastal zone management and general environmental issues of different stakeholders of the project. In addition to carrying out field assessment in three districts of Soc Trang province, PanNature also train staff of the district project teams on assessment techniques and data analysis skills.

Quan Ba Environmental Awareness Piloting Program

From mid 2007 until end of 2008, Caritas works with PanNature to implement environmental awareness raising activities geographically in three selected villages: Lang Tan (Thanh Van Commune), Khau Lan (Quyet Tien Commune), and Lung Tam Thap (Lung Tam Commune).

Internship Program

The existing internship program aims to increase the reach of PanNature to those interested in environmental protection in Vietnam.

Environmental News Media

PanNatureâ€™s news website (www.ThienNhien.Net) is one of a few online media dedicated to environmental reporting in Vietnam. ThienNhien.Net aims to bring up environmental issues and disputes to the public fora, as well as to provide sufficient sources of information for decision-makers in solving conflicts and problems.

The Poor, Agro-forestry Products, and the Market

Over 85% of protected areas and national parks in Vietnam are situated in rural and remote areas, where the poverty rate still remains high. Local communities living in these areas depend heavily on natural resources for livelihoods. PanNature looks at…

Confront emerging challenges

The 21st century welcomes a new Vietnam with its rapid changing economy, stable growth, and amazing reduction in the poverty rate. However, this good news can not hide the increasing environmental problems and degradation of our valuable natural resources.