On May 18th, 2018 in Da Nang, Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) together with World Wildlife Fund (WWF – Vietnam) and People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) organized the conference “Participatory Forest Governance Monitoring and Assessment in Vietnam: Methodologies, Results and Policy Implications” funded by the European Union.
The Forest Land Coalition (FORLAND), including group members under Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) such as the Center for Indigenous Knowledge Research and Development (CIRD), PanNature, and the Center for Tropical Forestry Research (TROPENBOS-Vietnam) have proposed comments and recommendations for the 2nd Draft of the Degree Detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Forestry 2017.
To facilitate a public platform for exchanging information and perspectives on existing challenges for the Mekong basin, International Rivers, PanNature, Mekong Environment Forum, and Save the Mekong Coalition co-organize the forum “The Mekong Under Threat: Protecting People and Ecosystems in a Fast-Changing Basin.”
60 year-old Sau Dung is a fisherman who lives by the Hau River, a distributary of the Mekong in Viet Nam’s Hau Giang Province. His family relies on his catch, and with his skill and hard work, he can earn…
The effective management of mining activities will foster comprehensive development as it helps increase state budget collection and improve environment quality and livelihoods of local people.
In order to introduce the Resource Management Index and assessment results on minning industries in 2017, discuss the current situation and efforts to innovate the effective governance model of Vietnam's mining industry, 30 January, Vietnam Mining Coalitionand and PanNature in collaboration with the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) to organize the workshop “Promoting Effective Governance of the Mining Industry” to promote effective governance of the mining industry in Vietnam.
The environment in Mekong Delta is severely being affected by hasher natural disasters, water pollution and natural resources depletion, said a scholar.
PanNature is one of eight Vietnamese non-governmental organizations involved in drafting the Statement of VNGOs to send to the Forum.
From 10 to 13 November 2017, two representatives of PanNature attended ASEAN People Forum (APF) 2017 “Beyond Boundaries: Strengthening People’s Solidarities for a Just, Equitable, and Humane Southeast Asia.”
The review recorded Pinus armandii subsp.xuanhaensis as a new conifer observed in Vietnam. Pinus armandii subsp.xuanhaensis was discovered and collected samples in Xuan Nha Nature Reserve (Son La province) by the research team of People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) in the implementation of the project: "Conservation and development conifer tree species in Xuan Nha Nature Reserve" supported by the Rufford Small Grants. According to field survey results of PanNature’s team, this species currently has a population of about 200 trees, distributes in/covers an area of about 80 km2. Together with Prof. Phan Ke Loc, PanNature’s research team has collected, described, classified and announced this unique new conifer of Vietnam.