Maintaining and increasing forest coverage is identified as one aspect of ensuring sustainable development of Viet Nam in the country’s strategies. Viet Nam has seen the reversed trend in forest coverage loss since 1995 after decades of war and timber extraction for economic purposes. While there’s still controversy about quality of remaining and new forests, the statistical quantity of forest coverage looks promising.
Farmers continue to bear the brunt of environmental damage, protected poorly by toothless regulations.
Water is vital for all livings, development and prosperity of every nation. Water sources from rivers, lakes and wetlands not only maintain ecological functions and biodiversity, but also supply water for domestic uses, agricultural production, energy and navigation; ensure food…
A news report by VTC about the policy roundtable "Mainstream Mekong Dams: Implications on Livelihoods, Food Security and Regional Stability" organized by PanNature and the Institute of Legislative Studies (a research body of the National Assembly of Vietnam) on 4th…
Experts have decried the excessive focus on economic development that has severely depleted the nation’s natural resource base, and called for urgent measures to redress the problem. Ways to balance the country’s socio-economic development with preservation and efficient use of…
"The role of civil society organizations in economic and social development in mountainous areas" workshop was organized October 21st, 2008 in Hanoi by the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), in collaboration with Institute for Social Research, Center…
In August and September 2008, PanNature conducted field surveys and organized environmental protection planning workshops in Bac Me and Hoang Su Phi districts of Ha Giang province within the framework of the Chia Se Project (Vietnam - Sweden Poverty Reduction Program, managed by the Ministry of Investment and Planning).
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 “Development and Environmental Trade-off in Vietnam’s Context†. Environmental experts and journalists got together, discussed and agreed that environmental values should not be sacrified merely for economic benefits.