Improve the effectiveness of community conserved area management; sustain biodiversity values of local forest ecosystems, manage, protect and sustainably develop forests, and preserve ethnic minorities? indigenous knowledge and non-physical culture values in Son La province.
The project will be implemented in four communes in three districts of Son La province with the
overall objective of promoting the effectiveness of the management of community forests in
association with the conservation of the intangible cultural values of ethnic minorities.
The project sets out five outcomes and five groups of activities, respectively: (1) Raising
awareness of sustainable forest management ? developing sets of village conventions towards the
establishment of a sustainable forest management network; (2) developing community forest
management models through the restoration of values, customs, and rituals of ethnic minorities
related to forest management and protection; (3) developing and operating a microfinance fund
from the funding of forest environmental services; (4) promoting agricultural livelihood
development and products under the forest canopy to improve living standards; and (5)
developing an experience-sharing network in terms of community forest management and
protection.
overall objective of promoting the effectiveness of the management of community forests in
association with the conservation of the intangible cultural values of ethnic minorities.
The project sets out five outcomes and five groups of activities, respectively: (1) Raising
awareness of sustainable forest management ? developing sets of village conventions towards the
establishment of a sustainable forest management network; (2) developing community forest
management models through the restoration of values, customs, and rituals of ethnic minorities
related to forest management and protection; (3) developing and operating a microfinance fund
from the funding of forest environmental services; (4) promoting agricultural livelihood
development and products under the forest canopy to improve living standards; and (5)
developing an experience-sharing network in terms of community forest management and
protection.
Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Union of Technology and Science Associations of Son La Province
Country:
Viet nam
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Grant Amount:
US$ 44,010.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 30,900.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
Project Number:
VNM/SGP/OP6/Y6/CORE/2022/05
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
SGP Country office contact
Ms. Huyen Thu Thi NGUYEN
Phone:
(84 24) 38500150
Fax:
(84-24) 37265520
Email:
Ms. Ngoc Bich Kieu
Email:
Address
One Green UN house, 304 Kim Ma district
Hanoi, 100000
Hanoi, 100000
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