ENHANCING CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN VU QUANG NATIONAL PARK

Aler Grubbs, the Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Vietnam, visited Vu Quang National Park in Ha Tinh Province, where USAID is making significant efforts to conserve biodiversity. With financial support from USAID through Species Conservation Fund (SCF), Center for Nature Conservation and Development (CCD) is collaborating with Vu Quang National Park to implement the project “Conservation of the White-cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) in Vu Quang National Park, Ha Tinh Province”. The project aims to enhance the capacity of the national park staff, forest rangers, and community groups in survey, monitoring, and conservation of primates and gibbons; to raise awareness among the local community and school students of biodiversity and important wildlife.

In CCD’s vision, cooperating with protected areas and national parks in Vietnam is a top priority to effectively preserve biodiversity values and restore ecosystems. Additionally, CCD focuses on harmonizing people and nature by improving livelihoods for local communities to reduce forest dependence; raising awareness about the value of nature and nature ecosystem services to people, thereby contributing and assembling joint efforts to combat deforestation, climate change, natural disasters, and pandemics in Vietnam.