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To improve and enhance the capacity of forest dependent communities, FLEGT Project – Central Region in collaboration with Consultative and Research Centre for Natural Resource Management (CORENARM) and Forest Protection Department (FPD) of Thua Thien Hue Province built 01 pilot “Model for community based sustainable forest Management – SFM” in Hong Bac commune, A Luoi […]
On May 15, 2015, the Centre for Rural Development in Central Vietnam invited Mr. John Tapper from Australian Business Volunteers to share experiences in establishing and running a social enterprise. As an experienced specialist, Mr. John shared a lot of valuable knowledge about 03 main themes: (1) Current business models in Vietnam and in the […]
We came back Duy Tan commune, Duy Xuyen district to visit Le Dinh Trung household (age 62) and saw the chickens growing well and eggs being distributed to other households in the area.
On January 7, 2015, to raise awareness through communication education on VPA-FLEGT in local community, FLEGT Project – Central Region in collaboration with the Centre for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD) held Behavior Change Communication (BCC) Program on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) with 34 participants coming from forest protection agencies, social […]
In the morning of 27 September, the 13th Conference of the Provincial Committee (14th session) continued working with the discussion on two statements of the Provincial Standing Committee relating to the work of public relations in the new situation and coping with climate change; work of leadership, direction and implementation of the 4th Central Resolution […]
FLEGT is an Action Programme of the European Union (EU) aims to prevent illegal logging and trade in timber and related timber products to the EU market. In two days of 29 & 30 December, 2014, in Dong Hoi City, FLEGT Project – Central Region in collaboration with the Centre for Rural Development in Central […]
In the first days of March 2015, 06 forest-allocated communities in 03 communes of Thuong Nhat, Thuong Lo, and Huong Loc within the framework of the project “Enhancing community rights in managing and benefiting after land and forest allocation in Thua Thien Hue Province” funded by ICCO and implemented by Centre for Rural Development in […]
FORLAND is a network that connected organizations and individuals operating in forestry sector in Vietnam. Founded in 2012, the Coalition aimed to ensure an equal access, effective management and use as well as sustainable benefits from forest and land for indigenous people in the mountainous areas to stabilize and develop their livelihoods. The training course […]
The community in Hamlet 3, Huong Loc Commune was allocated 173 hectares of natural forest in 2010. However, the forest allocated was restored one with poor reserves and few valuable trees. Therefore, during the implementation of forest protection and development, the community always focused on the development of valuable timbers. With the support of project […]
The workshop was attended by 65 representatives from Oxfam UK, the functional departments and chambers of Thua Thien Hue Province: Departments of Forestry, Forest Protection Department, Forest Protection Unit of Nam Dong District and Division of Natural Resources and Environment of A Luoi District, together with the participation of more than 40 households participated in […]
Vietnamese Government and the European Union (EU) began to conduct negotiations for the signing of the voluntary partnership agreements on forest law enforcement, governance and trade (VPA/FLEGT) since the end of 2010 to ensure the legality of timber and timber product exports from Vietnam to the EU Member States. The agreement is expected to be […]
From 26 to 27 August, the closing conferences of the project were held at the People’s Committee Halls of 03 communes of Trieu Van, Trieu Giang and Hai Que in Trieu Phong and Hai Lang Districts, Quang Tri Province. The objectives of the conference were to review and reassess the implemented activities on Enhancing capacity […]