5th IUCN Asia Regional Conservation Forum: some highlights
| 26/10/2011
Together with a delegation drawn from IUCN’s five Vietnamese State and NGO members led by MONRE Vice-Minister Tran Hong Ha, I attended IUCN’s Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) in Incheon, Korea on September 27-29, 2011. This RCF, which was attended by over 600 participants, was the ninth of the 11 regional forums that IUCN will organize in the run up to the World Conservation Congress (WCC) that will take place in Jeju, Korea in September 2012. Here are some of the presentations and interventions that caught my attention.
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International Coastal Cleanup 2011 Photo Contest
| 26/9/2011
Photography Guidelines
-People of all age groups welcome. **
-The number of candidates: 26 photographers. Each photographer submits 2 of their best pics per each of the two categories. The total is 104 pictures ( = 26 photographers x 2 categories x 2 pics).
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Eco-tourism, Red river delta
| 25/8/2011
Despite the grey cold winter, flocks of birds flapped their wings, appearing and disappearing amidst the tree line of Xuan Thuy National Park. For the villagers of Giao Xuan who have found livelihoods that also support conservation efforts, it is more than a signal that winter is nearly ending. It is also a sign of food starting to teem again in the coastal wetlands, and of better days for small-scale women farmers and fishers in the Red River Delta.
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Caitlin Devlin’s Work Experience with MCD
| 28/3/2011
Caitlin Devlin is a volunteer for MCD from November 2010 – March 2011. She works as Community Development Advisor. Here are her work experience and feeling about her internship in MCD.
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Civil Society Forum on ASEAN Framework
| 2/3/2011
On March 1, 2011, the Civil Society Forum discussed the ASEAN Multi-sectoral Framework on Climate Change: Agriculture and Forestry towards Food Security (AFCC). The forum was organised and facilitated by Oxfam International at Sulo Hotel in Quezon City.
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A successful case of livelihood diversification
| 6/1/2011
When visiting the environment-friendly livelihoods extension club in Giao Xuan commune, Giao Thuy district, Nam Dinh province, you will have the chance to see some good examples of garden improvement and compost making from organic waste. They are expanding in scale inside and outside the commune. A typical example is “que” earth-worm raising model in Mr. Nguyen Van Hanh’s family unit 16 in Xuan Hung village, Giao Xuan commune.
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