The Vietnam Business Challenge Fund (VBCF) – a seven million pound programme supported by the UK Aid, officially announced its second call for proposals today.
A training course on silviculture techniques for sustainable forest recovery and forest management was organised by ENRICH project in collaboration with Ke Go Nature Reserve in Ha Tinh from May 9 to May 13. The event was attended by technical staff of the Reserve and local farmers.
The SNV REDD+ Mangroves and Market project (MAM) is promoting the eco-shrimp, which adhere to Naturaland standards. This is being introduced in Nhung Mien Forest Management area in Ca Mau Province.
February 26, 2013 marked a special milestone for the Biogas Programme for Animal Husbandry Sector in Vietnam as the Gold Standard announced their approval of the issuance of 510,952 Voluntary Emissions Reduction credits to the Programme.
Last week the Sub-Technical Working Group gathered at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to discuss issues on REDD+ Local Implementation.
SNVs extensive work on costing approaches to pro-poor REDD+ was recently presented at a side event hosted by IIED at COP 18 by Adrian Enright (SNV REDD+ Advisor).