Exhibition showcasing the project’s results (Photo: congthuong.vn)

Da Nang (VNA) – With an array of effective models
and programmes put in place, a biodiversity protection and environmental
sustainability project in Da Nang, funded by the EU, has made
contributions to promoting biodiversity and helping local people develop
livelihoods, heard a workshop held in the central city on November 24.

The project “Establishing a Funding
Foundation for Biodiversity Protection and Environmental Sustainability in Da
Nang city” has been implemented by GreenViet Biodiversity Conservation
Centre (GreenViet) and Gustav-Stresemann-Institut (GSI, Germany) with a
funding of 650,000 EUR (710,000 USD) from the EU from July 2020 to the end of December
2023.

It aims to
strengthen civil society organisations (CSOs) of the city and the central
and Central Highlands provinces in environmental protection by
diversifying financial resources.

At the workshop, Vice Chairman of Da Nang city’s Union of Science and
Technology Associations Nguyen Dinh Phuc said that despite formidable
challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic downturns, all
of the targets set in the projects have been fulfilled.

Although the project is coming to an end, the biodiversity
conservation journey will continue in Vietnam, he said, adding localities need
support from the authorities and stakeholders.

In 42 months, the project carved out a lot of achievements, including
mobilising 4.6 billion VND (189,500 USD) from enterprises and organisations to
fund biodiversity conservation initiatives and projects, improving capacity for
over 50 groups, clubs and organisations working in biodiversity conservation
and environmental protection, funding and giving technical support to 25
related initiatives, carrying out four communications campaigns to raise public
awareness of biodiversity significance and sustainable environment protection,
and monitoring to protect the red-shanked douc langurs, the endangered
primates in Son Tra peninsula./.