Less than three months after the initiative was launched on World Environment Day (June 5) this year, the project achieved its goal of planting 25 out of the total 50 hectares planned.
Training workshop “Business engagement for sustainable development”
On June 21-22, 2018 in Da Nang, Viet Nam, PanNature in collaboration with The International Union for Conservation of Nature Netherlands (IUCN NL), organized the “Business Engagement training to promote Sustainable Development”.
The training aims at supporting organizations that are working in social forestry and sustainable development fields by enhancing their knowledge and skills in developing partnerships and engagement with business sector while promoting natural resources conservation and monitoring in business practices and policies. This workshop offers an opportunity for participants from state agencies, local enterprises, co-operatives, forest owners, associations and ASEAN civil society organizations to discuss and work in groups so that they interact and have their capacity in strategy planing strengthened to solve existing problems.
This is a side event in a series of international conferences take place in Da Nang this June, including the 7th ASEAN CSO Forum on Social Forestry and the Global Environment Fund (GEF).
Dr. Romei Goedickle, IUCN The Netherlands
Mr. Jan Willen den Besten, IUCN the Netherlands
Vietnam Green Growth Strategy and National Action Plan
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Minh Hien, Deputy Director , Department of Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Ms. Nguyen Hoang Phuong, Research & Policy Department, PanNature