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Support designation of sacred forests as protected areas in Vietnam

PanNature is working to gain legal recognition of thousands of sacred forests in Vietnam as part of the national protected area system through revisions to the Forest Protection (2017) and Development Law (FPDL) and Biodiversity Law (2018).  Hoang Xuan Thuy, vice director of the NGO PanNature, which is headquartered in Hanoi, a member of the Vietnam Union of Sciences and Technology Associations and part of the ICCA Consortium/ Global Forest Coalition, of group PanNature seeks help in ensuring that all sacred forests in Vietnam, and not only large ones, will be recognized in new laws enabling sacred forests to be designated as part of the national protected area system. This article is seeking your input and advice.

Lesson Learnt on Tourism Development in National Parks and Nature Reserves

On July 21th, 2018, in Danang, People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) in collaboration with Da Nang Union of Science & Technology Associations, GreenViet Biodiversity Conservation Centre (GreenViet) and Environment & Biological Resource Teaching Research Team (DN-EBR) organized the first international workshop on "Biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in the Central and Highlands", with the 2018 topic is “Lesson learnt on tourism development in National Parks and Nature Reserves”.

Participatory Forest Governance Monitoring and Assessment in Vietnam

On May 18th, 2018 in Da Nang, Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) together with World Wildlife Fund (WWF – Vietnam) and People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) organized the conference “Participatory Forest Governance Monitoring and Assessment in Vietnam: Methodologies, Results and Policy Implications” funded by the European Union. 

New leadership at PanNature

Starting from May 2018, PanNature welcomes new changes in the management team. Ms. Do Hai Linh, former Communications Manager, moves to lead the Research and Policy Department. Her successor, Ms. Nguyen Thuy Hang, will take over Linh's responsibilities as the…

Recommendations for the Decree of Detailing the implementation of the Law on Forestry 2017

The Forest Land Coalition (FORLAND), including group members under Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) such as the Center for Indigenous Knowledge Research and Development (CIRD), PanNature, and the Center for Tropical Forestry Research (TROPENBOS-Vietnam) have proposed comments and recommendations  for the 2nd Draft of the Degree Detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Forestry 2017. 

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