Representative of the City Women's Union presented the project

From 2021-2023, with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Forestry Club of Thua Thien Hue province (now Hue city) has implemented the project "Applying indigenous knowledge to plant forests with indigenous trees to create a green ribbon to both limit fires in the current pure acacia forests, and at the same time contribute to preserving the genetic resources of indigenous trees in Phuc Loc village, Xuan Loc commune, Phu Loc district, Thua Thien Hue province".

The project has brought about positive results, not only contributing to the restoration of the forest ecosystem but also helping to raise public awareness of the conservation of native plant genetic resources, contributing to the biodiversity conservation of Bach Ma National Park, the Management Board of the Southern Huong River Protection Forest and the buffer zone.
Delegates attending the conference discussed and expressed their opinions.
Based on the initial success of the project, it is necessary to continue to implement maintenance, expansion and supplementation activities to ensure the sustainability of the model of collecting and sowing seedlings; intercropping forests with native trees in a sustainable direction and restoring and developing traditional culture, designing community tourism models to improve people's livelihoods.
The City Women's Union has taken advantage of the attention of the United Nations Environment Fund (GEF) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the technical support of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the City Forest Protection Department, organized meetings, surveys, and consulted local authorities and people of Phuc Loc village to propose a new phase of the project with the aim of promoting the livelihoods of ethnic minorities and developing the community economy through sustainable agricultural and forestry production activities. In particular, increasing the participation of women contributes to the socio-economic development of the locality.

The project will focus on training activities on afforestation, native tree development and seedling breeding; skills and knowledge for tourism...

At the conference, the people of Phuc Loc village actively contributed their opinions on the project's contents, and supported the project's goals and activities. With the idea of ​​building a community tourism model, the people were happy to be able to introduce their culture and cuisine, increasing their family income.
In addition to the proposed goals and activities, people proposed to receive technical support and assistance in renovating the existing vegetable garden maintained by the women's association over the years into an organic vegetable garden to serve tourism activities and people's consumption needs.
The project is expected to be implemented within 2 years with a total budget of 50,000 Euros sponsored by the United Nations Environment Fund (GEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
News and photos: Thanh Thao

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