Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

A couple houses on the end of the water. — Fishing community in Tuyen Quang, Vietnam.

© Conservation International/photo by Jack Tordoff

Conservation of Aquatic Resources in Northern Vietnam through Promotion of Community Co-Management

Grantee Name: Center for Water Resources Conservation and Development

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: Viet Nam
Amount: $45,397
Dates: Apr 2010 – Jun 2012
Keywords: Awareness, Community-based conservation, Fisheries, Freshwater, Livelihoods

Contribute to preventing the decline in aquatic resources of the Gam River in Tuyen Quang province, northern Vietnam, by encouraging local people to phase out destructive fishing tools, promoting a co-management model for riverine aquatic resources in a pilot village, and documenting and disseminating experience to promote wider application among fishing communities in the Northern Highlands Limestone corridor.

Strategic Direction : 3 Engage key actors in reconciling biodiversity conservation and development objectives, with a particular emphasis on the Northern Limestone Highlands and Mekong River and its major tributaries