Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Emergency Actions to Protect the Endangered Red-Shanked Douc Langur and its Habitat

Grantee Name: GreenViet Biodiversity Conservation Center

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: Viet Nam
Amount: $18,253
Dates: Jul 2017 – Jan 2018
Keywords: Awareness, Community-based conservation, Education, Habitat conservation and management, Species Conservation

Protect the biodiversity of Son Tra, near Da Nang, central Vietnam, including its emblematic population of red-shanked douc langurs, by creating a network of local champions to respond to threats to biodiversity associated with destructive development of the site, producing communications materials to support the work of the network, and developing a mobile app to allow local people to report threats as they occur.

Strategic Direction :

8 Strengthen the capacity of civil society to work on biodiversity, communities and livelihoods at regional, national, local and grassroots levels