Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Raising Concerns – Reducing Impacts: Providing Inputs to Local Development Policies Related to Biodiversity and Natural Resources through Engaging the Media

Grantee Name: Center for People and Nature Reconciliation

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: Viet Nam
Amount: $93,567
Dates: Aug 2009 – Aug 2012
Keywords: Biodiversity mainstreaming, Capacity building, Communication, Journalism/media

Promote sustainable development and good governance in the Northern Highlands Limestone Corridor of Vietnam by engaging the media to investigate the impacts of development policies and projects on biodiversity and ecosystem services. The project will organize field-based trainings for journalists, support them to undertake regular investigative missions and disseminate the findings through national and local media and a policy workshop.

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

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Raising Concerns – Reducing Impacts: Providing Inputs to Local Development Policies Related to Biodiversity and Natural Resources through Engaging the Media

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