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LAGo vITAL
This education program generates social awareness about the preservation
of Lake Maracaibo, a major Venezuelan watershed and the largest South
American lake. The project encourages entrepreneurial approaches to
improving quality of life for communities living on the lake’s shores, and
transfers knowledge and technology to residents creating micro-companies
that work at international environmental standards. The project also hosted a
multidisciplinary exhibition featuring history, art, cosmogony, biodiversity, and
a children’s poster contest, and is continuously engaged in entrepreneurial
education.
Project Type: Education and Awareness
External Partners: Local NGOs
vIETNAm
BUILdING LoCALLy RELEvANT CLImATE AdAPTIvE
STRATEGIES
Working with local communities, authorities and other stakeholders, this
project aims to design and implement locally relevant climate change
adaptive strategies that will conserve the region’s wildlife and maintain
ecosystem services for local communities. The project is gathering information
at lab sites in representative ecosystems and biomes across the Mekong
River basin, particularly the high-altitude wetlands, the Mekong main stem
and riparian habitats, coastal forests, and river deltas. The information
gathered is informing test approaches to adaptation with a specific focus
on methods based on local context, ecological specifics, and socioeconomic
conditions. This work is part of the WWF/Coca-Cola global partnership
focused on freshwater conservation. In this region, we are working together
to conserve the Mekong River basin.
Project Type: Watershed Protection, Education and Awareness
External Partner: WWF
PLAIN of REEdS WETLANd RESToRATIoN PRojECT
Many community livelihoods depend on the Plain of Reeds floodplain
of the Mekong River delta, where governance and management of the
wetlands require new approaches to support floodplain productivity. This
project, which seeks to demonstrate an integrated approach to wetland
© Katherine Neebe / WWF-US
conservation in Vietnam, has led to new policies that support an ecosystem
approach to wetland management and provide surrounding communities
with legal access to wetland resources—a first in Vietnam. The new natural
resource management model, which instituted sustainable harvesting of
forest and wetlands resources in Tram Chim National Park, has improved
local livelihoods and reduced conflict between park rangers and local
populations. The project has also restored the natural flow of water within
the park by removing internal dikes and adjusting water levels to mimic
the natural flood pulse of the river. Improvements to park water flows have
yielded tremendous benefits for biodiversity and people. Grasslands within
the park have tripled in area, waterfowl has quintupled since 2001, and the
project will improve the livelihoods of the approximately 40,000 fishers and
farmers in surrounding areas. This work is part of the WWF/Coca-Cola global
partnership on freshwater conservation.
Project Type: Watershed Protection, Education and Awareness
External Partners: WWF, Provincial government