WWF supports Quang Tri province to promote sustainable rattan supply chain

On August 12, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province issued Decision No. 1994/QD-UBND approving the project "Promoting sustainable supply chains, empowering communities, improving forest resilience and biodiversity, sharing cross-border knowledge and experience - Phase 7.2 in Quang Tri province". The project is funded by WWF in Vietnam.

The project has a total non-refundable aid of SEK 874,856, equivalent to more than VND 1.9 billion. The project aims to promote sustainable forest product supply chains, empower communities in production management and development, improve forest resilience and biodiversity, and share knowledge and experience to replicate good ideas and models. The implementation location is in Quang Tri province and the implementation period is until August 31, 2025.

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The project is expected to enhance resilience to climate change (sustainably managed natural forests and certified plantations). At the same time, it will build and operate a system to monitor rattan reserves and exploitation to ensure sustainable exploitation and provide people with knowledge about production and business in the sustainable rattan supply chain.

In addition, the project also applies a pilot "Innovation Fund", aiming to encourage initiatives to improve livelihoods, ecosystem services and resilience to climate change; Communicate and promote knowledge and experience from the Project's activities; Pilot programs and tools to promote and support natural solutions that contribute to conservation and livelihood improvement.

Also through this project, promoting sustainable forest product supply chains, empowering communities in production management and development, improving forest resilience and biodiversity, sharing knowledge and experience to replicate good ideas and models will bring high efficiency, helping people stabilize their lives and protect forests sustainably, especially ethnic minorities in mountainous districts of Quang Tri.

Source: https://thoidai.com.vn/wwf-ho-tro-tinh-quang-tri-day-manh-chuoi-cung-ung-may-ben-vung-203456.html