Story | 24 Aug, 2017
When voices are heard in Cu Lao Cham Marine Protected Area
With a total area of 3.7 hectares (roughly the size of 5 football pitches), the coastline in front and the famous Hai Tang pagoda in back, the Pagoda Field in Cu Lao Cham, Viet Nam is a place of great natural beauty and of religious and historical value. The area is part of the Cu Lao Cham…
Story | 21 May, 2017
Banning vs. legalise and regulate in forest management
Two years ago, on a field survey in Bac Kan Province in Viet Nam, we heard about a farmer who needed 30 stamps to get a permit to harvest a single Styrax tonkinensis tree that was growing on his land. Even though the tree was on land that was designated as plantation forest and the farmer had a…
Article | 25 Jul, 2016
Changement climatique : Il faut adapter les politiques et stratégies de développement
Du 19 au 21 juillet 2016 s’est tenu à Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso l’atelier régional de plaidoyer auprès des décideurs et des planificateurs des pays de l’espace UEMOA et de la République de Guinée. L’objet de cet atelier est d’informer et sensibiliser ces acteurs principaux sur l’importance de…