(Cinet)- A project worth US$500,000 will be built to restore the Lang Sen Wetland Reserve in southern Vietnam’s Long An Province.
According to Truong Thanh Son, director of the Lang Sen reserve, the WWF in Vietnam has joined hands with the provincial Department of Agricultural and Rural Development to complete the project within four years. The project, themed “Protecting life in the context of climatic changes: The community’s livelihood and adaptation based on the Lang Sen Wetland Reserve’s ecosystem,” has been jointly launched by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Germany.
The project will help restore the reserve’s natural characteristics using a new aquatic regime which is similar to the natural currents, and boost management capacity of the wetland, its water resources, flora and fauna, Son added.
The project will also give an impact of climate change on the surrounding community by launching smart, climate-adapted agricultural models among more than 180 households of farmers and fishermen living in the vicinity.
According to the WWF in Vietnam, Lang Sen Wetland Reserve, whose name literally means “the wetland with many lotus flowers,” includes 50 hectares of lotus plants as well as 40 hectares of wild rice.
The area is home to thousands of wetland birds, hundreds of species of freshwater fish, 156 species of wild plants and many amphibians, reptiles and other animals.
Đăng ký: VietNam News