A mangrove forest in Quang Dien district of Thua Thien-Hue province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Up to 1,092flood-proof houses were built in 2018 under the project on improving theresilience of vulnerable coastal communities to climate change related impactsin Vietnam, funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), heard a conference in Hanoion December 18.
Tran Quang Hoai, head of the VietnamDisaster Management Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment and the project’s director, said 199,46ha of mangrove forests wereplanted and restored throughout the year.
The project, the first to be funded by theGCF for the 2017-2021 period, has also included some proposals of livelihoodmodels for residents affected by mangrove forest planting and restoration.
It has also organised 10 training of trainers(TOT) courses at central, regional and provincial levels, as well as 100 trainingof facilitators (TOF) ones at the communal level, Hoai added.
Caitlin Wiesen, United Nations DevelopmentProgramme (UNDP) Acting Resident Representative in Vietnam, said the project iscurrently underway with funding being used in the most effective way.
According to Vu Thai Truong, the UNDP’sproject manager, the project is expected to construct 1,380 flood-proof housesfor residents in its five targeted provinces for 2019, and benefit another4,000 households over the next five years.
Apart from organising communicationactivities and housing design contests, the project will also set up systemssupervising flood-resistant houses and propose new programmes on building flood-proofhouses in 28 coastal localities in Vietnam.
It will plant and restore 4,000ha ofmangrove forests, continue to build and complete data on coastal forests, and publishmangrove forest data on climaterisk.org.vn.
Vietnam is oneof the five countries hardest hit by natural disasters. Over the past twodecades, natural disasters left over 400 people dead and missing eachyear, caused economic losses equal to about 1-1.5 percent of GDP, and affectedpeople’s living environment and conditions, as well as socio-economicactivities and the sustainable development of the country.
In 2017, a record number of 16 typhoons and fourlow pressure systems occurred in the East Sea. They claimed the livesof 386 people throughout the year, damaged more than 600,000 houses, and causedeconomic losses of about 60 trillion VND (2.64 billion USD), with the worsttyphoons being Doksuri and Damrey. –VNA
Tran Quang Hoai, head of the VietnamDisaster Management Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment and the project’s director, said 199,46ha of mangrove forests wereplanted and restored throughout the year.
The project, the first to be funded by theGCF for the 2017-2021 period, has also included some proposals of livelihoodmodels for residents affected by mangrove forest planting and restoration.
It has also organised 10 training of trainers(TOT) courses at central, regional and provincial levels, as well as 100 trainingof facilitators (TOF) ones at the communal level, Hoai added.
Caitlin Wiesen, United Nations DevelopmentProgramme (UNDP) Acting Resident Representative in Vietnam, said the project iscurrently underway with funding being used in the most effective way.
According to Vu Thai Truong, the UNDP’sproject manager, the project is expected to construct 1,380 flood-proof housesfor residents in its five targeted provinces for 2019, and benefit another4,000 households over the next five years.
Apart from organising communicationactivities and housing design contests, the project will also set up systemssupervising flood-resistant houses and propose new programmes on building flood-proofhouses in 28 coastal localities in Vietnam.
It will plant and restore 4,000ha ofmangrove forests, continue to build and complete data on coastal forests, and publishmangrove forest data on climaterisk.org.vn.
Vietnam is oneof the five countries hardest hit by natural disasters. Over the past twodecades, natural disasters left over 400 people dead and missing eachyear, caused economic losses equal to about 1-1.5 percent of GDP, and affectedpeople’s living environment and conditions, as well as socio-economicactivities and the sustainable development of the country.
In 2017, a record number of 16 typhoons and fourlow pressure systems occurred in the East Sea. They claimed the livesof 386 people throughout the year, damaged more than 600,000 houses, and causedeconomic losses of about 60 trillion VND (2.64 billion USD), with the worsttyphoons being Doksuri and Damrey. –VNA
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