"Integrating Watershed And Biodiversity Management In ChuYangSinNational Park, DaklakProvince"

On 29 July 2005 in Buon Me Thuot city, Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee in collaboration with BirdLife International Vietnam Programme held a project inception workshop titled Integrating watershed and biodiversity management in Chu Yang Sin (CYS) National Park, DaklakProvince. The project is funded by a grant of USD 973,000 from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the World Bank.

 

This workshop aimed to introduce the project to local authorities, agencies and relevant stakeholders in Dak Lak province, and to create an opportunity for co-operation and information exchange between local agencies and major donor initiatives active in the area. In Dak Lak province, following Yok Don, CYS is the second National Park to receive a GEF grant for biodiversity conservation. The workshop was an important milestone to kick-off the project after a long project preparation process.     

At the workshop, a lot of opinions of relevant stakeholders about their expectations of project achievements have been expressed. With activities during the project period, CYS National Park and the whole CYS landscape will hopefully become an exemplary model of biodiversity conservation and watershed management and poverty alleviation. In addition, the project will support CYS National Park so that it can attain an appropriate position in the protected area system of Vietnam.