Project’s title

Climate change vulnerability assessment in Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve

Project’s partner/ collaboration

Can Tho University; Management Board of Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve

Sponsor/Donor

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Vietnam

Total budget

Project’s period/duration

17,325 EUR

29/1/2021-25/1/2022

Principal Investigator (PI)

Co-PI

Project’s member

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Giao

Ly Van Loi, Tran Ngoc Huy, Huynh Thi Hong Nhien

Overall objective

 Specific objectives

The main objective is to assess the vulnerability of ecosystems and livelihoods to climate change; and to find the solutions for enhancing resilience of ecosystems and livelihoods to the impacts of climate change.

+ Assess impacts of climate change on ecosystems, species, and community livelihoods.

+ Propose adaptation strategies to minimize impacts of climate change on ecosystems, species, and community livelihoods.

Contents

Four activities were conducted during the project. Firstly, 7-day Training of trainers (ToT) was held in Can Tho city in February 2021 to train young researcher, who are from variety of colleges of Can Tho university, about the vulnerability assessment tool. Because the reserve zone and local livelihoods are subject to various aspects such as land use change, income, environmental quality, climate change, etc so the assessment team should have background knowledge that cover all essential facets to the zone and livelihood. Around five researchers were selected, in which 02 from Environment and Natural Resources college, 01 from The Delta Research and Global Observation Network in Mekong Institute (DRAGON), 01 from environmental economy and 01 from Mekong Development Institute. Besides, two staffs from LNH will be invited for the training so that they can understand and support well in the field as well as they can consult for the management board of LNH in use the assessment result. Secondly, the assessment team had around one month to conduct assessment in four communes, having close connection with LNH including Phuong Phu, Hiep Hung, Long Tri and Phuong Binh. Thirdly, 1-day validation workshop will be organized to present the assessment result to decision maker (at level of commune, district and provincial) and LNH management board. The comments from participants will help the team to finalize the result, which will be more proximity to the needs of the society. Finally, the team will work on the final report. Several internal meetings will be happened to discuss about the report. During this phase, consultation with experts will be applied few times to ensure the scientific of the report.

Expected outcome

+ Assessed impacts of climate change on ecosystems, species, and community livelihoods.

+ Proposed adaptation strategies to minimize impacts of climate change on ecosystems, species, and community livelihoods.

Contact address

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Giao, Department of Environmental Management, Can Tho University. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Mobile: 090 773 9582