On November 25, USAID/Vietnam Mission Director Ann Marie Yastishock, leaders from Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue Provincial People’s Committees, Ministry representatives, provincial leaders, District Peoples’ Committees, private sector partners, local organizations, and community members attended the closing event for the USAID Green Annamites project in Danang city. Over the past four years, the USAID Green Annamites invested $23.9 million to enhance natural resource management of 512,000 hectares of biological significant land; improve the incomes of 28,700 local and ethnic minority community members; and mobilize $59.4 million in external investment for value chain development, women’s economic empowerment, medicinal plants and handicrafts production, and forest restoration activities.

USAID will continue to support biodiversity conservation in Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue provinces for the next five years through the recently awarded USAID Biodiversity Conservation and USAID Sustainable Forest Management projects. These new projects will enable continuation of the beneficial approaches developed under USAID Green Annamites, transferring positive benefits to other provinces and communities in Vietnam.

So What? The success of the USAID Green Annamites project has contributed to protecting the region’s globally significant biodiversity while improving incomes for women and ethnic minority communities, and supported Vietnam’s improved governance of natural resources, in alignment with the Indo-Pacific Vision.

To view photos of the event, visit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usaid_vietnam/sets/72157716998329962/

To view other project photos, visit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usaid_vietnam/sets/72157716997983022/