On May 8 and 9, 2012, a representative of ICCO, Mr. Le Hien, visited the project site of The Centre for Environment and Community Assets Development in Tu Ne and Thanh Hoi communes, Tan Lac District, Hoa Binh Province. During the visit, Mr. Hien was monitoring the project’s progress, meeting with CECAD staff members as …
This one-year project is designed to create and raise awareness of the impacts of pesticides to health and the environment. The project objectives are to create awareness about the importance of the farmland biodiversity to the Muong villagers’ livelihood and the impacts of pesticides to their health and environment. Further to this, the objectives include …
The community-based ecotourism project implemented by The Center for Environment and Community Asset Development is a component of two projects. One is “Livelihood improvement, cultural identity preservation and environmental protection in Tu Ne, Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh province” funded by ICCO (The interchurch organisation for development cooperation). Another is “Ngoc Son – Ngo Luong” funded by …
The Tet holiday atmosphere was pervading everywhere. Yet alongside the excitement to celebrate the Tet, the Muong people in Tam village, Thanh Hoi commune, Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh province had another enjoyment of their own, celebrating a new communal house. On January 10th 2012, the new communal stilt house was inaugurated with the happiness …
The Community-based ecotourism project in Tu Ne and Thanh Hoi communes sponsored by FPSC (the Social Promotion of Cultural Foundation organization, Spain) was launched by CECAD in 2008, with the intention to improve livelihoods of the local people as well as to preserve the indigenous knowledge and cultural identity of Muong ethnic group and to …
CECAD Staff participated in the training course on “Developing community-based ecotourism” in Pu MatNational Park, Con Cuong District, Nghe An Province. The Pu Mat National Park situated in three districts, including Anh Son district, Con Cuong district and Tuong Duong district is a core zone of the Western Nghe An Biosphere Reserve, which is one …
On 9th September 2011, the Center for Environment and Community Assets Development (CECAD), which is under the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), jointly organised with the Thanh Hoi Middle School a workshop on Discovery and Re-discovery of the Muong Culture through Education in Thanh Hoi Commune to evaluate project activities of the …
When husbandry groups were established in Tu Ne commune, an urgent requirement arose for the establishment of a veterinarian group. This is due to the fact that few people in each village knew how to treat the diseases of their animals. Therefore, when the risk and especially an epidemic occurred, they had to ask for help …
Community-based ecotourism refers to ecotourism enterprises that are owned and managed by the community. Furthermore, ecotourism implies that a community is taking care of its natural resources in order to gain income through operating a tourism enterprise and using that income to better the lives of its members. Hence, it involves conservation, business enterprise, and …
Around ten years ago, acacia was identified as having a high economic value, bringing immediate profits to the farmers. This resulted in local people deforesting vast areas of established forest land to grow the acacia instead, which in the short-term produced healthy profit. Unfortunately it didn’t take many years for the acacia to show its …
