Green Corridor Project
The Green Corridor project (Vietnamese: Dự án WWF Hành lang xanh) is a four-year initiative that started in June 2004, implemented by the WWF Greater Mekong Programme and Thua Thien Hue Provincial Forest Protection Department. According to the agreement signed in Huế on May 7, 2004, The Global Environment Facility, the World Wildlife Fund, and the Development Organisation of the Netherlands have donated two million US dollars to protect biodiversity. The project also receives funding from Thua Thien Hue Provincial People's Committee. In addition, funds have been provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Multinational Species Conservation Fund and the Concannon Foundation, for primate surveys and conservation work. A Green Corridor containing 1,340 square kilometres of precious forest in the districts of A Luoi, Nam Dong and Huong Thuy of Thua Thien-Hue Province will be better protected with a new method of ensuring higher efficiency. The project, to be carried out from 2004 to 2008, will benefit the local community and reduce the exploitation of forest resources and threats on endangered animal species.
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