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Conserving coastlines

April 13, 2010

A natural defense against the sea, mangroves on the Vietnamese coast are in need of protection.

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Small mangrove emerging from cracked dry earth
Image: Manuela Kasper-Claridge

Project goal: protecting the Mekong Delta and securing the livelihood of the local population
Project size: Mekong Delta in Vietnam in the provinces Soc Trang and Bac Lieu
Investment: 1.6 million euros in the province of Bac Lieu alone

Vietnam's coastal mangrove forests are suffering from climate change. What's more, intensive rice production and enormous shrimp farms are also damaging coast lines. Better management of mangrove forests could help. In the southern Mekong Delta, experts from German development agency GTZ are creating protected coastal zones. They are replanting mangrove forests, together with the local population. And they are teaching the locals about how to fight climate change as well.

A film by Manuela Kasper-Claridge

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