Thuy Nguyen in Saigon GPdaily: The government of Australia and Germany signed Friday an agreement to continue their partnership in Vienam’s Mekong Delta under an expanded program to help the country’s manage and protect its coastal ecosystems, which includes responding to the impacts of climate change. The signing took place in Rach Gia City, Kien Giang Province in the delta.Australia, through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), will contribute A$23 million (US$24.3 million) to the program and Germany commits US$14.1 million in technical cooperation, AusAID said.
…The program will be implemented by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit), a German organization set up in January 2011 to support the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. …
“In the Mekong Delta, Australia will continue to work in partnership with Germany and local governments in joint efforts towards responding to the impacts of climate change and promoting sustainable livelihoods for local communities,” he added.
…The Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems Program, building on existing work in Bac Lieu, Soc Trang and Kien Giang, will provide practical solutions to address the range of environmental hazards being faced in coastal ecosystems, according AusAIDS.
It added provincial climate change adaptation plans would be developed to include activities such as mangrove rehabilitation and coastal forest protection measures, promotion of alternative income opportunities for communities dependent on coastal forests, demonstration of alternative farming practices and improved dyke construction and management…
Mangrove in Can Gio forest, shot by Tho nau, Wikimedia Commons, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
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