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More than 200 people including coconut smallholders and representatives from DOA, DOAE and the German Embassy participated in ReCAP closing ceremony recently held at Na Vela Hotel & Convention, Ratchaburi. After three years of implementation, the Regenerative Coconut Agriculture Project (ReCAP) project comes to an end. It will be remembered...
Knowledge Café sessions for dialogue and development of an action plan for implementing the HWC Mitigation Strategy, and Action Plans and guidelines in India post-2023 and beyond the Indo-German Project | ©GIZIndia Dialogue to formulate a way forward to guide future implementation of HWC Mitigation in India | ©GIZIndia Release of...
Field visit and interaction with the Consortium stakeholders ©FCR&I Session on the demand and challenges faced by timber and non-timber industries in agroforestry products ©GIZ/Vishal Chaudhary The training cum exposure visit organised by the Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystem Services (FES) Project, the Forest College and Research Institute (FC&RI) and Tamil...
Amplifying the Importance of Marine Resources Conservation- World Oceans Day-2023” jointly celebrated by SoNG-GIZ and Oceanography Department of Dhaka University Seminar on Revealing the Potentials of Blue Economy, organized at Dhaka University to celebrate the World Ocean Day 2023 "Planet Ocean: Tides are Changing” was the theme for the World...
State release of Pong Dam Lake and Renuka Wetland IMPs during World Environment Day event in Shimla, 5 June 2023 ©DEST HP Integrated Management Plans (IMP) for Pong Dam Lake and Renuka Wetland were released by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Mr. Sukhvinder Singh, and other dignitaries during...
It has been two years since Chananya Chawengchote left behind her career as a chef overseas and returned home to take care of her 85-year-old father and 35-rai plot of coconut orchard in Ratchaburi province. Ms Chananya, or Kung as called by her family and friends, grew up here. As...
SMART expert guiding patrol data collection using SMART mobile ©GIZ/ Le Thanh An From 04 to 09 June 2023, more than 40 staff members of Muong Nhe Nature Reserve, Viet Nam joined a technical training course on the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) — a conservation tool allowing users...
The sensitization workshop on Sustainable Turmeric Cultivation practices, organized by the DPP GIZ-AVT McCormick project, brought together around 50 enthusiastic turmeric farmers in Chamarajanagar, Tamil Nadu. The objective of the workshop was to raise awareness about the harmful effects of heavy pesticide usage in turmeric cultivation and to introduce...
In May 2023, a study tour on the experience of SFM in European countries was organised by the project “Upscaling of sustainable forest management (SFM) and Certification in Viet Nam”. Eighteen representatives of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, provincial government agencies along with 6 partner forest owners in...
The 3rd ASEAN Climate Change Partnership Conference (ACCPC), convened by the ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change (AWGCC), focused on strengthening ASEAN’s efforts in preparation for the 28th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (UNFCCC COP 28) that will be held in November 2023 in...
