AFAP Celebrates World Environment Day 2009
AFAP and Bird Explorers have organised an exhibition in Hanoi to celebrate World Environment Day (5 June 2009) and promote environmental sustainability in key forest and coastal areas in Viet Nam.
The exhibition displays 45 photographs taken by Bird Explorers photographers, Kevin Vang and Wojciech Dabrowka from 2003 until 2008, taken in the following areas:
Ha Long Bay Region: This includes the Ha Long Bay World Heritage Site, Cat Ba Island and surrounding island and coastal ecosystems. In this area AFAP, our counterparts and local people have worked together for 6 years to save endangered species like the Cat Ba Langur and provide livelihoods and education programs for communities in these areas.
Cat Tien Region: This vast region comprises an area of exceptional biodiversity in Southern Viet Nam taking in several key ecosystems of the Southern Annamite Ranges and adjacent lowlands. This includes Cat Tien National Park and the Cat Loc protected sector.
Mui Ca Mau Region: This vast mangrove and coastal region in the very south of Viet Nam is a key place for migratory birds from across Asia. This includes the Mui Ca Mau National Park and the Dat Mui and Bai Boi Protected Bird Areas.
The exhibition will be displayed in
Hanoi Opera House (30 May 2009)
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (31 May 2009)
Gallery 29 Hang Bai, Ha Noi (1-7 June 2009)
The event is sponsored by AusAID, which has contributed nearly AUD10 million to disaster mitigation and climate change projects in Vietnam during the fiscal years 2007/8 and 2008/9 .
Click here to download the press release
To view more pictures from the exhibition please visit
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AFAP has partnered with NGOs throughout their network to protect and maintain invaluable ecosystems in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Increased awareness about threats to the environment, and subsequent programs to protect it, not only maintains the beauty and resources of these fragile ecosystems, it also provides additional sources of income to local communities through activities such as tourism and improved agricultural production.
The environment programs focus on a wide variety of areas including, but not limited to, the Forest Garden program, coastal and coral management programs, recycling, ecotourism and the preservation of national parks and endangered animals.
AFAP's Southeast Asia Environment Programs:
Livelihoods in Environmentally-Fragile Areas Program
Cat Ba National Park
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