Illustrative image (Photo: thiennhien.net)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamneeds to encourage and improve capacity and responsibility for the environmentand nature and implement preventive actions in management agencies andbusinesses to minimize nature degradation, an expert has said.
Dr. Nguyen Dinh Dap from theVietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)’s Institute of Human Geography made the suggestion at a webinar on November 16, whichfocused on solutions to contribute to developing specific programmes to promote rapid andsustainable development in Vietnam.
Assessing environmental degradation, global ecosystems and the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, Dap said countriesare working together to build a global strategic framework on biodiversity withthe goal that by 2050 people will live in harmony with nature, biodiversity is valued, conserved, restored and wisely used.
Whileproposing solutions to restore Vietnam's ecosystem and biodiversity in thecontext of the 4th industrial revolution, Prof. Dr. Dang Huy Huynh, VicePresident of the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment(VACNE) said to effectively implement restoration of ecosystems andbiodiversity, it is necessary to promote nature-based socio-economicdevelopment in the principle of being in harmony with nature.
Attention should be paid to living in harmony with nature in the process ofdeveloping national, regional and provincial plans; establishing more naturereserves, green corridors and biodiversity corridors; increasing investment ofresources in finance, policy, science and technology, including attracting theparticipation of indigenous communities on the principle of happiness and peacefor people, he said.
In the coming time, Vietnam needs to train scientists, managers, andtechnicians with specialized skills in restoring poor terrestrial and marineecosystems, Huynh said, noting that this is a crucial solution in restoring andenriching the ecosystem.
Accordingto Dr. Nguyen Song Tung, Director of the Institute of Human Geography, Vietnamis currently facing the loss and rapid degradation of biodiversity.
In addition to natural causes, human activities have had a great impact on thedestruction of nature. In the process of socio-economic development, a seriesof forests and natural covers have been invaded, causing the environment to bedamaged and lose its protection function against natural disasters and extremeweather, the expert said.
Participantsproposed measures to restore the ecosystem, protect ancient trees and minimiseharms caused by climate change, including disease prevention. They also focuseddiscussions on issues related to the National Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation in Vietnam./.
