Trang chủOn February 27, 2025, the People’s Committee of Dong Thap Province submitted a report to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on the results of the 2025 World Wetlands Day celebration in the province.
Accordingly, the People’s Committee of Dong Thap Province directed the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to organize and implement the 2025 World Wetlands Day celebration with the theme “Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future”. Accordingly, units throughout the province simultaneously implemented numerous communication activities focusing on the theme of Wetlands Day 2025.
Provincial departments, agencies, and organizations, as well as the People’s Committees of districts and cities, organized propaganda through mass media about the 2008 Biodiversity Law, Government Decree No. 66/2019/ND-CP dated July 29, 2019, on the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands; Circular No. 07/2020/TT-BTNMT dated August 31, 2020, of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment stipulating the details of the contents at point c, clause 1, Article 31 of Decree No. 66/2019/ND-CP…; and implemented content on protecting the value of wetlands, managing, restoring, and sustainably using wetlands, integrating them into various programs. Planning, plans, and development projects in localities within the province.
Implementing information and communication solutions, publishing articles in response to Wetland Day, environmental protection activities, biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem preservation in areas such as Tram Chim National Park, Xeo Quit historical site, Gao Giong ecotourism area, Go Thap historical site… Integrating the content of conservation and sustainable use of wetlands into the propaganda work on forest protection and biodiversity conservation in the province, gradually raising community awareness to jointly conserve and sustainably use wetlands.
Regularly organizing forest patrols and protection, especially in areas with high biodiversity such as Tram Chim National Park (Ramsar site), Xeo Quit historical site, Go Thap historical site, Gao Giong melaleuca forest, and addressing illegal exploitation of flora and fauna. In addition, conservation area managers have implemented numerous solutions for managing wetland ecosystems in recent years. Furthermore, Tram Chim National Park has been restoring and expanding the area of sedges to enrich the food source for the Red-crowned Crane; maintaining and expanding the area of rice seedlings for scientific research; and planting additional native tree species to increase forest area, enhance biodiversity, and meet the needs of ecotourism.