Viet Nam is one of the world’s most biodiverse countries, but decades of illegal logging, poaching, wildlife trade, and agricultural conversion have led to staggering losses of natural forest and declines in wildlife populations, with some species on the edge of extinction.

There is an urgent need to secure the remaining strongholds of intact forest and wildlife to maintain nature and all the ecosystem services that it provides for our well-being and for a sustainable future.

To achieve this, USAID has provided funding for a five-year project - USAID Biodiversity Conservation (2020-2025), implemented by WWF, and in partnership with the Management Board for Forestry Projects, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). USAID Biodiversity Conservation works in 21 Special-Use and Protection Forests (SUFs, PFs) in 8 provinces: Quang Nam, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Binh, Lam Dong, plus Cuc Phuong National Park (Ninh Binh), Vu Quang National Park (Ha Tinh), and Cat Tien National Park (Lam Dong, Dong Nai).