 This year’s Vietnam Environment Monitor 2005 is the fourth in a series of reports and focuses on conservation of the country’s most unique and fragile environmental resource, its biodiversity. Vietnam is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world. Biodiversity plays an essential role in sustaining many of the country’s economic sectors, including forestry, fisheries, agriculture, tourism and industry. It provides stability and resilience to the economy, while also creates opportunities for increased productivity, new areas of enterprise and income generation. Biodiversity is also the foundation for the livelihoods and well-being of some of the poorest, most isolated and most vulnerable communities in the country.
This Monitor provides a frank assessment of biodiversity status and trends, highlights key issues, and identifies experiences and lessons which can guide decision makers in setting priorities for future action to improve the management of Vietnam's ecosystems, species and genetic resources.
The Monitor promotes biodiversity conservation as an essential aspect of Vietnam's pursuit of sustainable development. While it attempts to show that biodiversity is found and needs to be conserved in all systems - including those heavily influenced by people, such as agricultural landscapes -- the main emphasis of this Monitor is on biodiversity in natural ecosystems. Coverage of reptiles, amphibians and microbiological species and of genetic diversity was constrained by the availability of studies and data.
 Executive summary (6 pages, 0.15mb pdf)
Full report (77pages, 2.36mb pdf)
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