Harnessing carbon finance to arrest deforestation: Saving the Javan rhinoceroses
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £188,624
WHERE Vietnam
Summary
To support local institutions to establish a properly functioning and equitable forest carbon facility to compensate local villagers for arresting degradation and deforestation in and around Cat-Tien National Park, in order to conserve large mammals particularly the critically endangered Javan rhinoceros.
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