Locally-owned enterprise development for resilient communities and sustainable primate conservation
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Innovation
VALUE £160,000
WHERE Vietnam
Summary
The Critically Endangered Cao Vit gibbon is the world’s joint rarest ape, with only approx. 135 individuals remaining within the Cao Vit Gibbon Species and Habitat Conservation Area (CVGCA). The provincial government, of Cao Bang, intends to expand the existing CVGCA, from 1,500ha now to over 3,000ha, with support from FFI. This project will develop and launch an innovative, replicable and locally-owned enterprise designed specifically to ensure PA expansion has a net-positive impact on local well-being, through nature-based commodity/tourism-derived income.
