Last Friday, 19^thJuly, Nha Thai JSC (ALDO Vietnam) in cooperation with GAIA Nature Conservation Center (Gaia) implemented the initiative "Planting and monitoring community forests" at Dong Nai Culture & Nature Reserve (recognized as one of World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO).

As the topic “ALDO Community Forest Day: GET READY for the GREEN weekend”,over 40 employees of Nha Thai planted 500 trees (within 1Ha), in which four different species to supplement food sources for Elephants and create habitats for wild species.This program aims to preserve elephants and wild species. In parallel with afforestation, participants were guided by Gaia to monitor the development of the forest for the next 4-year-in-row to ensure the strong development of the forest, as well as to monitor changes in ecological value, and biodiversity in the forest. It is a long-term solution for elephants to be preserved in Vietnam, which is not only protects the habitats and food sources of elephants but also promotes forest regeneration and greening of barren hills in elephant area.

After planting the forest, the staff also took part in an excursion to discover the nature and forest bathing. Each participant understood the forest and felt the forest in different ways, through creative activities created by Gaia such as: observing the forest from different perspectives, feeling a bark and vines in forest, smelling the aroma of the forest, hearing the birds’ singing, the sound of millions of birds flapping their wings in the forest...

We – ALDO Vietnam – contributed to the Community, Let’s spread this message and act from now on!

For further information, please visit Fan Page ALDO Viet Nam Tuyen Dung.

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