Grants :: Small Grant Facilities :: Residential planning - architecture model in mangroves populated areas in Ca Mau for climate adaptation and sustainable development
Mangroves populated area in Ca Mau Province © IUCN
Reducing mangroves encroachment due to housing construction in 2 communes of Ca Mau through providing guidance on residential planning and house designing
Ca Mau is the southernmost province in Vietnam, famous for the second largest mangroves forest in the world
Factors such as land use, rising sea level or climate change have been reducing the mangrove coverage
The project aims to conserve the mangroves in accordance with local housing needs in Song Goc and U Minh districts
35 employees in provincial, departmental bodies
10 employees in municipal bodies
100 households within the project site
Gender equality
Climate change
Ca Mau Province
1st Jun 2014 to 31st May 2015
VND380,130,000
Vietnam Institute for Urban and Rural Planning (VIUP): VND181,000,000
Ms Le Thi Thuy Ha, Vice Director of Vietnam Institute for Urban and Rural Planning (VIUP)