From April 14 - 22, USAID/Vietnam supported a study tour to India for 25 Vietnamese senior officials and national park managers to learn from USAID/India’s support for biodiversity conservation. The delegation visited the Kanha Tiger Reserve and Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve to learn about their respective, successful tiger relocation programs. They met with Indian counterparts to discuss fostering partnerships between conservation managers, communities, and researchers. The delegation also spoke with conservation-friendly enterprises to learn how eco-tourism can provide sustainable finance for conservation work.
The study tour provided the delegation with concrete examples of successful conservation work that can be replicated in Vietnam’s national protected areas, including the investments needed to fund biodiversity restoration and rewilding.
