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Our mission
The coastal communes of Bac Lieu and Soc Trang are home to about 250,000 people, of which 20% or about 10,000 households are involved in shrimp farming. This project is expanding the area of mangroves inside the sea dike in coastal communities in Soc Trang and Bac Lieu by testing and then scaling up a hybrid nature-based solution (NbS) concept that combines mangrove restoration and the conversion of shrimp farms from large, open-air ponds to hyper-intensive Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS).
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- Freshwaters
- Oceans and coasts
- Protects Freshwaters
- Reduces Disaster Risks
- Safeguards Biodiversity
- Supports Livelihoods
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If this pilot program is successful, the project will demonstrate the technical and financial feasibility of hybrid-NbS for aquaculture while providing opportunity to scale up mangrove restoration in cooperation with shrimp farmers in Viet Nam by 100-fold. Not only will the project directly benefit biodiversity by restoring critical Mekong Delta mangrove habitat, but it will provide a robust model for sustainable income generation among shrimp farming families in Vietnam while also providing proof of concept for hybrid-NbS.
