Technical report : Conference on Integrated Watershed Forest and River Basin Management in Vietnam, Bi Doup Nui Ba National Park, Dalat City, Lam Dong, Vietnam, May 23-24, 2011

Regional and international delegates gathered for a conference focusing on forests, watershed management, and integrated water resource management on 23-24 May in Da Lat, Viet Nam. Participants visited a local national park and heard about the challenges park managers face to protect the forest and water supplies. Speakers from Viet Nam, China and Norway addressed a range of river basin management examples, highlighting local challenges including the regional development of hydropower and its environmental impacts. Attendees acknowledged that while the science is becoming clearer, policy implementation continues to be difficult. IUCN's Nguyen Duc Tu urged each organization to share resources, test solutions and use their power to influence change.