Effort made to revive, develop Can Gio Island Mangrove Forest

  • Can Gio mangrove forests is considered as solid
    Can Gio mangrove forests is considered as solid "green wall" protecting the environment for Ho Chi Minh City and neighbouring areas. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • Mangrove seedlings are nursed for the afforestration. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Mangrove seedlings are nursed for the afforestration. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • Can Gio mangrove forest is home to 35 species of mangrove trees. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Can Gio mangrove forest is home to 35 species of mangrove trees. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • After nearly 50 years of restoration, protection, and development, the Can Gio mangrove ecosystem has been fully restored, primarily through human efforts. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    After nearly 50 years of restoration, protection, and development, the Can Gio mangrove ecosystem has been fully restored, primarily through human efforts. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • The Can Gio Island mangrove forest becomes Vietnam's first Biosphere Reserve recognised by UNESCO in 2000. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    The Can Gio Island mangrove forest becomes Vietnam's first Biosphere Reserve recognised by UNESCO in 2000. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
As a coastal locality of Ho Chi Minh City, Can Gio Island features a mangrove forest that thrives on the alluvial soil brought by the Sai Gon and Dong Nai rivers, combined with the tropical monsoon climate, a semi-diurnal tidal cycle, and a dense network of rivers and canals. After nearly 50 years of restoration, protection, and development (since 1978), the Can Gio mangrove ecosystem has been fully restored and is recognised by experts and scientists as a rapidly recovering mangrove forest on a large scale, primarily through human efforts. It is considered a "green carbon reservoir" and a "green lung" that forms a solid "green wall" protecting the environment for Ho Chi Minh City and neighbouring areas. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt

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