The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety has provided €7 million for a project to protect the forest in Vietnam’s Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue provinces and Lao National garden.

The four-year “Annamites Carbon Sinks and Biodiversity” (CarBi) project, which is part of an international climate protection initiative, is aimed at preventing forest degradation and boosting sustainable forest management. It will be carried out by the German-based KfW banking group and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

The project covers a total area of 200,000 hectares in the border area between the southern region of Laos and Vietnam’s Central region, which is the home to endangered animals such as Indo-China tigers and Sao La.

Nils Meyer, KfW project manager said the project marks a milestone in the Germany-Vietnam efforts to prevent biodiversity degradation all over the world.

With the sponsorship of such a project, Germany is contributing to protecting the climate and endangered animals in Vietnam and Laos.