The initiative, implemented by the Provincial Union of Science and Technology Associations in partnership with the Binh Phu Commune People’s Committee, is backed with 50,000 USD in funding from the United Nations Development Programme and the Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants Programme. It will run from December 2025 to June 2026.
The project seeks to raise awareness among local authorities, grassroots officials, and residents on sustainable exploitation and conservation of purple amomum, linking the medicinal plant’s economic potential with long-term forest ecosystem protection. It also aims to bolster household livelihoods through the rational management of natural amomum resources.
A second pillar of the programme focuses on developing community-based tourism. Plans include creating tourism routes and sites that highlight forest landscapes and ethnic cultural identities.
Activities will cover training on the medicinal value and harvesting techniques of purple amomum, capacity-building for community tourism management, study tours to successful models elsewhere, and the design and construction of local tourism products.
Residents of five villages of Kon Giang, Giot 1, Giot 2, Kon Mon, and Xa Tang are identified as direct beneficiaries. Organisers said the project is expected to enhance community engagement in environmental protection, forest conservation, and sustainable development.
