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Vietnam’s premier integrated resort development
protects and preserves
22 October, 2010, Ho Chi Minh City: Asian Coast Development (Canada) Ltd.
(ACDL) today organized a tree transplanting exercise involving key management
and workers in which 60 trees from four endangered species were moved to a
dedicated preservation area on the company’s 168 hectare Ho Tram site.
“From the outset in Vietnam, we have made contributing to
the community at large a high priority,” said Mr. Lloyd Nathan, CEO of Asian
Coast Development Limited.
“Today, we have taken this philosophy in an additional
direction, as our team here transplant 60 endangered trees along our
exceptional beachfront site. Helping
to preserve and ensure that these rare species thrive for years to come is part
of our commitment to making sustainability a cornerstone of our Company’s ethos.”
The saved trees include the endangered Dyospyros Rubra, Antisoptera Costata, Sindora Siamensis and Dillenia Indica species. Fast
development in Vietnam has seen rapid clearance of habitat, at a rate that the
nation’s flora has been unable to match. Many of these trees are slow growing
species that are over fifty years old and Vietnam has been developing at a rate
that species such as this are simply unable to re-germinate and keep up with.
“Historically these trees have been used for everything from
fine furniture to fast-burn firewood,” added Jef Forrer, President of
Development for the Ho Tram Project Company.
“As such it is great to be able to do our part in an area on
our site that is devoted to bringing these once-abundant species, back to
prominence. We are also helping to beautify
the environment in which we operate, as well as calling upon the trees to
continue to clean the air that we breathe every day here on the site, for the
benefit of everyone on the site, and all in the Ho Tram area."
four species of Vietnam’s indigenous flora |
