Build capacity of the Center for Environmental and Rural Development (CERD) as a center for knowledge and expertise on community-based biodiversity conservation in Nghe An Province, Vietnam, by training CERD's staff; synthesizing lessons learned from past community-based conservation initiatives in West Nghe An Biosphere Reserve; and generating a community-based conservation strategy for the Biosphere Reserve, informed by input from key provincial and local stakeholders, and the findings of CERD's field research.