May 20, 2012
SNV in collaboration with Rainforest Alliance and WWF carried out a study to evaluate the feasibility of developing a forest carbon project in Quang Tri Province following an Improved Forest Management project type and implemented by private smallholder farmers growing acacia plantations which could potentially be certified to FSC standards. The feasibility study: (i) determined the amount of carbon sequestered when rotation lengths for acacia plantations are extended and FSC practices...
Tropical peatlands are widely distributed throughout Indonesia, Malaysia and several other countries in South East Asia. They play an important role in stabilizing the ecosystem, particularly in regulating drainage, microclimate, and water quality and soil formation. In Vietnam, approximately 183,000 ha of peat swamps can be found, mainly located in the Lower Mekong Basin. There are two main areas of where peat remains: in Kien Giang and Ca Mau provinces. The peatland area found within U...
As part of SNV’s REDD+ interventions in Vietnam, Nghe An has been identified as a important Province to work on REDD+. The Province has high forest cover, and is subject to deforestation and degradation. It is also home to many ethnic minority groups. In order to better understand and design possible REDD+ interventions a pilot study was carried to better understand the socio-economic conditions and drivers of deforestation and forest degradation with a number of identified districts...
Recently in Vietnam, a coalition of international NGOs, donors and government officials have been promoting market-based forest conservation projects in the form of payments for environmental services (PES) as a win–win for both conservation and development objectives; Vietnam is now the first country in Southeast Asia with a national law on PES.
This article provides a macro survey of how market-based instruments for forest conservation have expanded in Vietnam,...
May 18, 2012
Objectives of this meeting is to support the development of tree biomass and volume AE. Specific themes to be addressed include the following;
- Data analysis and model development;
- Statistical analysis and accuracy assessment for biomass and carbon stock assessment;
- Institutional issues and roles (development, QC and data management);
- Identify gaps and future steps
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May 17, 2012
REDD+ is a complexity mechanism implemented under the requirements of environmental and social issues, of which biodiversity conservation, poverty alleviation, and indigenous right as well as transparency must be considered as “co-benefit” in REDD+ implementation. To achieve the multi-objectives of REDD+ activities and pilot projects, building capacity and sharing experiences of REDD+ implementation have become a crucial aspect in order to enhance the effectiveness of REDD+ activities at...
May 14, 2012
In February 2012, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) officially launched its REDD+ Community Carbon Pools programme in Vietnam, which will look at the practical implementation of REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation). This new regional initiative aims to share the benefits of reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
Managed by FFI in partnership with the NTFP-Exchange Programme and PanNature, the programme will share...
Around 250,000 households located in high risk areas, extreme geographical conditions, border and island areas, protective forests and specialised forest areas would be relocated between now until 2020 under a massive draft plan released yesterday by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Planning.
According to the draft plan, about 125,000 households would be relocated by 2015 and given support such as raising annual incomes to VND35million-40 million, access to basic...
May 9, 2012
On April 27 th, 2012, VN-FOREST held the Workshop on R –coefficient for REDD+ Benefit Distribution. Chaired by Madam Thoa, Director of Scientific Technology and International Cooperation Department of VNFOREST the workshop attracted 60 participants came from VNFOREST tagged UN- REDD phase II provinces (Bac Kan, Ca Mau, Binh Thuan, Ha Tinh, Lam Dong), and the member of the Technical Working Group on BDS as well as representatives of NGOs. The objective of the workshop was to inform...