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1. UN-REDD in Viet Nam
early experiences
Akiko Inoguchi
Forestry – Programme officer
FAO Representation in Viet Nam

2. Viet Nam REDD context
• Forests in transition: from net-deforesting to net-afforesting
• Rapidly growing wood furniture export industry –
dependent on imported wood materials
• PFES in water being piloted
• Forestry institutions under-going restructuring
• MRV - National Forest Inventory undertaken since 1995
• REDD readiness phase support programmes:
– UN-REDD, JICA, Finland, REDD-ALERT, Winrock, RECOFTC, (FCPF R-
PIN approved)
• REDD pilot activities:
– SNV, ICRAF, GTZ, ...

3. • Phase 1: Developing REDD+ Strategy
• Phase 2: Piloting REDD+ Strategy for capacity building
• Phase 3: Implementing REDD+ Strategy
REDD-VN: where we are

4. Phase 1

5. 1) Organize & consult:
REDD coordination
• National REDD Network and Technical Working Group
Technical Working Group
RELs
REDD field
pilots
National REDD Network
Sub-technical working groups
UN-REDD
JICA
SNV
GTZ
ICRAF
CIFORFinland
Winrock
FFI
FSIV
FIPI
VFU
WWF
Forest Trends

6. 1) Organize & consult:
Free Prior Informed Consent
(FPIC)
• Target
– Communities in 2 pilot districts in Lam Dong province
• Approach
– Developing communication materials and holding community
meetings
• Awareness raising on
– forest contribution to climate change
– REDD
– UN-REDD project intervention
• Obtaining consent from local stakeholders on
– UN-REDD project intervention (training)

7. 2) REDD Strategy
• National level
– Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation
– Analysis on forest policy and governance issues
– National REDD strategy development
– Implementation framework development
• Local level
– Various REDD pilots are being initiated
– Various SFM practices on the ground may act as basis

8. 2) REDD strategy -
Mapping
• RED (deforestation)
– NOAA AVHRR (‘98-2000) &
MODIS/NDVI data (2001-’08)
applying LMF process
• REDD (degradation)
– high-resolution SPOT images
“RED potential in Vietnam”
At the sub-national level, RED holds
much significance
(Map for preliminary analysis
generated using MODIS VCF - Global
Land Cover Facility)

9. 2) REDD strategy
Benefit Distribution
Global Fund/Market
 global FUND or MARKET?
 isolate REDD funds from other gov’t
revenues? (manage in funds?)
 how much should Central Gov’t retain?
 manage funds at which level/s of sub-
national gov’t?
 how much should sub-national gov’t retain?
 who can receive REDD revenues?
 how to calculate local payments?
(performance-based; opportunity costs,
poverty coefficients...)
 how about non-monetary benefits?
National REDD Fund
$
Sub-national REDD Funds
$
Local beneficiaries
$

10. From outside VN
After REDD
From outside VN
2) REDD strategy:
Avoiding regional leakage
• Approx 20% of processed timber is derived from domestic
forest resources
From VN
Shift to outside resources
From VN How to ensure
this does not
invoke
deforestation/
forest
degradation in
other countries?
Before REDD
Effect of REDD to timber flows

11. 3) Reference scenario
Forestarea(ha)
REDD actions
BAU baseline
2010
1997
2013
BAU baseline
without plantation
policy

12. 4) Monitoring systems
Global
National
Sub-national
Local beneficiaries
$
$
$
 financial auditing
 monitoring of benefit distribution
 monitoring against the reference
emissions level
 monitoring of performance
 monitoring of benefit distribution
 monitoring of C-stocks
Who will be in charge?
•Does a relevant institution exist?
•Do they have sufficient capacity?
 level of
participation
in
monitoring
 recourse
mechanisms

13. • Piloting activities
– Voluntary REDD+ projects
– Public funds (ODA) for piloting benefit distribution
– REDD projects
• Capacity building
– In MRV
• RELs, Inventory, C-stock monitoring
– Targeting sub-national level capacity
• Institutional arrangements
– Inter-ministerial coordination
Next steps & Phase 2:

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