Nguyen Thanh Thao, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Viet Nam - Mainstreaming biodiversity in Viet Nam

1. MAINSTREAMINGBIODIVERSITYINSOCIO-ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENTINVIETNAM:CURRENTSTATUSANDCHALLENGES
Ms Nguyen Thanh Thao
Vietnam Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
The 18th meeting of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
Network on Environment and Development (ENVIRONET)
Paris, March 2nd – 3rd, 2016

2. Outline
• Biodiversity in Vietnam
• State management of biodiversity in Vietnam;
• The Laws, legal documents as instruments for mainstreaming
biodiversity into socio-economic development;
• Other instruments for mainstreaming biodiversity;
• Remaining challenges in biodiversity mainstreaming;
• Vision to 2030.

3. Biodiversity in Vietnam
Vietnam is recognized as one of the countries
with high biodiversity

4. Biodiversity in Vietnam
Different
types of
ecosystems
with rich
diversity of
species and
genetic
resources;

5. Biodiversity in Vietnam
• From 2006 to 2011, over 100
species new to science have
been discovered and described
for the first time in Vietnam,
most of them were discovered
in Protected areas.
• Protected areas in Vietnam :
164 forest protected areas; 16
marine Pas, 45 inland water
conservation areas
• World recognized PAs: 05
RAMSAR sites; 08 nature
reserves; 05 ASEAN heritage
parks

6. State management of biodiversity in Vietnam
NGOs, social
organisations, mass
media
Government
of Vietnam
DONRE
Biodiversity
Conservation
Division
Water resources, Forestry
management divisions
DARD
Provincial
authorities
MONRE
Vietnam
Environmental
Agency
Department of
Water Resources
Management
MARD
Directorate of
Forestry
Directorate of
Water Resources
International
organisations

7. TheLaws,legaldocumentsasinstrumentsformainstreaming
biodiversityintosocio-economicdevelopment
• Law on Biodiversity, 2008
• Laws on Forestry, Fisheries, Water Resources, etc.
• Various Government Decrees and Circulars guiding the
implementation of the Law on Biodiversity;
• Three National Biodiversity Action Plans (1995, 2007, 2013)
• Mainstreaming biodiversity is given high priority in national
strategies on socio-economic development, environmental
protection, climate change, green growth, etc.
• Land planning is one of the key instruments to mainstream
biodiversity.

8. Other instruments for mainstreaming
biodiversity
• Economic instruments: Payment for forest ecosystem service:
help to improve livelihood and biodiversity conservation.
• Socio instruments: Trial mechanism for sharing benefit from
• protected areas
• Management instruments: piloting monitoring biodiversity and
development of national database system on biodiversity
• International mechanism: REDD + high biodiversity piloted
• Communal instruments: participatory approach has been
implemented

9. Remaining challenges in biodiversity
mainstreaming
• Legal and institutional framework is fully developed, but gaps
and overlaps remain
• Management capacity and investment resources for the
conservation are limited: human and financial resources,
infrastructure…
• Lack of information on the value of biodiversity and ecosystem
services; database on biodiversity of PAs has not been set up.
• The indigenous people and the local communities living around
PAs has not really benefited from the value of Pas and
mainstreaming biodiversity.
• Lack of incentives for officials who work on biodiversity
mainstreaming
• Limited law enforcement and awareness

10. Vision to 2030
• By 2030, 25% of degraded ecosystems of international
significance will be restored, and biodiversity will be
conserved and used sustainably, bringing major benefits to
the people and contributing significantly to the socio-
economic development of the country.

11. Thank you for your attention!