The northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien on July 30 held aworkshop to share its experience in building the provincial REDD+ actionplan (PRAP) on reducing greenhouse gas emission.
Dien Bien is the first province in the country to have completed andlaunched a PRAP with assistance from the Japanese Government through theJapan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The provincial People’sCommittee approved the plan, designed for the 2013-2020 period, on May26 this year.
REDD+ aims to reduce emissions byefforts to curb deforestation and forest degradation while promotingsustainable management of forest, conservation and enhancement of carbonstocks.
Vietnam ’s mountainous provinces arebeing helped to build their own REDD+ action plans by JICA via theproject for Sustainable Forest Management in the Northwest WatershedArea (SUSFORM-NOW).
Also at the function, Dien Bien launched a provincial forest monitoring system, which is an important part of its PRAP.
Under the plan, the locality aims to achieve 40,641 tonnes in annualnet increase in carbon stock, raise forest coverage to 45 percent by2015 while zoning off 6,555ha of forests in Muong Phang and Muong Muoncommunes for REED+ implementation.
The goals set for the next period from 2016-202 are 376,650 tonnes, 50 percent and 264,000ha, respectively.
The REDD+ action plan is built amid downgrading ecosystem andbiodiversity in Vietnam . In 2012, the Government issued the NationalREDD+ Action Plan with the aim of bettering forest management andclimate change resilience.-VNA
Dien Bien is the first province in the country to have completed andlaunched a PRAP with assistance from the Japanese Government through theJapan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The provincial People’sCommittee approved the plan, designed for the 2013-2020 period, on May26 this year.
REDD+ aims to reduce emissions byefforts to curb deforestation and forest degradation while promotingsustainable management of forest, conservation and enhancement of carbonstocks.
Vietnam ’s mountainous provinces arebeing helped to build their own REDD+ action plans by JICA via theproject for Sustainable Forest Management in the Northwest WatershedArea (SUSFORM-NOW).
Also at the function, Dien Bien launched a provincial forest monitoring system, which is an important part of its PRAP.
Under the plan, the locality aims to achieve 40,641 tonnes in annualnet increase in carbon stock, raise forest coverage to 45 percent by2015 while zoning off 6,555ha of forests in Muong Phang and Muong Muoncommunes for REED+ implementation.
The goals set for the next period from 2016-202 are 376,650 tonnes, 50 percent and 264,000ha, respectively.
The REDD+ action plan is built amid downgrading ecosystem andbiodiversity in Vietnam . In 2012, the Government issued the NationalREDD+ Action Plan with the aim of bettering forest management andclimate change resilience.-VNA
