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SON LA PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE PROVINCIAL “REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION, AND THE ROLE OF CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS AND ENHANCEMENT OF FOREST CARBON STOCKS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES” ACTION PLAN OF SON LA PROVINCE FOR THE PERIOD FROM 2017 TO 2020 TOWARDS 2030 Un-official translation by SNRM Project August 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREAMBLE ............................................................................................................................................4 1. Background ..........................................................................................................................................4 2. Legal basis ............................................................................................................................................5 Part I: ........................................................................................................................................................7 OVERVIEW OF FOREST PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT, AND POTENTIALS FOR REDD+ IMPLEMENTATION OF SON LA PROVINCE ......................................................................7 I. OVERVIEW OF NATURAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ........................................7 1. Natural Conditions ..................................................................................................................................... 7 2. Social-economic conditions ........................................................................................................................ 9 II. FOREST PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SON LA PROVINCE ................................14 1. State of forests and forestry land ............................................................................................................. 14 2. Changes in forest cover the period of 2005 to 2016 ................................................................................ 15 3. Achievements of forest protection and development over the 2005 - 2016 period ................................. 17 4. Shortcoming and challenges .................................................................................................................... 19 III. IDENTIFICATION OF DRIVERS, BARRIERS AND POTENTIAL AREAS FOR REDD+ IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................................................................................21 1. The overall process ................................................................................................................................... 21 2. Results of analysis .................................................................................................................................... 23 2.1 Drivers and barriers ................................................................................................................................ 23 Part II: OBJECTIVES, SCOPES, AND CONTENT OF PRAP ............................................................28 I. OBJECTIVES .....................................................................................................................................28 1. General objectives .................................................................................................................................... 28 2. Specific objectives .................................................................................................................................... 29 II. SCOPES, OBJECTS, AND DURATION .........................................................................................30 1. Scope ........................................................................................................................................................ 30 2. PRAP Implementers .................................................................................................................................. 30 3. Duration ................................................................................................................................................... 30 III. CONTENTS OF PRAP ....................................................................................................................31 1. Component 1: Forest Protection and Development Activities .................................................................. 31 2. Component 2: Additional activities .......................................................................................................... 32 IV. REQUIRED BUDGET FOR PRAP IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................35 1. Required budget by activity ..................................................................................................................... 35 2. Total estimated budget by funding sources ............................................................................................. 36 3. Feasibility of fund sources for PRAP implementation .............................................................................. 36 V. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT ........................................................................................37 1. Responsibilities of the State Management Agencies ............................................................................... 37 2. Responsibilities of political, social, non-government organizations and businesses. .............................. 39 VI. MONITORING AND EVALUATION ...........................................................................................39 1. Monitoring and evaluation arrangement ................................................................................................ 39 2. Scope of monitoring and evaluation ........................................................................................................ 40 3. Monitoring and evaluation framework .................................................................................................... 40 ANNEXES AND MAPS ........................................................................................................................45 i TABLES Table 01. State of forest and forestry land in 2016 of Son La Province .................................. 14 Table 02. Changes in forest cover by forest types over the period 2005-2016 ........................ 15 Table 03. Changes in forest cover by three forest categories over the period 2010 -2016 ...... 16 Table 04. Criteria for potential areas selection for REDD+ implementation under the spatial analysis ..................................................................................................................................... 22 FIGURES Figure 01. Process of identification of potential area for REDD+ implementation ................. 22 ANNEXES Annex 01. Synthesis of Son La PRAP during the 2017-2020 period ...................................... 45 Annex 02. Monitoring and Evaluation Framework of Son La PRAP – Result framework ..... 64 Annex 03. Monitoring and Evaluation Framework of Son La PRAP – Environmental .......... 68 MAPS Map 01. Son La Forest Change Map of the 2005 – 2015 period ............................................. 73 Map 02. Son La Forest Change Map of the 2010 – 2015 period ............................................. 74 Map 03. Maps of deforestation hotspots during the 2015 - 2020 ............................................. 75 Map 04. Map of potential areas for REDD+ implementation during the 2017-2020 period ... 76 Map 05. Map of potential areas for REDD+ implementation (SP1) ........................................ 77 Map 06. Map of potential areas for REDD+ implementation (SP 2) ....................................... 78 Map 07. Map of potential areas for REDD+ implementation (SP 3) ....................................... 79 Map 08. Map of potential areas for REDD+ implementation (SP 4) ....................................... 80 Map 09. Map of potential areas for REDD+ implementation (SP5) ........................................ 81 ii ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATION CPC : Commune People’s Committee DARD : Department of Agriculture and Rural Development DPC : District People’s Committee FPD Forest Protection Department FPDP : Forest Protection and Development Plan FRMS : Forest Resource Monitoring System GHG : Green House Gas GRDP : Gross Regional Domestic Product JICA : Japan International Cooperation Agency MARD : Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development NRAP : National REDD+ Action Programme NTFPs : Non-Timber Forest Products PFES : Payment for Forest Environmental Services PPC : Provincial People’s Committee PRAP : Provincial REDD+ Action Plan PSC : Provincial Steering Committee Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable REDD+ : management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries SNRM : Sustainable Natural Resource Management SUF : Special-Use Forest iii PREAMBLE 1. Background Climate change – commonly known as global warming and associated sea level rise – is one of the most serious challenges facing the human beings in the 21st century, causing property and human losses. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was signed at the 1992 World Summit on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), marking the solidarity of the world in response to the climate change. In that context, the mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) has been introduced and has attracted global