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A Monitoring...(Ver 5.0) h÷ thËng gi∏m s∏t vµ Æ∏nh gi∏ c´ng t∏c phÙc hÂi rıng trong khu v˘c trung tr≠Íng s¨n A Monitoring and Evaluation System for Forest Landscape Restoration in the Central Truong Son Landscape B∏o c∏o cho Ch≠¨ng tr◊nh Trung Tr≠Íng S¨n A report for the Central Truong Son Initiative A MONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION IN THE CENTRAL TRUONG SON LANDSCAPE Research team: Nigel Dudley, Nguyen Cu and Vuong Tien Manh A report for the Central Truong Son Initiative Hanoi, 2003 The opinions expressed in this document represent those of the authors and editors. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of WWF. The designation of geographical entities in this document and the presentation of the material do not imply any expression on the part of the authors, editors, or WWF concerning the legal status of any country, territory or area or its authorities, or concerning the delineation of its frontiers and boundaries. The authors, editors, and WWF take no responsibility for any misrepresentation of material that may result from the translation of this document into any other language. Published by WWF Indochina. Copyright© 2003 WWF Publication License No: 1565XB Reproduction of any part of this publication for educational, conservation, and any other non-profit purposes is authorized without prior permission from the copyright holder, provided that the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without prior written permission from the copyright holder. Suggested citation: Dudley, N., Nguyen Cu and Vuong Tien Manh. 2003. A Monitoring and Evaluation System for Forest Landscape Restoration in the Central Truong Son Landscape. A report for the Central Truong Son Initiative. WWF Indochina, Hanoi, Vietnam. Printed by: Viet Tien Printing Company Design and Layout: GraphicLink Co., Ltd Cover Photographs: WWF/Toon Fey, Andrey Kouznetsov and Nguyen Thi Dao Copies available from: WWF Indochina Street address Mailing address 53 Tran Phu Street IPO Box 151 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: +84 (0) 4 733 8387 E-mail: [email protected] Forest Protection Department Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development 2 Ngoc Ha Street Hanoi, Vietnam A Monitoring and Evaluation System for Forest Landscape Restoration in the Central Truong Son Landscape BACKGROUND TO THE CENTRALTRUONG SON REPORTS In response to concerns about the increasing pace of biodiversity loss and the need to increase the scale and integration of global conservation efforts - WWF together with its conservation partners have developed a new approach to conservation – ecoregion conservation. Scientists have undertaken a major analysis of the world’s biodiversity and identified more than 800 ecoregions that reclassify the way we view the natural world. From this global inventory, 238 ecoregions have been identified that comprise the most valuable and representative global biodiversity. These priority ecoregions have been labeled as the Global 200. In 1998, the Forests of the Lower Mekong Ecoregion Complex (FLMEC) was selected as one of the first locations to initiate an ecoregion based conservation programme. With initial support from WWF-US and USAID, the programme has now been established as one world’s first fully functioning Ecoregion Action Programmes (EAP). In March 2000, over eighty scientists from Cambodia, Lao P.D.R., Vietnam, and many other countries participated in an ambitious and groundbreaking assessment of biological conservation priorities within the Forests of the Lower Mekong Ecoregion Complex. The results of this biological assessment have since been published in the report entitled “Towards a Vision for Biodiversity Conservation in the Forests of the Lower Mekong Ecoregion Complex”. After the biological assessment and a ‘situation analysis’ to examine the threats and opportunities, WWF decided to focus on two of the Global 200 ecoregions falling within the Forests of the Lower Mekong Ecoregion Complex – the Greater Annamites and the Central Indochina Dry Forests. The Greater Annamites comprises the most unique and diverse biodiversity within the FLMEC. The discovery of the saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) by WWF and Vietnamese scientists in 1992 in Vu Quang Nature Reserve drew the world’s attention to the biodiversity associated with this mountain chain. Since that first remarkable discovery, many other new species have been found, including a number of large mammals such as the large-antlered (giant) muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis) and the Annamite striped rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi). These discoveries highlight the Greater Annamites as one of the world’s most remarkable and unique ecoregions. In addition to these species totally reliant on successful conservation in the ecoregion, a number of wider-ranging, highly threatened species such as the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), tiger (Panthera tigris) and the world’s most endangered large mammal, the lesser one-horned (Javan) rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) are found in the ecoregion. The Central Truong Son Initiative* is a pilot initiative being developed by WWF’s Greater Annamites EAP, with a view towards establishing the process of working at three scales - ecoregional/national policy, landscape and site. The aim of this fledgling initiative is to create a partnership of a broad range of stakeholders - from local communities to international organisations - working together to secure biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in the Central Truong Son Landscape (CTSL). Following the methodology of the ecoregional approach, the Central Truong Son Initiative is based on coordinated conservation action, designed under a large-scale framework and guided by a long-term vision of success. The approach is based on the recognition that uncoordinated actions at individual sites are neither efficient nor effective at conserving functioning ecological systems or halting the loss of natural resources. In order to be more effective, a more ambitious coordinated effort is required that is developed and designed under an overarching strategy. The need for such a coordinated effort resulted in the establishment of an advisory group comprising 16 government institutions. This unprecedented collaboration will work as a vital support body to the Central Truong Son Initiative in its planning process towards a conservation strategy for the CTSL. In order to develop such a comprehensive, overarching strategy, there is a great deal of information that needs to be assimilated. Through a process of lengthy and detailed consultations, the necessary information has been identified and collected. This series of reports presents that information in a format that is both suitable for informing those involved with the strategy development process, and conducive to those merely interested in the status and issues of the CTSL. * Truong Son is also known as the "Say Phou Louang" in Lao P.D.R., and as the "Annamites" internatinally. The Central Truong Son is one landscape in the ecoregion. iii A Monitoring and Evaluation System for Forest Landscape Restoration in the Central Truong Son Landscape EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Central Truong Son is an incredibly diverse landscape, both biologically and culturally. Dominated by rich evergreen forests that once covered the hills and mountains reaching to over 2000m, this landscape supports a variety of ecosystems, habitats and precious species, some abundant, some already extremely rare and many found nowhere else in the world. The area is also home to thousands of upland and lowland human communities, who cultivate the land, utilize forest products and depend on water resources. The Central Truong Son Initiative was established to address the urgent threats to biodiversity in the region. It is a joint project between the government, NGOs and donors and covers seven provinces in central Vietnam. One important element in the Central Truong Son Action Plan is the development of a monitoring and evaluation system to measure progress on the action plan and in terms of key outcomes. The following report describes a framework for this monitoring and evaluation system. We hope that it will: Monitor progress on the Central Truong Son Initiative Action Plan and also – Measure trends in environmental and social factors Help in communicating the Initiative’s achievements Provide information to help with adaptive management Give early warning of potential problems Lead to greater understanding what local people want from the landscape Supply data for long-term research Vietnam has a comprehensive and regularly maintained information system on many issues relating to agriculture, population, economic status and some aspects of natural resources. On the other hand, few other institutions outside the government collect information on a national scale. Some serious gaps in information remain, particularly on the issues most specific to conservation. There is virtually no information on forest quality, approaches to forest management, natural regeneration, protected area effectiveness, or on the status of biodiversity including threatened mammals and birds. Existing surveys tend to be of measurable facts rather than of opinions of stakeholder, yet both are important to management. Development of the Central Truong Son monitoring and evaluation system has been a cooperative exercise. Over 60 meetings have taken place with stakeholders at national, provincial, district and commune level to identify a small number of core indicators,
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