Vietnam Administration of Forestry Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dien Bien Province THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM DIEN BIEN REDD+ PILOT PROJECT FINALE REPORT Appendix “ (Draft) ACTION PLAN ON “ REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF FOREST CARBON STOCK”IN DIEN BIEN PROVINCE IN PERIOD 2013 – 2020” MARCH 2014 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Japan Overseas Forestry Consultants Association (JOFCA) Japan Forest Technology Association GE (JAFTA) JR 14-077 THE PROVINCIAL PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE OF DIEN BIEN (Draft) ACTION PLAN ON “REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF FOREST CARBON STOCK” IN DIEN BIEN PROVINCE IN PERIOD 2013 – 2020 February, 2014 PLANNING AGENCY Dien Bien, February, 2014 Table of Contents PREAMBLE ........................................................................................................................................................... 1 PART 1 Legal Basis and Documents ....................................................................................................................... 3 PART 2 Assessment of Results of the Implementation of Forest Protection and Development for Period 2006 – 2012 ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 1. Background conditions on forests and forestland ........................................................................................... 4 2. Achievements of the implementation of forest protection and development .................................................. 5 3. Remaining issues and limitations on forest protection and development ........................................................ 6 4. Conditions causing the issues on forest protection and development ............................................................. 7 PART 3 Provincial REDD+ Action Plan ................................................................................................................. 9 I. Structure of the PRAP .......................................................................................................................................... 9 II. Overall Goal ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 III. Specific Objectives .......................................................................................................................................... 12 1. The period 2013 – 2015 ............................................................................................................................. 12 2. The period 2016 – 2020 ............................................................................................................................. 12 IV. Key Tasks ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 1. The Period 2013 – 2015 ................................................................................................................................ 12 1.1 Arrangement of the policy and institutional frameworks and the safeguards .......................................... 12 1.2 Building a model of enhancing implementation of forest protection, regeneration and afforestation .... 13 1.3 Establishment of the provincial forest monitoring system (PFMS) and measurement of the forest change ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 1.4 Formulation of the financial management mechanism applicable for implementation of the REDD+ .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 1.5 Capacity building .................................................................................................................................... 15 2. The Period 2016 – 2020 ................................................................................................................................ 16 V. Solutions ........................................................................................................................................................... 17 1. Application of the policy and institutional frameworks and the safeguards .................................................. 17 1.1 Pilot-operation of the policy framework, its analysis and rearrangement (Solution 1) ........................... 17 1.2 Pilot-operation of the institutional framework, its analysis and rearrangement (Solution 2) .................. 19 1.3 Assessment of the activities implemented under the PRAP on the safeguards (Solution 3) ................... 23 2. Facilitation of scaling up the implementation of forest protection, regeneration and afforestation to the province level .................................................................................................................................................... 24 2.1 Selection of the Prioritized Communes (Solution 4) ............................................................................... 24 2.2 Promoting Implementation of Forest Protection, Regeneration and Afforestation (Solution 5) ............. 25 2.3 Forestland allocation (Solution 6) ........................................................................................................... 26 2.4 Enhancing management of forest protection and development by villagers (Solution 7) ....................... 27 2.5 Providing Livelihood Support (Solution 8) ............................................................................................. 28 2.6 Strengthening Management of Special Use Forest (Solution 9) ............................................................. 30 2.7 Promoting the private investment (Solution 10)...................................................................................... 32 3. Procedure to operate PFMS ........................................................................................................................... 32 i 3.1 Modification of PFMS with its adjustment in accordance with the national forest monitoring system ............................................................................................................................................................ 32 3.2 Evaluation of the forest change ............................................................................................................... 39 4. Clarification of the budget sources for the REDD+ implementation ............................................................ 40 5. Providing trainings for trainers ...................................................................................................................... 41 VI. Monitoring and Evaluation of the Activities under the PRAP ........................................................................ 45 PART 4. Funding for Implementing the PRAP ..................................................................................................... 46 1. Implementation Costs .................................................................................................................................... 46 2. Analysis of Costs and Financial Sources ....................................................................................................... 47 PART 5. Arrangement for Implementing the PRAP .............................................................................................. 49 1.Strengthen the organization system ................................................................................................................ 49 2. Responsibilities of the relevant organizations ............................................................................................... 49 2.1. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) ................................................................ 49 2.2 Department of Natural Resources and Environment ............................................................................... 50 2.3 Department of Planning and Investment ................................................................................................. 50 2.4 Department of Finance ............................................................................................................................ 50 2.5 Department of Science and Technology .................................................................................................. 50 2.6 Department of Information and Communications ................................................................................... 51 2.7 Provincial Committee of Ethnic Minority Affairs ................................................................................... 51 2.8 The People’s Committee of the districts, towns and cities ...................................................................... 51 2.9 Political-social-professional organizations, non-governmental organizations and enterprises ............... 51 Annex 1. Interim Forest Reference Levels (FRLs) and Forest Reference Emission Levels (FRELs) for Dien Bien Province .......................................................................................................................................................