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 FINAL REPORT MARCH 2014 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Japan Overseas Forestry Consultants Association (JOFCA) Japan Forest Technology Association GE (JAFTA) JR 14-077 Table of Contents Preface ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 1. Outline of the Project .............................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Objectives of the Project and the Implementation Period ..................................................................... 3 1.3 Area Covered by the Project .................................................................................................................. 4 2. Activities ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 The Project Implementation Period ....................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Preparation Period in Japan (March – April 2011) ................................................................................ 9 2.3 Local Operation (April 2012 – September 2013) ................................................................................ 10 2.3.1 Output 1: Formulation of the REDD+ Action Plan for Pilot Areas .............................................. 10 2.3.2 Output 2 : Development of the system of Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) for Dien Bien Province ............................................................................................................................... 33 2.3.3 Output 3: Development of Options of Benefit Distribution System (BDS) for Dien Bien Province ................................................................................................................................................. 59 2.3.4 Output 4: Lessons Learned from the Project are Shared for the Purpose of Formulation and Implementation of NRAP and REDD+ Implementation in Other Province.......................................... 66 2.3.5 Preparation of reports and outputs for technical cooperation and cooperation with the JICA missions ................................................................................................................................................. 68 3. Benefit, impact and sustainability of the project implementation ............................................................. 70 3.1 Benefit directly brought by the Project ............................................................................................... 70 3.2 Impact of the Project ........................................................................................................................... 70 3.3 Sustainability of the Project ................................................................................................................ 71 4. The Comprehensive Recommendation – based on the issues, means and lessons learnt - ....................... 73 4.1 Overall Goal ........................................................................................................................................ 73 4.1.1 Background of target formulation based on FPDP and the target formulation for quantity of emission reduction. ................................................................................................................................ 73 4.1.2 Adjustment between national target and provincial target ........................................................ 74 4.1.3 Approaching of FRELs/FRLs ....................................................................................................... 74 4.2 Arrangement of the policy and institutional frameworks and the safeguards...................................... 75 4.2.1 Institutional framework ................................................................................................................ 75 4.2.2 Development of C-RAP ............................................................................................................... 76 4.2.3 Safeguards .................................................................................................................................... 78 4.3 Building a model of REDD+ activities ............................................................................................... 78 4.4 Modifications of the provincial forest monitoring system .................................................................. 79 4.4.1 Recommendation on NFI ............................................................................................................. 79 4.4.2 Recommendations on reviewing PFMS ....................................................................................... 80 4.4.3 Recommendations on Forests Information Database ................................................................... 81 4.5 Formulation of the financial management mechanism........................................................................ 81 4.5.1 BDS (Benefit Distribution System) .............................................................................................. 81 4.6 Necessary measures in Vietnam responding to the current international negotiations ........................ 82 i Appendix 1 Project Design Matrix (ver. 1) ................................................................................................... 84 Appendix 2 Detailed Plan of Operation ........................................................................................................ 86 Appendix 3 Record of Dispatching the Experts ............................................................................................ 94 Appendix 4 Minutes of Joint Coordinating Committee Meetings ................................................................ 95 Appendix 5 Selection of pilot commune (Extract from the Progress Report) ............................................. 109 Appendix 6 C-RAP Preparation Handbook ................................................................................................ 136 Appendix 7 Questionnaire on conditions of the village .............................................................................. 153 Appendix 8 Manual for Setting the Village Boundary ................................................................................ 172 Appendix 9 Safeguard Checklist ................................................................................................................. 180 Appendix 10 PRAP Consultation ................................................................................................................ 191 Appendix 11 Donor Consultation................................................................................................................ 212 Appendix 12 Development of Forest Distribution Map（From the study on Potential Forests and Land Related to “Climate Change and Forests” REDD+） ................................................................................. 216 Appendix 13 Report on the Training (Off-JT) ............................................................................................ 240 Appendix 14 Report on the Progress Workshop and the Final Workshop .................................................. 255 Appendix 15 Photo collection in the Province of Dien Bien ...................................................................... 271 ii Abbreviation AD Activity Data CFM Community Forest Management CPC Commune People’s Committee C-RAP Commune REDD+ Action Plan DARD Department of Agriculture and Rural Development DONRE Department of Natural Resources and Environment DPC District People’s Committee EF Emission Factor FMS Forest Monitoring System FORMIS Forest Monitoring Information System FOs Forest Owners FPD Department of Forest Protection FPDP Forest Protection and Development Plan FRELs/FRLs Forest reference emission levels/Forest reference levels GHG Greenhouse Gas GIS Geographic Information System GPS Global Positioning System IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency MARD Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development MNNR Muong Nhe Nature Reserve NFI&S National Forest Inventory and Statistics NFMS National Forest Monitoring System NRAP National REDD+ Action Program NTFP Non-Timber Forest Product ODA Official Development Assistance PFES Payment for Forest Environmental Services PFMB Protection Forest Management Board PFMS Provincial Forest Monitoring System PPC Provincial People’s Committee PRAP Provincial REDD+ Action Plan PaMs Policies and Measures REDD+ 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 SBSTA Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice SUF Special Use Forest SUFMB Special Use Forest Management Board SUSFORM-NOW Project for Sustainable Forest Management in the Northwest Watershed Area Sub-DOF Sub-Department of Forestry of