National REDD+ Strategy (NRS) to 2025 and Vision to 2030.

This National REDD+ Strategy (NRS) to 2025 and Vision to 2030 is a nationwide multi-sectoral policy document. The NRS has a vision that by 2030 forest and forestland, which will cover 70% of the country’s total land area, are sustainably managed, protected, developed and utilized through the participation of all stakeholders in the whole society; forest management systems are enhanced; and forest can provide efficient economic, social and environment services. The NRS’s overall objectives are to contribute to developing the forestry sector and provide environmental protection, particularly addressing issues of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as supporting socio-economic development and livelihood improvement.
The specific objectives are to: Improve forest management and establish sustainable management systems, aimed at reducing deforestation and forest degradation, along with enhancement of forest protection and promotion of restoration and plantation; Promote and develop livelihoods of rural people, who depend on forest and forest resources, by participatory village forestland allocation; Support technical aspects of agricultural practices and forest product processing for rural people; and, improve participatory forest management and benefit sharing from forests; Encourage entrepreneurs to invest in and manage sustainable forest-based enterprises, such as tree plantations, ecotourism and other initiatives. The target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is a reduction of 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) by 2025, by reducing emissions from forest/tree loss of around 21 million tCO2e, and the promotion of removals of around 9 million tCO2e through forest restoration and plantation.
To achieve the above objectives and projected levels of emission reduction, five programmes and 24 priority projects have been defined, including: Programme 1. Development of sustainable agriculture in coordination with forest protection, consisting of four priority projects; Programme 2. Promotion of commercial tree plantation and forest restoration, consisting of six priority projects; Programme 3. Linking infrastructure development (e.g., construction of hydro-power dam/reservoirs, electricity line and road, and mining) with protection of forest and forest resources, consisting of four priority projects; Programme 4. Stopping uncontrolled harvesting of wood and forest products against laws and regulations, consisting of five priority projects; Programme 5. Stabilize uncontrolled shifting cultivation by promoting sedentary agriculture production and to control forest fires, consisting of five priority projects.