National Program on REDD+ for 2016-2030.

This National Program on REDD+ for 2016-2030 is a policy documen with a multi-sectoral approach. Its overall goal is: Contribute to protecting and improving the quality of the existing natural forests, expanding the forest area and improving the quality of plantation forests; linking with the implementation of national goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, forest protection and development, green growth; mobilizing international support, getting access to carbon markets; and improving people's lives and the country's sustainable development.
The Program promotes sustainable and deforestationfree agriculture and aquaculture through taking the measures such as: a) Support (and establish if necessary) commodities forums to facilitate dialogue and transition towards more sustainable (deforestation free) production; b) Continue pilot and replicate at large scale the sustainable models of agricultural/ aquaculture production and high adaptability to climate change in the field of aquaculture, coffee, rubber, cassava crops and other commodities; c) Undertake study and develop financial mechanisms to support and encourage the development of sustainable deforestation-free agricultural/ aquaculture production. The Program seeks to reduce deforestation and forest degradation through: Review and adjust the master land use planning at national level and land use plans for relevant sectors such as forestry, agriculture, aquaculture, infrastructure... to ensure the target of 16,24 million hectares of land for forestry;Support the development of integrated provincial land use planning and related land use plans with effective participation of stakeholders to balance forests and other sectors’ objectives; Strengthen the implementation of, and public participation in social and environmental impact assessment, for land use planning and development projects; Finalize coordination mechanism (interdisciplinary interprovincial) and monitor implementation of inspection and control, of illegal logging; capacity and support implementation of Vietnam’s Timber Legality Assurance System (VNTLAS) in order to implement the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade of forest products (FLEGT); Promote cooperation with neighboring countries to control illegal logging and trade and promote biodiversity conservation; etc.
The Program seeks to improve forest governance and livelihoods for people living near and in the forest. The main activities include: Continue to implement programmes to support employment and livelihood improvement for the local people living near and in the forest in hotspots of deforestation and forest degradation; Provide the necessary legal education and advice support to communities to be aware of legal rights and available redress mechanisms; Continue the review of forest and forest land areas to organize forest and forest land allocation, giving priority to individuals and households, particularly to ethnic minorities, lacking land and productive land; Undertake an assessment of current socio-economic dynamics in key hot spots of deforestation, forest degradation and potential areas for forest carbon enhancement in order to design integrated livelihoods and local forest governance programme; Support forest owners to access to advisory services in developing and implementing the plan for sustainable forest management and forest; etc.
The Program supports to enable more inclusive and efficient forestry systems by taking measures: Undertake research for producing new varieties and experiment models with recognized timber species, to meet the requirements for large wood business; Support testing and replication of the forms of association and collaboration along the value chain for business development of large wood plantation with high yield; Undertake study and pilot cooperation between forest owners, local people and private sectors on business models contributing to forest protection and forest conservation, through NTFPs and other forest environmental services; Undertake study and develop green investment and green credit mechanisms for forest protection and development in the framework of the Green Growth Strategy; etc.
The Program seeks to increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters. The measures will be taken to improve hydrology management methods to prevent and control forest fires in peatland Melaleuca forest areas. In order to achieve full REDD+ readiness and engage in step-wise improvements, the Program proposes: Update and improve the forest reference emission levels/ forest reference levels (FRELs/FRLs) according to country circumstance; Strengthening and improving the national forest monitoring system, and systems for monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV); Finalize and operate the safeguards information system, and share a summary of information periodically to UNFCCC; Establish, manage and operate the National REDD+ Fund as trust fund and nonprofit under Forest Protection and Development Fund to support implementation of the National REDD+ Action Programme; etc.