Goal : Integrate rewards for environmental services into development programs to alleviate rural poverty and protect the natural environment.
3rd PES National Conference-Workshop: PES for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Lancaster Hotel, 622 Shaw Blvd. cor. Samat St., Mandaluyong City
National Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation for Agriculture and Forestry in Vietnam
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF Vietnam) together withInternational Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) andthe Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) are organising the National Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation for Agriculture and Forestry in Vietnam in Hanoi on November 22.
The 3rd stakeholder workshop on payments for environmental services (PES) in Bac Kan
On October 1st 2011, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Vietnam, in collaboration with the management board of Bac Kan Pro-Poor Partnership for Agro- forestry Development (3PAD) project, held a stakeholder workshop on payment for environmental services (PES) in the piloting communes of 3PAD project in Bac Kan.
In order to prepare for the worshop, a large number of meetings at all levels and interviews with farmers, leaders from relevant organizations have been conducted by ICRAF Vietnam technical officers from August to October 2011.
The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)’s RUPES project recently co-hosted a workshop in Bac Kan on ‘carbon environmental services’ schemes and other sustainability projects
On 30 June, 2011, in Bac Kan province, over 50 delegates joined the second stakeholder workshop on environmental services, co-hosted by the Pro-Poor Partnerships for Agroforestry Development (3PAD) project and ICRAF Vietnam.
The participants represented provincial government departments and the three districts covering the project sites of Ba Be, Na Ri and Pac Nam.
If we are to halt the advances of global warming we must learn how to do business in greener and cleaner ways. Governments, companies and communities around the world are trying to understand just how we can do this. In Vietnam, a recent workshop brought together key players to share knowledge and find a way forward
The Payments for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) scheme has the potential not only to alleviate poverty in some of the poorest areas of Vietnam but also make a significant contribution to environmental sustainability. ICRAF will collaborate with communities in Pac Nam, Ba Be and Na Ri districts in Bac Kan province to test methods and tools to prepare the communities to receive payments.
Carbon rich land use models in Bac Kan province Dam Viet B, Do Trong H and Perez Teran AS World Agroforestry Centre - ICRAF
Carbon stock evaluation in some types of land use in Bac Kan province, Vietnam. Do Hoang Chung, Khoa Lam nghiep, Truong Dai hoc Nong lam Thai Nguyen
Bundling of payments/rewards for environmental services: A viable incentive system under development in the uplands of Northern Vietnam Minh Ha Hoang, Dinh Ngoc Lan, Hoang Van Giap and Nguyen van Nam World Agroforestry Centre - ICRAF
