Vietnam High Conservation Value Forest Toolkit - HCV Resource ...

Contents
Acknowledgements...................................................................................................................i
Acronyms ................................................................................................................................ii
Glossary..................................................................................................................................iii
List of Tables...........................................................................................................................v
INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................1
What is High Conservation Value Forest?............................................................................1
High Conservation Value Forest and landscape planning..................................................2
High Conservation Value Forest in South East Asia and Viet Nam...................................2
The toolkit ...........................................................................................................................3
Development of a toolkit for Viet Nam ................................................................................3
Use of Viet Nam HCVF Toolkit...........................................................................................4
Resources.........................................................................................................................6
Precautionary approach ....................................................................................................6
IDENTIFICATION OF HCVF ................................................................................................8
HCV 1 : Forest areas containing globally, regionally or nationally significant concentrations
of biodiversity values. ..........................................................................................................8
HCV 2 : Forest areas containing globally, regionally or nationally significant large landscape
level forests, contained within or containing the management unit, where viable populations
of most if not all naturally occurring species exist in natural patterns of distribution and
abundance.......................................................................................................................... 11
HCV 3 : Forest areas that are in or contain rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems....... 12
HCV 4 : Forest areas that provide basic services of nature in critical situations. ................. 14
HCV 5 : Forest areas fundamental to meeting basic needs of local communities. ............... 16
HCV 6 : Forest areas critical to local communities’ traditional cultural identity.................. 18
MANAGEMENT OF HCVF IN VIET NAM......................................................................... 20
MONITORING OF HCVF IN VIET NAM............................................................................ 25
REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................... 27
ANNEXES ............................................................................................................................ 28
Annex A. People involved in drafting Viet Nam HCVF Toolkit......................................... 28
Annex B. List of precious, rare, endangered forest flora and fauna species......................... 29
Annex C. List of forest fauna species and their taxonomy in Viet Nam Red List ................ 32
Annex D. List of forest flora species and their taxonomy in Viet Nam Red List ................. 43
Annex E. System of special-use forests in Viet Nam by 2010............................................. 54
Annex F. IBAs, EBAs và FLMECs in Viet Nam ................................................................ 56
Annex G. Method for the identification, management and monitoring of HCV5................. 59
Annex H. Maps.................................................................................................................. 67
List of Tables
Table 1. Process of Vietnam HCVF Toolkit development ........................................................4
Table 2. List of threatened or sensitive ecosystems ................................................................ 13
Table 3. List of basic needs and thresholds............................................................................. 17
Table 4. Possible cultural traits and thresholds ....................................................................... 20
Table 5. Example of threats and management strategies for HCVF in production forests........ 24
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