FGM Workshop Background Paper - REDD - VietNam

Chapter 5: STRENGTHENING FOREST GOVERNANCE
MONITORING IN VIETNAM
5.1. FGM is new for Vietnam
The term of forest governance has not been officially used in the legal documents of
the forestry sector, at least at the provincial, district and commune levels. The targets
in forest monitoring and evaluation, which have been used by the forest sector,
mainly focus on technical aspects such as forest cover, area of plantation forests,
and volume of logged timber. Meanwhile, there is still a lack of targets relating to the
transparency in policy making, the extent of involvement in forest activities, or
gender equity in forest land allocation. There are no specific policies and regulations
for forest governance monitoring, nor implementation instruction at the local level.
The results from the interviews conducted in Dak Lak and Thua Thien Hue provinces
indicated that the annual report from the forest sectors contains a great deal of
information on forest governance, nevertheless the information is general and lack
specific targets, foundation and a performance guide.
5.2. Current indicator systems for Vietnam forest sector
Current indicator systems for Vietnam forest sector are structured as a pyramid. At
national level, indicators are the highest synthetic mode. From national level down to
sectoral, provincial, and local level those indicators split off to detailed indicators.
5.2.1. Indicators of the General Statistics Office (GSO)
The GSO indicator system is formed in line with the Decision 305/2005/QDTTg,
dated 24 November 2005 of the Prime Minister. This system consists of 24 groups of
indicators. Forest sector indicators belong to group number 9 (agricultural and
fishery indicators according to Vietnam classification) which includes 17 indicators,
namely from 0901 to 0917. But there are only 3 indicators for the forest sector which
are: Production value of forestry-0901, area of newly planted forest-0912, and
volume of harvested timber-0913.
5.2.2. Indicator system of MARD
MARD indicator system is formed according to Decision 71/2006/QD-BNN of MARD
dated 14 September 2006, containing 19 groups with 231 indicators including 18
indicators for the forest sector, classified in group 3. See table 02.
Table 02: 18 indicators of MARD for the forest sector
No
Indicator Name
Time
period of
reporting
Organization
leading in &
reporting
Information
source
A B D E F
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