APFED Booklet on Good Practices and Innovative Activities 2005 ...

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Vietnam
Project Site Location Luc Ngan District, Bac Giang Province
etc.
2006
*etc.=Poverty alleviation
Sustainable Community Forestry and Poverty Reduction -
Linking Natural Resource Accounting of Ecosystem Services
to Carbon Financial Markets
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2007
2006
Background - Problems Addressed and Policy Responses
Climate change and poverty are two of the greatest threats
faced by the world today. The only way for farmers in
developing countries to increase productivity is to expand the
surface area by clearing forests, which releases carbon into
the atmosphere. As a means of removing this carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere, reforestation activities are conducted in
the selected district.
Woman carrying tools at <strong>APFED</strong> project
agro-forestry site
2005
Project Outline - Objectives and Activities
The objectives of this project are; (1) instigation of appropriate land use, (2) linkage to external markets,
and (3) creation of conditions for poverty reduction and GHG mitigation. In relation to these, (1)
introduction of improved carbon accounting tools used by advanced technologies, (2) introduction of
market rules for carbon accounting for delivering benefits to the rural poor, and (3) creation of linkage
between farmers and buyers are conducted through capacity development and knowledge transfer.
Impacts and Achievements
Through this project, an overall agro-forestry system and carbon project development were achieved.
The knowledge transfer provided biotic carbon as a commodity and climate change mitigation. Advanced
technologies for identifying and detecting changes in carbon storage at the village level were developed.
A new forestry protocol that includes the accounting and trading of community carbon was developed. In
terms of benefit for farmers, market linkage regarding carbon trading was created between farmers and
buyers. This project led to poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability.
Future Challenges
Development of the carbon market is crucial for this project, even if done on a voluntary bases, as in this
project. Generating the basic data for trees such as the lychee tree would enable estimation of the carbon
stock, and creating recognition of this at the local level via project activities is key to smooth project
implementation.
General Information
Name of the Implementing Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Type of Organisation: Governmental Organisation
Contact: Trieu Van Hung, Director General
Department of Science Technology and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,
No.2 Ngoc ha Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam Director General, DoST/MARD, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Tel: 912171706 Fax: N/A E-mail: lanfipi@yahoo.com
Project Reviewer (NetRes / Collaborators) that monitors the project:
Kimihiko Hyakumura, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
E-mail: hyakumura@iges.or.jp
Remarks:Do Xuan Lan / E-mail: lanfipi@yahoo.com
David Skole / E-mail: skole@msu.edu
Jay H, Samek / E-mail: samekjay@msu.edu
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