Pilot Biodiversity Program for

Lam Dong Province of

Viet Nam

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Nao Ikemoto

Environment Specialist

Southeast Asia Department

OutlineOutline• Objectives• Components• Key Stakeholders• Process• Outputs & Outcome• Lessons learned• Replication & Upscaling

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ObjectivesObjectives

• Identify a corridor area for fauna and flora to travel between Bi Doup-Nui Ba National Park and the Da Nhim Protection forest• Assist local communities in finding a way

to protect the biodiversity corridor • Compensate local communities for their

work input and losses, with focus on poor households• Contribute to methodology development

applicable in the wider context of the GMS BCI

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ComponentsComponents

• Demonstration of indigenous

species and remediation approaches & classification system

• Village forest protection regulations

• Animal husbandry and farming practices

• Eco-tourism study

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Biodiversity Corridor in Bi Dup-Nui Ba National Park

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Key StakeholdersKey Stakeholders

• MARD (EA)

• DARD (IA)• DONRE• sub-Departments of Forestry & Forest Protection• Bi Doup Nui Bar National Park• Da Lat University• 3 Project Communes

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Participatory Participatory ProcessProcess

• Engagement of project communities in baseline survey, forest protection regulations, identification of beneficiaries, alternative livelihood options and benefit sharing schemes• Partnership among local government,

university and tourism companies

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OutputsOutputs

• Biodiversity corridor in project communes identified • Remediation approaches & classification system developed• Village forest protection regulations

developed and operationalized• Animal husbandary and farming practices introduced • Eco-tourism options identified

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OutcomeOutcome

Created sense of ownership, responsibility and partnerships in forest management and conservation among local governments and communities

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Replication & Replication & UpscalingUpscaling

• Application of corridor identification techniques and livelihood practices in GMS BCI and FLITCH• Approaches adopted by other donor project (Winrock International) • Application of community preparation, planning, and implementation approaches in rural development projects in ADB

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Lessons Learned & Lessons Learned & ChallengesChallenges

• involvement of local farmers in baseline survey for better

design of interventions• decentralized control and decision-making system for ownership• potential increase in encroachment due new road passing through 3

communes

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