day 1 session 3.2 payments for ecosystem services in vietnam. diana suhardiman
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3rd Mekong Forum on Water, Food & Energy 2013. Presentation from Sessions 3 &5: Extending the benefits of hydropower: Clever suggestion or realistic goal?TRANSCRIPT
Payments for Ecosystem Services in Vietnam: Market-based Incentives or State Control of Resources?
Diana Suhardiman, Dennis Wichelns, Guillaume Lestrelin, Chu Thai Hoanh
Diana Suhardiman, International Water Management InstituteMekong Forum, Hanoi, 19-21 November 2013
Structure of the presentation
Hanoi, 19-21 November 2013
• PES in natural resource management
• Theory and practice
• PES program design and implementation
• Institutional arrangements in PES
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PES as an innovative approach in natural resource management
Hanoi, 19-21 November 2013
• watershed protection, • carbon sequestration, • landscape planning.
“PES program design should incorporate: a voluntary transaction in which a well-defined environmental service (or a land use likely to secure that service) is bought by a minimum of one buyer from a minimum of one provider, if and only if the provider continuously secures the provision of the service conditionality.”
(Wunder, 2005)
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Observation
Hanoi, 19-21 November 2013
PES programs often are implemented using
donor funds or as part of government-
subsidized compensation program.
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Pilot PFES in Lam Dong and Son La provinces
Hanoi, 19-21 November 2013
• Challenges in program implementation:• Equal payment for all does not encourage
people to improve forest quality; • unequal revenue generation across
basins; • no monitoring of impacts.
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PES as a means to collect additional revenue for forest protection
Hanoi, 19-21 November 2013
“With the implementation of the Decree no. 99/2010/ND-CP on the policy for payment for forest environmental services, gross output value of services will increase from VND 662 billion to 1,440 billion during 2011-2015”
(FOMIS report 2010: 73 )
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• watershed protection, • carbon sequestration, • landscape planning.
Main research findings
Hanoi, 19-21 November 2013
• PES program implementation in Vietnam and the idea of privatization
• GoV’s ability to secure sufficient funds and ensure environmental protection
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Linking PES program with hydropower development
Hanoi, 19-21 November 2013
How to prevent PES controversy?
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Conclusion
Hanoi, 19-21 November 2013
Understanding the governance structure to increase program significance.
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