D1.1.1. Identification of REDD+ stakeholders
REDD+ relevant stakeholders in Viet Nam have been identified in a number of ways: through the country’s sectoral legislation (such as the Law on Forestry (2017) and the Law on Biodiversity (2018); through stakeholder analyses undertaken while developing Viet Nam’s Readiness Preparation Proposal for the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and for the National REDD+ Action Program (NRAP) process (with support from the UN-REDD Programme).
For drafting NRAP, stakeholder analysis carried out through desk research, workshops and interviews in 2014, examined the interests and influence of stakeholders involved in the NRAP and Provincial REDD+ Action Plan (PRAP) processes, and made recommendations for stakeholder engagement for the implementation of these programs.[1]
The main categories of REDD+ stakeholders in Viet Nam are:
- Elected governing bodies, including the National Assembly and the People’s Councils at provincial and commune levels, and relevant committees of these bodies such as the Ethnic Council of the National Assembly and the Committee on Science, Technology and the Environment of the National Assembly.
● The central government and its ministries and ministry-level bodies, including the Prime Minister and the Office of Government, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, and other related sectoral ministries and ministry-level bodies, and their specialised agencies and units.
● People’s Committees at provincial, and commune levels, and their relevant sectoral agencies and personnel, such as the specialised agencies for forest protection and development at provincial and district levels and forestry officers at the commune level.
● Forest owners[2] including:
o Management boards for protection forests and special-use forests.
o Economic organizations include enterprises, cooperatives, unions and other economic organizations that are established and operating in accordance with regulations of law, except for the owners stated in Clause 7 this Article.
o People’s armed force units are allocated forests.
o Organizations involved in forestry-related scientific research and technology, training or vocational training.
o Domestic households and individuals
o Communities
o Foreign Direct Investment enterprises leased land by the State for planting production forest
● Entities required to pay for, and those entitled to enjoy payment from, forest environment services[4], including forest owners as identified above, as well as organizations, households, individuals and village communities that have concluded contracts on stable and permanent forest protection with forest owners that are state organizations.
● Ethnic minority people living in communes with difficult socio-economic conditions in ethnic and mountainous areas, implementing one of the activities for protection and development of forests: protection and regeneration of natural forests; afforestation, non-timber forest products on land planned for forest development and allocated by the State for forest protection on contracts.[5]
● Management units and organizations assigned to manage conservation areas.[6]
● Local communities, households and individuals living in or near forest protected areas and buffer zones.
● Social and professional organizations, including nationwide associations with chapters from central to local levels representing women, farmers, war veterans and young people, as well as unions, associations, networks, and organisations at the national and local levels focused on science, technology, poverty reduction, sustainable development and other relevant sectors and areas.
● Stakeholders related to the target of value-added, sustainable and deforestation-free production of coffee, rubber, shrimp, cassava, pepper, and other related agriculture and aquaculture commodities, including:
o State-owned, private sector and smallholder commodity producers and other stakeholders within the value chains for these commodities;
o Business associations and related entities such as the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), Viet Nam Coffee and Cocoa Association (VICOFA), Viet Nam Rubber Association (VRA), and Viet Nam Coffee Coordination Board (VCCB).
● Financial institutions, State funds and financial service providers providing credit and other financial services to enhance forest development.
● The media, in relation to transparency and provision of information about REDD+.
[1] UN-REDD Programme (2014) Stakeholder Analysis and Stakeholder Engagement for the Implementation of National REDD Action Plan in Viet Nam: https://www.un-redd.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/A4_FPIC_17.9.pdf
[2] The Law on Forestry (2017), Article 8
[3] The Law on Forestry (2017), Article 8
[4] Government Decree No. 99/2010/ND-CP (Article 8), amended by Government Decree No. 147/2016/ND-CP ngày 2/11/2016
[5] Government Decree No. 75/2015/ND-CP, Article 2
[6] Law on Biodiversity (2018)