Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management Nguyen Tuong Van Forest Sector Support Partnership 17 th of March 2010, Hanoi

Contents 1.Sustainable forests management in Viet Nam; 2.Viet Nam Forestry Development Strategy (VFDS) 2006 – 2020 logframe; 3.Information needs; 4.Information creation framework; 5.Indicators set; 6.Data collection; 7.Information system development; 8.Forest Sector Monitoring Report 17/03/20102Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

1. Sustainable forests management in Viet Nam VFDS 5-Year Plan Programs Annual Plan Projects Provincial Plan 17/03/20103Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

2. VFDS Logframe OVERALL OBJECTIVES  Long-term development goals for sector Impact indicators SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES  Economic objectives for sector  Social objectives for sector  Environmental objectives for sector Outcome indicators PROGRAMS  Sustainable Forest Management and Development  Forest Protection, Biodiversity Conservation, and Environmental Services  Forest Products Processing and Marketing  Forest Research, Education, Training, and Extension  Forest Policy, Institutions, Planning and Monitoring Results indicators INPUTS  Financial investments  Human resources Input indicators 17/03/20104Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

Overall Objectives for VFDS  Sustainably establish, manage, protect, develop and use million ha of land planned for forestry;  Forest cover increases up to 42 – 43% by 2010 and 47% by 2020;  Wider participation from various socio-economic sectors and organizations in forest development;  Increase contributions to socio-economic development, environmental protection, biodiversity conservation and environmental services supply;  Reduce poverty and improve the livelihoods of rural mountainous people, and to contribute to national defense and security. Overall, Long-term Objective for VFDS /03/20105Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

Specific Objectives for VFDS Three forest types need to be sustainably established, managed, protected, utilized and developed. Existing natural forests should be well-managed, forest plantation areas should be expanded and their productivity should be improved, agroforestry activities should be strengthened, and bare land areas should be used effectively and properly for forestry development. Timber and NTFP production and processing must be competitive and sustainable to meet basically the domestic needs, and export of timber products and other forest products. Economic Objectives Livelihood improvement for forest-dependent people will be carried out through socialization and diversification of forest activities. Employment should be created, capacity and awareness and livelihoods of people should be improved, particularly minority groups, poor households and women in remote areas, so that step-by-step they could gradually earn their livelihoods from forest activities, and contribute to hunger alleviation and poverty reduction, and national defense security. Social Objectives Forest protection, natural protection and biodiversity conservation are aimed to effectively contribute to watershed, coastal and urban protection, natural disaster mitigation, erosion control, protection of water sources and environmental protection, and to create income sources from environmental services (environmental fees, CO2 market, ecotourism, etc.) for the national economy. Environment Objectives 17/03/20106Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

Programs for VFDS VFDS Development Programs Sustainable forest management and development program Support Programs Forest protection, biodiversity conservation and environmental services development program Forest products processing and trade program Research, education, training, and forestry extension program Renovation of the forestry sector institutions, policies, planning and monitoring program /03/20107Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

3. Information Needs To see how Forest Sector achieves overall as specific objectives; To monitor the implementation of 5 programs; To prepare and monitor the implementation of 5- year and annual plans; To prepare and monitor inputs of finance, human and other resources for VFDS implementation. What information is needed? How to have the needed information? 17/03/20108Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

4. Information Creation Framework FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Overall long- term objectives Specific objectives Programs Inputs INFORMATION NEEDS/ INDICATORS Data collection Data analysis Monitoring reports 17/03/20109Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

Indicators VFDS Objectives, Programs and Inputs # of Indicators Available data 1. OVERALL OBJECTIVE AND IMPACTS SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE Economic objectives and outcome indicators Social objectives and outcome indicators Environmental objectives and outcome indicators 42 Forest cover rate (%) from 2000 to 2006 Forestry GDP in GDP of agriculture, forestry and fisheries 17/03/201010Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

Indicators (cont.) VFDS Objectives, Programs and Inputs # of Indicators Available data 3. PERFORMANCE Sustainable forest management and development program Forest protection, biodiversity conservation and environmental services development program Forest products processing and trade program Research, education, training, and forestry extension program Renovation of the forestry sector institutions, policies, planning and monitoring program 97 17/03/201011Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

Sample indicator Indicator Production forest area Data of 2006, broken down by regions 17/03/201012Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

Indicators (cont.) VFDS Objectives, Programs and Inputs # of Indicators Available data 4. INPUT Financial investment Human resource development 32 Total number of indicators for VFDS 7255 Proportional silviculture-based investment by regions in 2005 Forestry extension share in agriculture extension /03/201013Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

6. Data Collection Formulate Sector Monitoring Team: Works as technical experts and data collection focal points, including: – Forestry Department (FD); – Forests Protection Department (FPD); – Forests Inventory and Planning Institute (FIPI); – General Statistics Office (GSO); – Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE); – Ministry of Investment and Planning (MPI) – Other related agencies; Data providing focal points Gather data from their agencies and other related ones; Send data to FOMIS focal points; FOMIS System FOMIS focal points Gather data from data providing focal points Extract, process and input data into FOMIS FDFPDFIPIGSOMPIMoNRE 17/03/201014Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

7. Information Systems (IS) Forest Sector Monitoring Information System (FOMIS) – Development is started from 2004; – Have 3 modules: Indicators and data management; ODA for Forest Sector; Forest Sector legal documents. Forest Sector Management Information System (FORMIS): Being developed Forestry- related - Education - Labors - Lands - Investments - Environments - Trade FOMIS System GSO MPI MoNRE Forestry data Forestry-related Socio-economic… FORMIS System -Forests Protection - Forest Development - Forest Utilization… FDFPDFIPI FORMIS System Provincial & District Sub-FDSub-FPD 17/03/201015Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

7. Information Systems (IS) - Development and Integration Users of forest resources information Users of economic forestry monitoring information Users of forest products processing and trade FOMIS Integration Application Other users … Forest resources system Forests development system Seeds management system Other systems … ADAPTOR ADAPTORS PH ASE I Web services Users of forest resources information Users of economic forestry monitoring information Users of forest products processing and trade FOMIS Integration Application Other users … Forest resources system Forests development system Seeds management system Other systems … PH ASE II FORMIS 17/03/201016Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

8. Forest Sector Monitoring Report Forest Sector 2005 Baseline Report: Prepared in 2006; First mid-term report will be prepared in end of FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION Baseline report First mid-term report Second mid- term report End-term report 17/03/201017Information Needs for Sustainable Forests Management

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