1. This research has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement No. 211392 WP5 – Vietnam Ba Be – Na Hang Nguyen Van Toan & Do Minh Phuong National Institute of Agricultural Planning and Projection, Vietnam LiveDiverse South Africa meeting 13 - 23 March 2010 Progress Report

2. Introduction WP’s objectives Major outputs from Aug.’09 – Jan.’10 Future works Discussions Contents

3. Ba Be (Bac Kan) – Na Hang (Tuyen Quang) Complex, Vietnam. WP5 is implemented by National Institute of Agricultural Planning and Projection (NIAPP). – Dr. Nguyen Van Toan, NIAPP’s vice director (leader) – Mr. Vu Cong Lan (coordinator) – Dr. Nguyen Thanh Xuan (GIS Expert) – Mr. Do Minh Phuong (GIS, Communication Expert) – Dr. Hoang Xuan Phuong (Agro-economist) – Ms. Hoang Bao Cham (Environmentalist) – Mrs. Vuong Thuc Tran (Secretary) Introduction (1 of 2)

4. Introduction (2 of 2) Ba Be National Park ( 22°21' – 22°29'N, 105°34' – 105°42'E ) Na Hang Nature Reserve ( 22°16’-22°31’N, 105°22’-105°29’E )

5. Objectives EVIs characterization and analysis. Analysis of the key factors to ecological vulnerability at various levels. Analysis of the relative importance of the determinants at various levels. Analysis of possible strategies to reduce ecological vulnerability. Construction, management and facilitation of the GIS Database.

6. This research has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement No. 211392 Major outputs Aug.’09 – Jan.’10

7. Meetings Tele- conference between NIAPP and LD members on 15 September 2009 in which discussion related and focused on GIS Database between NIAPP and JRC and coordination of data collection between WP2 and WP5. Meeting at NIAPP, Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov. 2009. Meeting in India, Dec. 2009. Stakeholder meetings in Vietnam.

8. LD Vietnam website Implementation of LD/WP5 Website, October 2009. http://www.livediverse.com

9. Production of LD Posters English version Vietnamese version

10. Field trips Ba Be National Park: 3-6 Nov. 2009. Na Hang Nature Reserve: 9-12 Nov. 2009.

11. Data collection 77 layers of GIS data – Topographic layers; – Natural resources (land use, soil…); – Climate data; – Ecological layers; – Satellite images. Other socio-economic information

12. Reports Principles of GIS database development for LiveDiverse. GIS database inventory for Vietnam’s case area. Report on EVI calculation for Ba Be – Na Hang. Report on socio-economic situation in Ba Be – Na Hang. Progress report Aug.’09 – Jan.’10.

13. Future work Calculation of remaining EVIs. Analysis of the relative importance of the determinants at various levels. Analysis of possible strategies to reduce ecological vulnerability. Facilitation of GIS database implementation to LiveDiverse partners.

14. Discussions Missing parameters (highwinds, borders…); Various methods for data collection and statistical calculation; Various geo-referenced systems within different study areas. Progress to data collection.

15. This research has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement No. 211392 Click to view Presentation on database design and inventory

16. LiveDiverse Vietnam Study Area 2 1 1 2 Ba Be Na Hang

17. LiveDiverse Vietnam Study Area 1 2 Ba Be Na Hang 1 2