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Tropenbos International Viet Nam Newsletter - July & August 2009
In this issue:
•
Partners met for booting
up project 2
•
Learning-oriented
Monitoring and Evaluation
course for the first time
organized in PPFP
•
TBI Viet Nam’s call for
papers for national
workshop on “Forest
Research and Poverty
Reduction”
(page 1)
(page 1&2)
(page 2)
•
Scenarios for climate
change in Viet Nam
(page 3)
•
Dutch government
commits to support Viet
Nam in water management
and reducing climate
change
•
Tropenbos International
launches Annual Report
2008
(page 4)
(page 3)
Partners met for booting up project 2 “Analysis of the
consequences of land allocation on the livelihoods of forest
dependent people and biodiversity”
On
22
August,
Tropenbos
International Viet Nam and four
national partner organizations
including Hue University of
Agriculture and Forestry, Viet
Nam Forestry University, Forest
Science Institute of Viet Nam,
Thua Thien Hue Forest Inventory
and
Planning
Sub-institute
gathered in Hue for boosting up
the implementation of project 2.
This project is a collaboration of an
interdisciplinary team consisting
of four national organisations
mentioned above and two
international organizations: Utrecht
University (the Netherlands) and
University of Queensland (Australia).
The project has two main
objectives: (1) analysis of the
consequences of land allocation on
the livelihoods of forest dependent
people and biodiversity; and (2)
identification
and
development
of new options for livelihoods
improvement
and
biodiversity
conservation to reduce poverty in
forest
dependent
communities.
At the meeting, the partners
presented what they have done so far
regarding to their roles and assigned
responsibilities. Especially, information
sharing and cooperation mechanism
among the partners should be clearly
developed according to TBI Viet Nam’s
suggestion. The partners committed
to carry out the ressearch activities in
line with an agreed operational plan.
(TBI Viet Nam)
Learning-oriented Monitoring
and Evaluation course for the
first time organized in PPFP
In an attempt to assist PPFP Provincial
Project Management Units (PPMU) to put
in place a learning-oriented monitoring
and evaluation (M&E), and to improve
the capacity of project implementers,
especially in the proposed field, a
participatory based M&E course was
conducted by TBI Viet Nam from
3-5 September 2009 in Hue city.
Participants
in
the
course
included national and provincial
coordinators,
provincial
director,
and technical staff of the project.
As indicated by Dr. Heimo Claude,
the PPFP Chief Technical Advisor,
TBI Viet Nam and partners at the project meeting
(more on page 2)
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Learning-oriented Monitoring and
Evaluation course for the first time
organized in PPFP (continued)
Call for papers for national workshop on
“Forest Research and Poverty Reduction”
“this training workshop is one of the most important
events of PPFP, as understanding the functionality of
an M&E system is certainly improving the knowledge
of what a project is about in term of its goals, results
and activities”. The course was organized based
on the interactive approach between the course
facilitators and participants. The participants were
introduced with the M&E from learning-orientation
perspectives and contrasted with M&E for control.
Group working
Through the in-depth discussion and group work,
participants explored the situation in which the
project wants to make a difference; project’s
aspired future as well as important milestones.
The training course indeed contributed to establishment
of a shared understanding about setting up
effective M &E processes and mechanisms in PPFP.
Viet Nam
In December, TBI Viet Nam in collaboration with
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will
organize a national workshop on “Forest Research
and Poverty Reduction” in the Central and Central
Highlands regions of Viet Nam. The workshop will
contribute to the preparation of a research action
plan for National Forest Research Strategy until 2020.
The list of topics considered for inclusion in this
workshop includes:
- Community based forest, cooperative forest
management (for both protection forest and specialuse forest)
- Agro-forestry and livelihoods
- Non-timber forest products and market
- Technical options for forest management and
poverty reduction
- Forest policy issues relating to poverty alleviation
- Farms and non-state forest
- Ecological aspects in forest management and
protected areas
- Other fields closely related to forest and poverty
alleviation.
At present, TBI Viet Nam is calling for papers from
those interested in the topics. Contributed papers
should be sent to tbi.workshop2009@gmail.com.
Certificates given to participants at the end of the course
Participants
highly
valued
the
acquired
knowledge and skills, and were eager for M&E
design and implementation in the time to come.
Based on the obtained results of the course, the course
instructor, an expert from Wageningen International (the
Netherlands), proposed a list of follow-up activities so
that an effective M&E can be put in place for PPFP soon.
(TBI Viet Nam)
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Scenarios for climate change in Viet Nam
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
has completed a set of scenarios for climate change
in Viet Nam which is expected to provide an initial
basis for ministries and localities to work out plans
to cope with climate change.According to the
scenarios, by the end of the 21st century, Viet Nam’s
average temperature will rise 2.3 degrees Celsius
above the average level of the 1980-1999 period.
Dutch government commits to support
Viet Nam in water management and
reducing climate change
On 20 August, a group of representatives led by Mr
Martijn Van de Groer from Ministry of Transport, Public
Works and Water Management, the Netherlands,
met with Vice-president of HCM city People’s
Committee. At the meeting, Mr Martijn Van de
Groer said that the visit was to promote the bilateral
relation in governmental management, water
control, environment, especially in climate change.
Viet Nam also highly appreciated the Dutch
government in cooperation with Viet Nam and
expected that the Dutch government continued
to support HCMC and Viet Nam in solving the
urgent matters on environment, water source and
human resource for the water management and
climate change.
Scenarios for climate change in Vietnamese language
It is forecast that temperature rises will range from
1.6-2.8 degrees Celsius in different climatic regions. The
increases will be greater in northern and northcentral
provinces than in southern provinces.Winter temperatures
will rise more rapidly than summer temperatures.
Flood in rainy season in Viet Nam
(Source: VOH)
The scenarios also show more rainfall in the future for
the whole year and for the rainy season, but less rainfall
for the dry season, especially in the southern region. The
tendency is predicted to be more pronounced in the north.
Regarding sea levels, experts said Viet Nam’s sea
levels are likely to rise 30cm by the middle of the
21st century and 75cm by the end of the 21st
century as compared with the 1980-1999 period.
For more information, visit http://www.monre.gov.vn.
(Source: VNN)
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Launching Annual Report 2008
Tropenbos International Viet Nam (TBI Viet Nam)
would like to introduce you the Annual Report of
2008. In this report, we provide an overview of the
different activities that Tropenbos International has
undertaken in 2008.
Until now, Tropenbos International has six operational
country programmes: Colombia, Suriname, Ghana,
Cameroon/Congo Basin, Indonesia and Viet Nam.
TBI Viet Nam has been in operation since 2002. Every
year, we have our activities and achievements briefly
summarized in the report.
The Annual Report 2008 is available in . pdf for
downloading at www.tropenbos.org.
If you are interested in its hard copy, please contact Ms
Phan Thi Thuy Nhi at communi.tbi@vnn.vn.
TBI Viet Nam main office in Hue:
Programme Director: Mr. Tran Huu Nghi
Forest Inventory and Planning Institute,
6/1 Doan Huu Trung Street, Hue
Tel :( +84)54-3 886 211,
Fax (+84) 54-3 886 842
E-mail: hue.tbi-vietnam@dng.vnn.vn
TBI Viet Nam office in Ha Noi:
Co-Programme Director: Dr. Nguyen Phu Hung
Km 13, National Route 1, Thanh Tri, Ha Noi
Tel. (+84) 4-3 6870-600/1,
Fax (+84) 4- 3687-0601
E-mail: tbi.vietnam@hn.vnn.vn
For more information, look also at: www.tropenbos.org
All above publications and reports are available in soft copies upon
request. New publications are continuously added to our library at TBI
Viet Nam Hue office. Feel free to visit our library and take a look at the
books and digital publications that are available and free for rent.
If you want to inform our partners on activities, research results or
other information, please inform us so that we can add this to the
next newsletter.
For subscription of the newsletter or for more information, please
contact Ms Phan Thi Thuy Nhi, the communication officer at
communi.tbi@vnn.vn.
“By making knowledge work for forests and people, TBI contributes to well-informed decision making for
improved management and governance of tropical forests. Our longstanding local presence and ability
to bring together local, national and international partners make us a trusted partner in sustainable
development.”
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