We want to protect Cat Tien National Park Who can do it effectively? Villagers who live in or beside the forest.
How do we help them to protect the forest? Conservation Development
FOREST PROTECTION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
I- OVERALL OBJECTIVES: Protect effectively Cat Tien National Park and Chumomray National Park Protect the remain forest in buffer zone. Improve the livelihood of people in buffer zone to reduce the pressure of villager to Natural resources. To strengthen the Government staff from central to local level in implementation and management the development projects
II- THE BUDGET: World Bank: 21 million USD Netherland Gov : 6 million USD Viet Nam Gov: 5 Million USD Total: 32 Million USD
III- The Project Area: Cat Tien national Park: 42 communes, 8 districts, 4 province. (Dong Nai, Lam Dong, Binh Phuoc and Dak Nong) Chummomray National Park: 8 communes, 1 district, 1 province (Kontum) --------------- THE PROJECT PERIOD From: 1999 To 2006
IV- Sub components of project Community Development: Support community appraise their village by Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). Then plan the Commune Action Plan (CAP). Signe the forest protection commitment between villagers, community and the Park Land use planning and Allocation: Support community to make participatory Land Use Planning. Then allocated the forestry land to farmer.
Forest Protection: Forest protection contract: Forest enrichment contract Establish the forest protection group in each commune. Social Support Grant: Constructing civil works for community: roads, school rooms, electricity line, Support kind of agricultural materials for poor households Support cultivating technical training for poor households Establishing the social support fund.
Agriculture Services: Support the advance cultivating technique for community by training courses. Built the agricultural and agro-forestry demonstration models. Support the agricultural cultivating documents for households. Rural Infrastructure: Support community to construct the commune road, the irrigation schemes.
Project management: Held the project management training courses for government staff in levels. Establish the commune working group in each commune to manage the project activities in commune.
THE ACHIEVEMENTS Community Development: 42 CAP were planed and reviewed. All households in buffer and core zone signed the forest protection commitment. Land use Planning and Allocation: 42 Land use Plans were reviewed. Forestry Land were allocated to households
Asiatic Black Bear Ursus thibetanus Asian Elephant Elephas maximus Deer Cervus unicolor Forest protection: Village s Forest protection Regulation have been Forest protection group have been established in each commune (42 groups) Some forest (8000 ha) in core zone have been protected by villagers and communities based on forest protection contract Sun bear Helarctos malayanus Gaur Bos gaurus Deer Cervus unicolor Large-toothed Ferret Badger Melogale personata Red Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak Small-toothe Palm civet Arctogalidia trivirgata Common Palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Fishing Cat Prionailurus viverrinus
Vietnam rhinos Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus Yellow-cheeked gibbon Nomascus garbrialle Clouded Leopard Pardofelis nebusa Social Support Grant: 60 nursery and primary school rooms have been built 42 community houses. >100 km rural soil road. 23km concreted road 32km electricity line Other civil works 9.000 poor households were supported agricultural materials 4.000 people were trained Tiger Panthera tigris Deer Cervus unicolor Owston s Palm civet Chrotogale owstoni Red Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak Red Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak Sunda Pangolin Manis javanica Long tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis East Asian Porcupine Hystrix brachyura Pygmy Loris Nycticebus pygmaeus Mouse deer Tragulus javanicus
Agriculture services: 4.000 people were trained the advance agriculture technique 600 agricultural and gro-forestry demonstration models have been built
Asiatic Black Bear Ursus thibetanus Rural infrastructure: 11km asphalted road were constructed 5 irrigation schemes ( 800 ha irrigated rice fields) have been built. Sun bear Helarctos malayanus Asian Elephant Elephas maximus Gaur Bos gaurus Deer Cervus unicolor Deer Cervus unicolor Large-toothed Ferret Badger Melogale personata Red Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak Small-toothe Palm civet Arctogalidia trivirgata Common Palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Fishing Cat Prionailurus viverrinus
Vietnam rhinos Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus Yellow-cheeked gibbon Nomascus garbrialle The results The Project has already closed and it has been implemented successful. 90 % of budget was disbursed Everyone were happy with project The forest violation reduced sharply Tiger Panthera tigris Deer Cervus unicolor Clouded Leopard Pardofelis nebusa Owston s Palm civet Chrotogale owstoni Red Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak Red Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak Sunda Pangolin Manis javanica Long tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis East Asian Porcupine Hystrix brachyura Pygmy Loris Nycticebus pygmaeus Mouse deer Tragulus javanicus
The obstacles The forest violations reduce but not come to 0, here and there it still happens. In the next 3 or 5 years, it will keep reduce or increase again. Do we need one project more or other support to keep reduction of forest violation Question. Thank you