Vietnam Innovation Day 2010 Climate Change. Application Form

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1 Vietnam Innovation Day 2010 Climate Change Application Form I. PROJECT DETAILS 1. Project title: Acclimatizing and developing Nypa fruticans in the coastal water flooding region in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. 2. Location to carry out the project: Phu Loc district, Thua Thien Hue province: in the three communes of Loc Binh, Loc Dien and Loc An. 3. Contact addresses of agencies/organizations of the project: Name of agencies/ organizations: Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry Address: 102 Phung Hung, Hue City Phone: Fax: huaf@dng.vnn.vn Person who takes main responsibility for the project: MA. Le Thi Dien Position: Lecturer Phone: Fax: dienhuaf@gmail.com

2 4. Organizing agency: Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry specializes in training technical agro-forestryfishery and rural development cadres at the level of vocational training, college, university and post-graduation. It is also a science and technology transfer research center in the areas of agro-forestry-fishery and rural development for the central provinces and nationwide. Set up in 1967 under Decision No. 124/CP issued by the prime minister on August , the university had a contingent of 461 staffs, including 286 lecturers (225 official and 61 unofficial ones). Among the staffs, 13 are professors and assistant professors, 42 are doctors, 109 are masters and 123 are university graduates. The university s organizing structure includes one headmaster and three vice headmasters. The university has eight faculties, six functional boards and three centers. Currently, it is joining hand with many important organizations inside and outside the country to carry out big programs such as a research on sustainable rural development (RDViet); Project interuniversité ciblé (PIC); project on co-management on coastal natural resources and many other projects. Besides, the university has got state budget from the Ministry of Education and Training for its scientific research projects. However, to date, it has not yet received any sponsorship from this contest. 5. Banking account of agencies/organizations of the project: Account name (VND): Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry Account holder: Nguyen Minh Hieu Account number: (VND) (USD) At Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank)- Thua Thien-Hue branch Bank address: No. 78 Hung Vuong, Hue city, Thua Thien-Hue II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION (1) Socio-economic condition of the community: The unstable socio-economic development has resulted in a range of environmental problems. The increase in greenhouse effect brings about the global warming, which is the major cause of climate change. This is among the current biggest challenges for our earth. According to research results of domestic and foreign scientists, Vietnam will be

3 one of the countries to be greatly affected by climate change. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment s statistic figures showed that climate change in Vietnam causes more natural disasters, particularly flood and droughts. Over the past 50 years, the country s average temperature has increased by C annually and the sea water level grows by 20cm 1. Due to bad impacts by the climate change, the country is now facing more flood tide, especially in the central region, the Mekong Delta region and Ho Chi Minh City, than years ago. Located in the central region, Thua Thien-Hue is the last province of the Truong Son Bac geographical area. Despite covering an area of just 505,399ha, the provincial s terrain condition is very complicated with mountains, hills, valleys, deltas, lagoons and beaches. With the monsoon climate and sloping terrain, the province meets with flood and drought annually. The local hydrography system is dense, but most of rivers are small and have big sloping level of flow. The majority of rivers in the province start from the western mountainous region, running through the populous delta region and pouring into Tam Giang-Cau Hai lagoon area which is the central region s biggest aquatic area and the province s key seaborne economic area. With a 128-km coastline, Thua Thien-Hue has advantages for seaborne economic development. However, over the past recent years, the province has focused on changing water flooding land use into tourism and aquatic breeding. The remaining flooded land areas are being taking advantages of for development demand. Moreover, the destruction of upper forests and forestry degradation are the main reasons for desertification and barren land, resulting in lots of bad impacts like increasing flood and drought phenomenon as well as reduction in the fertile land. Aquatic sources are shrinking, especially water ecological system on the mainland and near beach shores, threatening survival of some animals. If the trend continues happening, the first decade of the 21 st century will have to witness latent harmful effects in terms of environmental and economic issues. In this situation, the province has outlined a plan on developing a 4,000-ha flooded area in Lang Co and O Lau river mouth into a natural preservation area. With the diversified fauna and flora reserves, this place is not only meaningful to researchers but also an attractive natural landscape to many visitors. Besides, Thua Thien-Hue is always ready to flight against climate change and the sea water rise. One of its strategies to deal with natural disasters is forestation programs at coastal water flooding areas. However, the province s coastal forestation still faces a number of problems as follows: 1

4 - Firstly, due to specific characteristics in terrain, climate and land, only a small number of plans adapt to this condition. - Secondly, Thua Thien-Hue has not yet defined suitable plants for forestation in the coastal water flooding areas, acclimatized types of plants from the neighboring ecological areas to tame and grow them in a large scale in order to cope up with the rise in the water sea level. - Thirdly, currently, only a limited number of researches on defining suitable conditions for growing plants for Thua Thien-Hue province s coastal water flooding areas have been carried out. - Finally, to date, the province has not conducted any surveys on the possibility of acclimatization and hybridization and plantation of Nypa fruticans, a type of tree which can adapt to the local coastal water flooding areas climate condition. This requires the province to have such surveys to serve as foundations for building hybridization technical methods of Nypa fruticans on a large scale, expected to raise local coastal people s income and enhance their capacity to deal with climate change as well as improve environment for the locality s aquatic breeding. (2) Objectives: * Common objectives: - Providing scientific and real foundations for forestation in different kinds of coastal water flooding areas in Thua Thien-Hue to fight against consequences of climate change which have become more serious for recent years. - Adding the structure of native forestry trees in the local coastal water flooding areas, raising efficiency of forestation through researches on the improvement of breeds and hybridization techniques. - Contributing to help coastal people to increase their income from forestation and facilitate condition for aquatic development; creating places for students from Hue University and other individuals who are concerned about coastal protective forestation to visit and practice their trained skills. * Specific objectives: - Selecting 1-2 Nypa fruticans origins of high productivity and adapting to ecological condition of Thua Thien-Hue s coastal water flooding areas to plant protective forests - Defining suitable conditions for acclimatizing and growing Nypa fruticans in Thua Thien-Hue;

5 - Experimenting the multiplication and construction of a 3ha cultivation model selected at the province s coastal water flooding areas with the participation of the community; - Building technical processes for the multiplication and the plantation of the selected Nypa fruticans trees * Activities: Objective 1: Choosing 1-2 origins of Nypa fruticans with high productivity and suitable for the province s coastal water flooding areas ecological condition to grow protective forests Activity 1.1: Collecting documents, analyzing and summarizing knowledge and experience on the origins in Vietnam, particularly in provinces which are adjacent to Thua Thien-Hue. Activity 1.2: Checking, surveying and defining origins of Nypa fruticans in Quang Nam and the Mekong Delta region Activity 1.3: Selecting the origins which can be planted in Thua Thien-Hue s coastal water flooding areas Objective 2: Defining site condition for acclimatizing and growing Nypa fruticans in Thua Thien-Hue Activity 2.1: Assessing models of planted forests in Quang Nam and the Mekong Delta region Activity 2.2: Defining site condition where Nypa fruticans is distributed naturally in Quang Nam and the Mekong Delta region Activity 2.3: Defining site condition in Thua Thien-Hue compared to the natural distribution of Nypa fruticans to choose the planned place for the pilot model Objective 3: Experimenting the multiplication and the construction of the 3ha intensive cultivation model selected for the provincial coastal water flooding areas with the community participation. Activity 3.1: Organizing meetings among concerned agencies to define the location for arranging the pilot model and choosing family households for the direct participation. Activity 3.2: Providing training courses on multiplication and cultivation of Nypa fruticans for farmers to directly take part in building the model through activities to visit the model in Quang Nam province Activity 3.3: Building arboretums of Nypa fruticans at households

6 Activity 3.4: Building the model of Nypa fruticans intensive cultivation with the participation of the community Activity 3.5: Caring for, controlling and assessing the model Objective 4: Building technical processes of multiplication and cultivation of origins selected for the local site condition Activity 4.1: Collecting and analyzing the project s databases Activity 4.2: Building technical processes for Nypa fruticans multiplication Activity 4.3: Building technical processes for growing Nypa fruticans Activity 4.4: The conference assesses efficiency of the model with the participation of related sides and introduces the model to the neighboring communities; It also contributes to disseminating the Nypa fruticans importance on coastal water flooding areas (3) Creativeness of the project: Object of the project is Nypa fruticans, the only species in the family of Arecaceae, lives in marsh. The tree often lives in salt-water marshes and areas affected by silt, salt water, alum and flood tide. Nypa fruticans mostly lives in the southern delta region and even develops into a natural forest. Fruit of Nypa fruticans which has thick pulp which is opalescent, sweet and fat can be eaten raw and cooking sweetened porridge. The leaf is mostly used for roofing houses in the southern region of Vietnam and many neighboring countries. The tree is also used as strings and natural floating buoys for crossing rivers. But the most important thing is its sap which is used for drinking and the production of sugar, alcohol and sweets. Exploiting Nypa fruticans is a long tradition of Southeast Asian people when the majority of residents in the coastal region of the west of Pacific Ocean consider Nypa fruticans as their major income source. In Quang Nam, over two thirds of households of Cam Thanh commune live on Nypa fruticans 2. The tree lives in marshes along river banks or areas near the sea mouth with changing flood tide. If not being controlled, the tree will develop under the change of flood tide. Therefore, the tree plays an important part in fixing silt and is be a shield for bad impacts of the rise in sea water. Additionally, Nypa fruticans forest is the residence place of many valuable animals. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct researches on acclimatization and the development of this tree on the central region s coastal water flooding areas to form safety corridors for coastal households in the context of more serious climate change situation. However, there is not any researches conducted on the acclimatization of Thua 2

7 Thien-Hue s coastal areas where have big coastline but are seriously affected by climate change. In this research, the integrated approach with participation of local community to deal with the problems includes: - Inherit approach: the project s research time only lasts one year, while the life history of researched object is long; the approach way of the project is inheriting available research and experiment result; studying and complementing contents and related unsolved aspects. - Field survey approach: With the common principle "Technical approach closes nature and is suitable for natural principles", the project applies surveying methods at the site to define the most appropriate cultivation conditions in line with the research s objects. - Approach way of technical development: in this research, the research group and the local community jointly build techniques of multiplication and cultivation of Nypa fruticans based on people s experience along with intensive cultivation method of modern forestation. - Building model approach: To build technical processes for multiplication and cultivation of Nypa fruticans effectively, the project applies the building model approach with different experimental formulas. This will help to have assessments and analysis to find out the best experimental formulas. All activities of the building the model will be carried out by local people under the supervision and technical support by the research group. - Integrated analysis approach: The project will use analysis and statistic method applied in the agricultural sector to analyze collected databases to draw convincing conclusions. In spite of being applied in many forestation and rural development projects in Vietnam, it is mainly used separately. The majority of researches on acclimatization of native forest trees grown on the coastal water flooding areas now use the modern approach way which lacks the local community s participation. Therefore, the majority of these researches focuses on the models and hardly applied in the reality and expanded. With the approach way with the community participation and scientific knowledge, the author group expects to attract the community to join the Nypa fruticans plantation in coastal areas after the project ends. Besides, through a visit to the Nypa fruticans development model in Quang Nam province, the group hopes to use its efficiency to draw the community s participation. The dissemination of the tree cultivation aims to cope up with bad impacts of the climate change, seashore erosion and improve condition for aquatic breeding, develop tourism services and protect bio-diversification. It will also help to raise people s

8 awareness of the importance of the protective forest range which is seen as a shield to prevent natural disasters. The integration between protective objective and economic development as well as ecological environment improvement will take advantages of flooding land areas at river and sea mouths in Thua Thien Hue; help people to make use full of these areas potentials in the context of ecological tourism, aquaculture development and more serious climate change. (4) Specific results and direct impacts: * Specific results: - The list of Nypa fruticans origins: The report analyses the relation of conditions among terrain, climate and paedology with the natural distribution of the origins. - Selecting 1-2 origins which are promising for multiplication and cultivation of forestation in Thua Thien-Hue s coastal water flooding areas. General reports and assessments on the planted forest models and suitable defined growing condition have been chosen. - Organizing one group meeting among concerned sides, including a research team from Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry (five people), a representative from the district s Department of Agriculture, a representative from the district People s Committee, two representatives from the commune People s Committee and 30 representative from the rural community directly attending the model construction to define the location for the arrangement of the pilot model and selection of households. - Organizing one training course through visits the Nypa fruticans growing model in Quang Nam for 12 households which directly join the model. - Producing at least 7,500 varieties from standard cashew nuts of 1-2 selected origins. The report generalizes results of multiplication of the Nypa fruticans from seeds. - Building the 3ha intensive cultivation model of the selected origins in Thua Thien- Hue s coastal water flooding areas. The report generalizes results of Nypa fruticans plantation. - Building one multiplication process and one plantation process of Nypa fruticans. - Organizing one conference to assess the model efficiency with the participation of concerned sides and to introduce it to the neighboring communities; disseminating the Nypa fruticans development activities in coastal water flooding areas: the number of participants is 30. * Direct impacts: * Training scientific cadres and students: Providing further training courses for scientific cadres and young students via their participation to implement the research subject, meeting the current demand for cadre

9 training * For other concerned scientific areas: - Supplementing plant structure, contributing to completing the system of technical methods for coastal protective forests to raise forestation productivity and efficiency from selecting site condition, varieties, multiplication techniques, plantation techniques, taking care of forests along with new technology application and people s experience. -Adding real foundations for managing and using coastal water flooding areas which are vulnerable to risks in Thua Thien-Hue in the context of increasing consequences caused by climate change; ensuring business and protective objectives effectively. * For society, economy and environment: - Contributing to carrying out a program of growing five new hectares of forests to expand forestry coverage through forestation activities. - Acclimatizing the varieties of plants which can be grown on coastal water flooding areas; raising economic efficiency of artificial forests and improving Thua Thien-Hue farmers income. - Cooperating with coastal forestation programs of forestry firms, protective forest management boards in the province or non-governmental projects to provide plant varieties and transfer technology of the varieties. - Forming a safe protective shield for coastal people to deal with climate change situation (rising sea water level, wind, storms and flood tide); improving condition for aquatic breeding in the context of the warning environmental population - Raising people s awareness of coastal protective forests significance through training activities outside the site for students from Hue universities and other organizations and individuals who care about this issue (5) Result assessment: - Supervising the project is often implemented by technical supporting group from the forestry natural resource management and environment subject and the community. - The supervision is carried out in line with each activity of the theme in terms of time and quality compared to scheduled time in the draft. An explanation report should be needed in case of risk cases. - Report on the implementation pace is sent to the supporting agency every six months. After the project finishes, there will be an overall assessment of the inter-sector council, including donors and representatives from Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry,

10 departments of agricultural and rural development and people s committees of the districts and communes where the project is being implemented. Representatives from the community also join the report to evaluate the results and the process to allow the model expansion. - A number of criteria used in the supervision and evaluation activities: the number of selected Nypa fruticans origins/total number of proposed origins;+ the number of real plants/the number of proposed plants; + The number of grown area/the number of proposed one; + the number of implemented reports/the number of proposed ones; + the number of households participation in the model/the number of planned ones; + Time for implementing activities/the planned time; + the number of farmer households which can control the model/ total number of participants; + real spending/ projected spending; + the number of people supporting the model/total number of people in the community; + the number of people who support the final results of the project and plan proposing the transfer/total number of participants in the conference; + the number of villages registering to develop the model/total number of districts and communes. (6) Sustainability of organization and finance - Human resources: During the implementation process of the research proposal, the factor of gender is considered and prioritized in all activities and concerned sides + Scientific cadres: nine teaching cadres of the forestry natural resource management subject under Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry Forestry Faculty boast majors in the following fields: forestry flora, biological geography, forestry ecology, non-wood forest products, project management and community development, community development, environment and forestry laws, flora protection, management of different types of forests and bio-diversification. Among the cadres, one is doctor; two are postgraduates who studied Thailand, four masters, one engineer, and one having vocational training degree. This contingent specializes in offering technical advices for the model development, organizing training courses on skills, boosting the cooperation between the participants and donors, regulating the project implementation process as well as supporting communications and technology transfer activities. D + The local community will carry out and supervise research proposal activities and are the beneficiary from the research results. Furthermore, these households are collaborators for promoting the results of the research proposals. + The concerned sides: a number of cadres of Phu Loc district s forest management board and Department of Agricultural and Rural Development. Forestry cadres from the communes of Loc Binh, Loc Dien and Loc An will be direct participants in supervision, training courses and promotion of the research results. + Forestry Faculty s students complete graduation themes and practice curriculums of subjects named in the contents of the research proposals.

11 - Finance: Completing the whole research proposals needs the following capital: + Contribution from the research group: $1,525; + From the World Bank: $15,000; + From the community: $3,600 - Material aspect: + Documents related to Nypa fruticans and plantation techniques are available at Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry library + Assisting tools for the implementation of local people s models; + Tools to measure and control the model and tools to settle figure of the Forestry Faculty - After the project ends, all results will be handed over to local people. A number of students from the Forestry Faculty still continue their scientific research and graduation topics on acclimatizing and developing Nypa fruticans. The project results will be the foundations for implementing the following research themes of lecturers and researchers from the faculty on forestation in coastal water flooding areas in the central region. (7) Possibility for project expansion: * The possibility for applying the project in other objects and localities: Tam Giang-Cau Hai in Thua Thien-Hue province is a general coastal lagoon area in the central region of Vietnam. It is located from to in northern latitude and from to in the east. The lagoon area stretches 68 km in the five districts of Phong Dien, Quang Dien, Huong Tra, Phu Vang and Phu Loc. Geographically, the area combines four lagoons which connect to one another from the north to the south: - Tam Giang lagoon is some 27 km, starting from O Lau river mouth to Hung river mouth, covering a total area of 5,200 ha. It is linked to the sea by Thuan An beach. - Sam lagoon covers less than 1,620 ha and does not run into the sea - Ha Trung-Thuy Tu lagoon is long and narrow, covers 3,600 ha and does not run into the sea - Cau Hai lagoon is the largest covering a total area of 11,200 ha and Tu Hien port connects Cau Hai lagoon and the sea Situated on a area of 21,620ha, Tam Giang - Cau Hai is an ideal destination to expand Nypa fruticans plantation and coastal protective forest model. Besides, coastal water flooding areas in the neighboring provinces of Quang Tri, Quang Binh, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai can expand the model.

12 Currently, forestry management boards of five districts in Tam Giang-Cau Hai lagoon also want to cooperate with the research group to build a project on acclimatizing and developing plants to be grown at coastal water flooding areas. The project results will be the foundation for the model expansion. Budget for the provincial scientific research is managed by the local Department of Science and Technology. The research group also expects to receive sponsorship from budget sources from Hue University, the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as well as the non-governmental organizations of SNV and SIDA for the model development. * Capacity to share information about the model: Information sharing capacity on model: - The project will build a database bank on researching results of the topic and the related images: this is reference data for the next researchers and operations multiplying the model in the future. - Workshop on results of the project - Producing leaflets and taking data photographs - Writing some articles to announce results of the research of the topics in trade magazine and some related websites. - Publishing a book on technologies of multiplication and seeds production of some tree species at salt-marsh forest in the coastal water flooding region including Nypa fruticans. - Using researching results of the project to serve the lectures about forestation and the reference data for other subjects, including bio-forestry, agricultural and forestry studies, land management and non-timber forest products. - The successful models will become a practicing place for the students at Forestry Faculty Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry and a center for cooperative training outside the site for the students from other faculties of Hue University. * Specific plan of model multiplication: - Transferring technology and multiplying model in some areas in Tam Giang- Cau Hai lagoon through cooperation with households and the forest management units in local districts. - Continuing to write proposals to research and develop the models of Nypa fruticans plantation and other salt marsh tree species to seek funds from the provincial budget, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Natural Resources and

13 Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Education and Training and other non-governmental organizations. - Organizing some activities to allow the voluntary students to arrive in the localities in Tam Giang- Cau Hai lagoon to participate in the Nypa fruticans cultivation. The seed source will be free supplied by the researching group. (8) Feasibility: - Thanks to preparation, the knowledge on the Nypa fruticans acclimatization and cultivation was carefully prepared by the lecturers and researchers under the forest management and environment subject at the Forestry Faculty in Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry. - The subject managers organizes a tour and plan to take the seed source from the South Eastern region and Tan Thanh commune, Quang Nam province for the cultivation in Thua Thien-Hue province. - A part from key lectures of the subject, we select student groups who take this issue as their researching topics. In additional, we coordinate with some other researching centers in the province to carry out researches on mangrove forests. We received supports of forest wardens in the districts in Tam Giang-Cau Hai lagoon, enthusiasm of the inhabitants; thus, we can complete these activities of the project within 01 years and ensure its quality. (9) Other details Tam Giang-Cau Hai lagoon is located in the center of Vietnam s central province of Thua Thien-Hue. This is the largest lagoon in the Southeast Asia with 70 kilometers along the coast and surface area of 22,000 hectares. The lagoon includes many small lagoons namely Tam Giang, Thanh Lam, Sam, Ha Trung, Thuy Tu and Cau Hai. The lagoon has two main gates namely Thuan An and Tu Hien opened to the sea. The lagoon also links to two regions of four main rivers namely O Lau, Bi, Huong and Truoi. It is estimated that 300, ,000 people live on completely or partly on resources of the lagoon. The habitants account for one thirds of total population of the province 3. Being formed by natural factors such as river, flood, storm and wave, the Tam Giang- Cau Hai lagoon has experienced changes in different periods. In 1953, Tu Hien port was filled up by sand and in 1959 it was re-opened. Thuan An beach also was moved by the hydrography. Especially in 1999 when having big flood, the Tam Giang-Cau Hai lagoon 3

14 opened three gates to the sea namely Hoa Duan, Vinh Hai and Loc Thuy. These gates were not long-term existed because they were filled by the sand later 4. Recently, the Prime Minister has signed the Decision No.1955/QD-TTg to approve the project entitled "Economic-social development of Tam Giang- Cau Hai lagoon in Thua Thien Hue province by 2020". Under the project, the Tam Giang Cau Hai lagoon will have favorable for economic development in Thua Thien Hue province in particular and become a coastal region with strong economic development of the country in general. The anti-landslide projects at the beach in Hai Duong, Phu Thuan and sediment treatment project at river gate, sea gate and Tam Giang-Cau Hai lagoon will be completed 5. However, at the seminar named Towards to general management of Tam Giang Cau Hai lagoon held by Imola project management unit in Hue city on February 17, 2009 with participation of the central ministries, departments, officials from some international organizations, including Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations FAO, almost scientists, foreign experts and managers considered that Tam Giang- Cau Hai lagoon is weakening. Also at the event, the experts mentioned that aquaculture abuse, negative impacts from aquaculture, the decline in living areas for water species and a high population density. They also added that the inhabitants are replacing traditional fishing tools with new ones without careful selection and the lagoon often suffer from industrial wastewater. As a result the water creatures have become extinct and many genres are disappearing. To date, 39 fishery branches with 2,500 households have been established, however, they have not yet set up co-management principle for sustainable fish catching strategy. According to the Imola project management unit, the loss can grow to millions of dollars gradually. With the fund of $1 million of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations, the Integrated Management of Lagoon Activities (IMOLA) in Thua Thien Hue province is aimed to evaluate fish catching capacity related with the aquatic product source in the lagoon and the coastal region; to adjust mesh to reduce pressures on catching young fish; to pilot the aquaculture models with a purpose of re-creating water environment of the lagoon system. Despite of many efforts, the project implemented in the lagoon only focuses on aquaculture and exploitation activities, but does not take care of the protective forestation to protect the lagoon from bad impacts of the climate change; especially there is not 4 C%E1%BA%A7u_Hai 5 U3

15 project mentioning on acclimatization and development of the Nypa fruticans in particular and mangrove forest trees in general. III. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Targets Activities Time Target 1: Selecting 1-2 Nypa fruticans origins which have high productivity and suitable for biological conditions of the coastal water flooding in Thua Thien Hue province to afforest for the coastal prevention. Target 2: Defining site condition which is suitable for acclimatization and cultivation of the Nypa fruticans in Thua Thien-Hue province. Activity 1.1: Collecting data analyzing and summarizing knowledge and experience on the origin of the Nypa fruticans which are arranged naturally in Vietnam, especially in the provinces adjacent to Thua Thien Hue province. Activity 1.2: Surveying, exploiting and defining the origin of the Nypa fruticans in Quang Nam province and the Mekong Delta. Activity 1.3: Selecting origins which can be grown in the coastal water flooding in Thua Thien Hue province. Activity 2.1: Evaluating forestation model in Quang Nam province and the Mekong Delta. Activity 2.2: Defining the site condition where the Nypa fruticans is arranged naturally in Quang Nam province and the Mekong Delta. May, 2010 May, 2010 June, 2010 May, 2010 June, 2010 May, 2010 June, 2010 May, 2010 June, 2010 Activity 2.3: Comparing and May, 2010 June, 2010

16 Targets Activities Time defining site condition in Thua Thien Hue province with natural allocation of the Nypa fruticans to select locations where are expected to arrange experiment models. Target 3: Testing multiplication and building a 3ha intensive cultivation model which is selected in the coastal water flooding region in Thua Thien Hue province with participation of the community. Activity 3.1: Holding meeting of the related parties to define locations to pilot the model and select household who directly participate in the pilot model. Activity 3.2: Training technology of the Nypa fruticans multiplication and cultivation of the household who directly participate in the model through visiting the Nypa fruticans cultivation model in Quang Nam province. Activity 3.3: Building the nursery garden at household levels. Activity 3.4: Building the model on intensive cultivation of the Nypa fruticans with participation of the community. Activity 3.5: Caring, monitoring and evaluating the model. July, 2010 July, 2010 August, 2010 October, 2010 November, 2010 Feb 2/2010 August, 2010 April, 2011

17 Targets Activities Time Target 4: Building the technical regulations of multiplication and cultivation of the selected origins which are suitable for site condition. Activity 4.1: Summarizing and analyzing data of the project. Activity 4.2: Building technical regulations of the Nypa fruticans multiplication. Activity 4.3: Building technical regulations of the Nypa fruticans cultivation. Activity 4.4: Holding seminar on evaluating effect of the model with participation of the related parties and introducing the model to the community. Disseminating the importance of the Nypa fruticans development in the coastal water flooding regions. Writing and completing the final report. November, 2010 March, 2011 January, 2011 March, 2011 April, 2011 March, 2011 April, 2011 IV. BENEFICIARY AND PARTIES 1. Who are beneficiary from the project, what are benefits and how? Please list the targeted groups and/or beneficiary group, including social objects or the community, or number of men, women or children. - The population community of three communes namely Loc Binh, Loc Dieu and Loc An: + 12 households participating in the forestation will receive allowance from as their additional income. They will be provided with seed, instructed cultivation technology and

18 visited the forestation model in Quang Nam province. They will be owners of the forestation models after the completion of the project. + The households in Loc Binh, Loc Dien and Loc An communes will enjoy benefits from supervising the protective forestation activities. They will be provided with free seeds from the researching group after the completion of the model expansion project. + In additional, the project will also help to raise the households awareness of the importance of the protective forestation through participating in the training courses, results production of the research proposals. + In the long term, the forests will be formed and will become a protective shield for the inhabitants and create good condition for the aquaculture, and seafood breeding. - Concerned parties + Some officials from the forest management board in Phu Loc district, department of agriculture and urban development, forestry officials in Loc Binh, Loc Dien and Loc An communes will participate in training program and research results education. They will enjoy benefits from the allowance for these activities. In additional, they will have better understanding of the importance of the salty forestation, multiplication and seed cultivation technology as well as the forest management. They will have opportunities to work with the scientists and senior managers to propose suggestions for the next steps. + The lecturers and young researchers of the Forestry Faculty in Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry will have chances to join the activities of the project and accumulate experience for their teaching and researching work in the future. They also have opportunities to meet and exchange with the local officials and the inhabitants for proposals for next researches. + The students at the Forestry Faculty will have chances to implement the scientific researching topics, graduation topics and practice curriculum for the subjects which are under the researching proposals. 2. Who will participate in the process to seek for the fund, plan outlining and project design among the beneficiaries? If any, please specify. - They are the young lecturers and researchers from the forest management and environment subject under the Forestry Faculty who will directly take part in writing proposals to ask for fund. They will survey and prepare site to implement the project. - Key households at three researched communes contribute their opinions to select the suitable location for the project implementation and the project results if it is carried out.

19 - Officials from the forest management unit from Phu Loc district take part in contribution process and pledge to protect achievements of the project if it is implemented. - Officials in charge of agriculture-forestry- aquaculture of the People s Council and the People s Committee of Phu Loc district take part in designing activities of the project. 3. How do the beneficiaries participate in implementation process of the project? And participation level? - 12 households directly participate in the model of Nypa fruticans multiplication and cultivation; the proposal result promotion and the project achievement protection. - Representatives of households in Loc Binh, Loc Dien and Loc An communes supervise activities to grow protective forests and promote the proposal results. - Representatives from the government and the forest management unit supervise activities to grow protective forests and promote the proposal results. - The young lecturers and researchers of the subject participate in designing the project activities, supervising the activities of the project, technology of the project as well as holding meetings, and seminars to promote the project results. - The students at the Forestry Faculty implement the project activities through the research topics. 4. Participation of the beneficiaries in the future after the project is completed households: Protecting and developing the project achievements. - Representative of the houses in Loc Binh, Loc Dien and Loc An communes: Developing the results of the proposals after the project is completed. - Representative of the government and the forest management unit: Protecting the project achievements; working with the scientists under Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry to continue writing the new proposals related with the coastal forestation. - The young lecturers and researchers of the subject: Continuing to write the new proposals basing the results of the project. - The students at the Forestry Faculty: Implementing activities to develop the Nypa fruticans in particular and some other trees which can be cultivated in the coastal water flooding through the research topics. 5. Has the project received any supports from the local government?

20 The project has got supports from the local forest managers, officials of the department of agriculture and urban development as well as officials in Loc Binh, Loc Dien and Loc An communes. 6. Do members of the local government take part in the project designing process? If any, please specify their names and positions. Le Phu Anh an official who is in charge of agriculture-forestry- fishery of the People s Council and People s Committee of Phu Loc district directly participates in writing proposals along with the searching group. 7. Who do take the key role in the project implementation? The lectures and researchers from the forest management and environment subject under the Forestry Faculty of Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry play an important part in the project implementation. V. FUNDS OF PROJECT Other expenses A. Expense for cargo, training, consultancy services, traveling and salary for staff of the project 1. Salary for staff of the project Head of project: 12 months x $50/month Secretary of project: 12 months x $30/month Member of the project: 5 months x $20/month Member of the project: 5 months x $20/month Member of the project: 5 months x $20/month Member of the project: 5 months x $20/month Member of the project: 5 months x $20/month 2. Traveling expense 1 tour to Quang Nam province ($250) and 1 tour to Mekong Delta ($800) to carry out activities 1.2; 1.3; 2.1; 2.2. Activity 3.1: Holding a meeting among the related parties: 39 persons x $10/person Activity 3.2: Training the Nypa fruticans multiplication and cultivation for household Contribution from donors (if any)* Funds from World Bank Other funds (if any)** 0 1, , , Total 1, ,550 1,

21 Other expenses who directly participate in model building through visiting the Nypa fruticans growing modeal in Quang Nam province: $250/tour Activity 3.3: Building the Nypa fruticans nursery garden at household level: expense for inspectors: 4 persons x $10/arrival/person x 3 arrivals Activity 3.4: Building intensive cultivation model for the Nypa fruticans with a participation of community: expense for inspectors: 4 persons x $10/arrival/person x 4 arrivals Activity 3.5: Caring, inspecting and evaluating the model: expense for model inspectors and monitors: 7 persons x $10/arrival/person x 4 arrivals Activity 4.4: Seminar on evaluating effect of the model: 30 persons x $10/person 3. Equipment procurement Camera: 1 piece Compass: 3 pcs x $5 Testing equipment (hiring) Computer (hiring) Projector (hiring) 4. Expense for consultancy service Writing general report: 10 works x $30/work Writing report analyzing relationship among topographic, climate, land with natural allocations of origins: 7 works x $30/work General report, evaluating afforestation model and defining forestation condition to be suitable with the selected origins: 5 works x $30/work Writing training document: 2 works x $30/work General report on the Nypa fruticans multiplication results from seed: 5 works x $30/work General report on the Nypa fruticans seeding results: 5 works x $30/work Writing process of the multiplication and seeding: 10 works x $30/work Expense for data analysis: 15 works x $30/work Contribution from donors (if any)* Funds from World Bank Other funds (if any)** , , Total , ,

22 Other expenses Writing the final report: 10 work x $30/work Contribution from donors (if any)* Funds from World Bank Other funds (if any)** 0 3, ,900 3, Others 9,500 Multiplication work: 12 households x 0 1, $50/household 1,800 Seeding work: 12 households x 0 1, $200/household 2,400 Caring work: 12 households x ,200 1$50/household 1,800 Monitoring work of the households: ,200 households x 1$50/household 1,800 Seed 0 1, Fetilizer B. Expense of the project activities Office stationery: 12 months x $15/month Priting Photocopy Tel, fax: 12 months x $15/month Total ,525 15,000 3,600 Total 3, ,125 Notes: (*) Contributions from the researching group (**) Contributions from the community The program this year will have the following topics, please mark into the topics that you will concentrate Reducing impacts of the climate change Getting used to the climate change The issues are related to the climate change Other issues (please specify): Biological diversification preservation, overcoming environmental pollution, protecting environment of coastal water flooding land, rising coverage of the forest. What source do you know the test? Web:

23 Editor: M.A. Le Thi Dien Position: Lecturer Signature: Dated: February 24, 2010