VIETNAM GREEN GROWTH STRATEGY -a good opportunity to integrate ecoservices policy. Ministry of Planning and Investment

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1 VIETNAM GREEN GROWTH STRATEGY -a good opportunity to integrate ecoservices policy Department of Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment Ministry of Planning and Investment

2 Main contents Vietnam Green growth strategy Efforts to mainstreaming ecosystem services in national policy framework Project on Ecosystem services in Vietnam

3 VGGS: Definition and Time Frame Viet Nam definition of Green Growth The green growth in Vietnam is a growth model based on the process of changing growth models, restructuring the economy with an aim to fully exploiting comparative advantages, increasing economic efficiency and competitiveness through research into and application of advanced technologies, developing modern infrastructure systems to efficiently use natural resources, reducing greenhouse gas emission, responding to climate change, contributing to hunger eradication and poverty reduction, and creating driving forces to promote sustainable economic growth. Time duration: with Vision towards 2050

4 VGGS: Goal and Objectives Overall goal: Green growth and the low carbon economy will become the mainstream of sustainable economic development and strengthen social economic development. Objectives: Restructure the economy and increase competiveness through efficient use of resources and address environmental degradation Assess and promote the use of high technology development to increase efficiency in natural resource use, reduce GHG intensity of the economy and respond to climate change Improve the quality through green employment, sustainable lifestyles, green infrastructure/building and restored natural capital

5 VGGS: Targets By 2020: the average GDP per capita will double the 2010 level, the energy consumption per capita be reduced by 1 1.5%/year, the greenhouse gas emission intensity be reduced by 10-15% compared to the 2010 level; a modern and efficient economic structure be formed, with which the value of hi-tech products and products applying high technologies will account for about 42-45% in the total GDP, the aggregate productivity contribute about 35%tothegrowth; By 2030: Vietnam will achieve the middle-income country status, develop sufficient and appropriate material, technical, human, and institutional bases for a widespread implementation of green growth methods. The total greenhouse gas emission will be reduced by 1.5-2%/year; the aggregate productivity contribute at least50%tothegrowth. By 2050: Green energy and technologies will be widely used.

6 VGGS: Major Tasks 1. Greeningproduction processes and restore natural capital. 2. Reduce the intensity ofgreenhouse gasemissions(perunit of GDP)and promote the uses clean energy, renewable energy. 3. Greeninglifestyleand promotesustainable consumption.

7 Effort to maintream Ecoservices: Ecoservices in VGGS Conserve and use efficiently ecological systems as well their goods and services. Assure to maintain ecological services to meet the needs for water use including water freshening, reservoir, water flow and quality regulating to providing the communities with fishing, planting, husbandry and forest products. Support to formulate the green accounting system by pricing the natural capitals Encouraging and involving all economic sectors in investing in natural capitalsincluding investment in ecological services infrastructure, conservation areas and restoration of degraded ecological systems. Establish stimulating economic and financial mechanisms for conserving and efficiently use of ecological services. Promoting market approach in paying for eco-services including wetland and marine ecosystems. Protecting biodiversity while developing industries and natural resources through applying biodiversity compensation mechanism. Enhance the monitoring of biodiversity and eco-services.

8 Efforts to mainstreaming ecosystem services in national policy framework Restoration and development of natural capital Payment for Ecosystem Services (Article 74) Restore and conserve ecosystem, species in protected areas National Strategy on Green Growth (draft version) Biodiversity Law National Strategy on Environmental Protection (draft version) Biodiversity Law which was promulgated by National Assembly in 2008 National Strategy on Green Growth (draft version) to be submitted to Prime Minister for approval by June 2012 National Strategy on Environmental Protection (draft version) to be submitted to Prime Minister for approval by June 2012

9 Pilot area for mainstreaming Ecosystem Services in Vietnam Mangrove Forests in Ngoc Hien District, Ca Mau Province Source: Barry Clough et al. 2002, World Bank, NACA, WWF and FAO

10 Main ecosystem services targeted Regulating services (carbon sequestration, coastal protection Provision services (aquaculture) Cultural services (tourist

11 Major objectives and aims of the project Integration/ Mainstreaming of Ecosystem Services in to policy/ development/ investment planning Piloting this Integration on Provincial Level Develop tools/ decision support models on multiscale Key stakeholders: MPI, MoNRE, MoF, MARD, PPCs

12 Thank you very much for your attention!