A seminar was held in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on May25 to seek ways to combine climate change and the Reducing Emissionsfrom Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) programme with theregion’s development plan.
Participants focused discussions on awide range of issues such as climate change and its impacts, thebenefits and challenges of the implementation of REDD+ in Vietnam aswell as how to work out a regional development scheme coupled with theperformance of REDD+ in disadvantaged areas.
The delegates alsodebated prioritised orientations and requirements of the implementationof REDD+ in the Central Highlands to promote sustainable development inthe region.
Experience from the two-year performance of REDD+ inLam Ha and Di Linh districts of Lam Dong province was also shared at theworkshop, jointly organised by the UN Development Programme, theMinistry of Planning and Investment and General Forestry Department ofthe Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development./.