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