Vietnam is Germany’s most important Asian partner in the forestry sector and the German government will continue to support Vietnam to develop it forests sustainably, especially with worsening climate change.
Speaking at the opening ceremony for Vietnam’s conference on Sustainable Forestry Development on September 7 in Hanoi, Gudrun Kopp, German Secretary of State for Economic Cooperation and Development, said that even with the efforts made to increase the country’s forest coverage, climate changes have posed many challenges to Vietnam.
She added that to overcome these challenges, Vietnam needs to promote cooperation between the State and the private sector and work out a new financial strategy with its sponsors.
Hua Duc Nhi, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that Vietnam is one of the five countries in the world to be the hardest-hit by climate change, especially rising sea levels. Subsequently Vietnam is closely cooperating with the global community to prevent and minimise the losses.
At the event, 250 specialists from many countries around the world will discuss the challenges as well as effective solutions to raise the effectiveness of sustainable forest development and come up with policies and practical action plans for Vietnam to deal with climate change.
Jurgen Hess, a representative from German Technical Organisation (GTZ) stated that Germany would continue to support Vietnam in sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation, climate change as well as in protecting coastal ecosystems.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam has about 19.2 million hectares of forest land, but only 13.1 million hectares are covered with trees. Vietnam’s forest coverage has increased to 38.8 percent compared to 27 percent in the 1990s.
Since 1994, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development has pledged to provide Vietnam with 145 million USD to finance the forestry field. Of which, 13 projects worth 92 million USD are underway in Vietnam./.
Speaking at the opening ceremony for Vietnam’s conference on Sustainable Forestry Development on September 7 in Hanoi, Gudrun Kopp, German Secretary of State for Economic Cooperation and Development, said that even with the efforts made to increase the country’s forest coverage, climate changes have posed many challenges to Vietnam.
She added that to overcome these challenges, Vietnam needs to promote cooperation between the State and the private sector and work out a new financial strategy with its sponsors.
Hua Duc Nhi, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that Vietnam is one of the five countries in the world to be the hardest-hit by climate change, especially rising sea levels. Subsequently Vietnam is closely cooperating with the global community to prevent and minimise the losses.
At the event, 250 specialists from many countries around the world will discuss the challenges as well as effective solutions to raise the effectiveness of sustainable forest development and come up with policies and practical action plans for Vietnam to deal with climate change.
Jurgen Hess, a representative from German Technical Organisation (GTZ) stated that Germany would continue to support Vietnam in sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation, climate change as well as in protecting coastal ecosystems.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam has about 19.2 million hectares of forest land, but only 13.1 million hectares are covered with trees. Vietnam’s forest coverage has increased to 38.8 percent compared to 27 percent in the 1990s.
Since 1994, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development has pledged to provide Vietnam with 145 million USD to finance the forestry field. Of which, 13 projects worth 92 million USD are underway in Vietnam./.
