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Workshop “Strengthening Policies and Financing for Sustainable Development of Longer Rotation Forest Plantation in Vietnam”

On June 23-24, PanNature collaborated with International Union for Conservation of Nature Netherlands (IUCN NL), organized workshop “Strengthening Policies and Financing for Sustainable Development of Longer Rotation Forest Plantation in Vietnam”.

The workshop has created a forum among enterprises, investors, forest plantation households, experts and governance agencies to identify challenges and propose policies on investment and finance support for developing large timber and longer rotation forest plantation in Vietnam, aiming at economically and environmentally sustainable forest landscape development.

Panel discussion in the worksho. Photo: PanNature
Field trip to plantation forest in Hoa Vang, Da Nang. Photo: PanNature

On June 24th, the delegates visited a forest plantation household in Hoa Phu commune, Hoa Vang district, Da Nang province.  

Workshop Agenda

Introduction of IUCN Netherlands 

Jan Willem, IUCN Netherlands

Over view on Policies and Opportunities of Large Timber Forest Plantation in Vietnam (Vietnamese)

Dr. Bui Chinh Nghia, Department of Forestry Production Development 

Large timber plantation – Experiences and Results (Vietnamese)

Tien Phong Forestry Company

Turning small timber plantation forest into large timber plantation forest – Experiences from Agriculture Extension Projects and Recommendations (Vietnamese)

National Agriculture Extension Center 

Large timber planatation policies challenges in Vietnam (Vietnamese)

Finance Support – Forest restoration projects, forest plantation for saw log timber 

Mrs. Le Thuy Anh – Project Coordinator KfW Hanoi Office

The Climate-Smart Credit System for Agri-Lenders – Obadiah Ngigi, Co-founder-F3 Life

The IKEA linkage model in Viet Nam: Actual situation and options to improve timber industry value chain

 Mr. Nguyen Vinh Quang, To Xuan Phuc, Naomi Basik Treanor, Nguyen Ton Quyen, Cao Thi Cam

Linkage between wood treatment company and forest plantation households: Elevating value chain in timber industry (Vietnamese)  

VIFORES, ForestTrends

Brief Report on the event

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