Background and objectives

Mangroves play an important role in climate adaptation and mitigation while ensuring the livelihoods and well-being of coastal communities. Mangrove ecosystems also have high biodiversity value and contribute to the sustainable development of Vietnam and the region in general. In the face of a global decline in both quantity and quality of mangroves due to pressures from socioeconomic development and severe financial shortages, United Nations agencies and developing countries including Vietnam have developed mechanisms and policies to mobilize new financial sources for the protection and development of mangroves as an important policy to implement the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Declaration on Forests and Land Use. In parallel with the improvement of public administration policies, investors are also looking for opportunities to expand the carbon market for mangroves. In recent times, an increasing number of investors have been looking to Vietnam for opportunities to buy mangrove carbon credits. However, the operation of the market and mangrove carbon projects face barriers in terms of legal framework, technical capacity, market connection, policy implementation, quality assurance, weak benefit sharing mechanism, and cost ensuring of mangrove carbon credits.

To assist policymakers and stakeholders in exchanging information, updating the international and Vietnamese legal framework, and enhancing market, technical and social requirements of the Mangrove Carbon Market, Nong Lam University – Ho Chi Minh City, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE) are co-organizing a workshop entitled Harnessing potential and ensuring high quality blue carbon credits in Vietnam.

Registration

Welcoming address

Speaker

Nguyen Tat Toan

Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City

Opening remarks

Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ho Chi Minh City

Opening remarks

Speaker

Nguyen Duc Khuong

Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE)

Moderators

Tang Thi Kim Hong

Dean of the Faculty of Forestry, Nong Lam University (NLU)

Pham Thu Thuy

Proffesor, Flinders University, Australia and CIFOR-ICRAF Senior Associate

International framework on blue carbon and recommendations for Vietnam

Speaker

Daniel Murdiyarso

Principal Scientist, CIFOR-ICRAF

Updated legal framework on the carbon market and recommendations for blue carbon projects in Vietnam

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)

Status update on the forest carbon market and blue carbon in Vietnam

Speaker

Nguyen Chien Cuong

Vietnam Forest Protection and Development Fund/Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)

Coffee break

Panel discussion

Speakers

Pham Hong Luong

Planning and Finance Office, Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)

Representative from the Science, Technology and International Cooperation Office

Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)

Vu Tan Phuong

Vietnam Forest Certification Office/Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Vietnam

Pablo Peña

Scientist, Catholic University of Peru, PUCP

Jake Brunner

Head of IUCN Indo-Burma

Pham Thu Phuong

Associate Professor, Curtin University, Perth, Australia – AVSE

Mai Thanh Hien

TEKO

Plenary discussion

Closing remarks

Speakers

Nguyen Tat Toan

Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City

Pham Thu Thuy

Proffesor, Flinders University, Australia and CIFOR-ICRAF Senior Associate

Organizers