The context of REDD+ in Vietnam: Drivers, agents and institutions [2nd edition]

Abstract

Vietnam is acknowledged to be REDD+ pioneer country, having adopted REDD+ in 2009. The National REDD+ Action Plan (NRAP) was the first to be approved, in 2012. Since then, the contextual and institutional settings for REDD+ policies have been refined. This paper is an updated version of Vietnam’s REDD+ Country Profile, which was first published by CIFOR in 2012 (Pham et al. 2012). It analyzed (i) drivers of deforestation and degradation; (ii) forest governance; (iii) macro policies and the political economy of deforestation and degradation; (iv) climate change and REDD+ policies; and (v) implications of REDD+ outcomes in terms of effectiveness, efficiency and equity. In this second version, the authors have verified and updated the 2012 findings on REDD+ policies and progress in Vietnam. We have captured changes between 2012 and 2017 based on a review of secondary data and interviews with stakeholders who have engaged in REDD+ policy development and implementation in Vietnam