1. Pilot Biodiversity Program for Lam Dong Province of Viet Nam 13 th Poverty and Environment Partnership Meeting Nao Ikemoto Environment Specialist Southeast Asia Department

2. Outline Objectives Components Key Stakeholders Process Outputs & Outcome Lessons learned Replication & Upscaling 13 th Poverty and Environment Partnership Meeting

4. Objectives Objectives I dentify a corridor area for fauna and flora to travel between Bi Doup-Nui Ba National Park and the Da Nhim Protection forest Assist local communities in finding a way to protect the biodiversity corridor Compensate local communities for their work input and losses, with focus on poor households Contribute to methodology development applicable in the wider context of the GMS BCI 13 th Poverty and Environment Partnership Meeting

5. Components Demonstration of indigenous species and remediation approaches & classification system Village forest protection regulations Animal husbandry and farming practices Eco-tourism study 13 th Poverty and Environment Partnership Meeting

6. Biodiversity Corridor in Bi Dup-Nui Ba National Park 13 th Poverty and Environment Partnership Meeting

7. Key Stakeholders MARD (EA) DARD (IA) DONRE sub-Departments of Forestry & Forest Protection Bi Doup Nui Bar National Park Da Lat University 3 Project Communes 13 th Poverty and Environment Partnership Meeting

8. Participatory Process Engagement of project communities in baseline survey, forest protection regulations, identification of beneficiaries, alternative livelihood options and benefit sharing schemes Partnership among local government, university and tourism companies 13 th Poverty and Environment Partnership Meeting

9. Outputs Outputs Biodiversity corridor in project communes identified Remediation approaches & classification system developed Village forest protection regulations developed and operationalized Animal husbandary and farming practices introduced Eco-tourism options identified 13 th Poverty and Environment Partnership Meeting

10. Outcome Outcome Created sense of ownership, responsibility and partnerships in forest management and conservation among local governments and communities 13 th Poverty and Environment Partnership Meeting

11. Replication & Upscaling Application of corridor identification techniques and livelihood practices in GMS BCI and FLITCH Approaches adopted by other donor project (Winrock International) Application of community preparation, planning, and implementation approaches in rural development projects in ADB 13 th Poverty and Environment Partnership Meeting

12. Lessons Learned & Challenges involvement of local farmers in baseline survey for better design of interventions decentralized control and decision-making system for ownership potential increase in encroachment due new road passing through 3 communes 13 th Poverty and Environment Partnership Meeting