Problem overview:
Awareness and visions: In terms of natural resources, the Mekong Delta is becoming less abundant due to excessive harvesting by the people living around the area. At the moment, other income alternatives are being sought out in order to replace biodiversity harvesting.
Background in summary:
Income generation from natural resource harvesting around Mekong Delta: Biodiversity resource harvesting has been the most important contributor to the total net benefits derived from the Mekong delta and the most important source of net benefits to households.
Problem arising from increase in population and loss of biodiversity: The situation today is not projecting an optimistic view as previous situations. Incremental generation of net benefits has not kept pace with the population increase in the delta and the ongoing loss of biodiversity from forest fires. The problem of decreasing biological diversification due to over exploitation of natural resources is unavoidable and need to be solved with no delay.
Future options for biodiversity rehabilitation: Therefore, future options for biodiversity rehabilitation have been formulated for consideration, such as, finding activities that cultivate commodities that are non-destructive to inland wetlands (such as honey) are the most attractive activities.
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Good practice rating:
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Sustainability
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Efficiency
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 Improvement in either the environment of economic condition with no harm to the other. |
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Cost efficient. |
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Sustainable over time (not one-off) |
Process |
| Adaptability |
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Participation of the community |
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Location adaptability (can the project be done in other places?) |
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Participation of resource owners/users |
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Socio-cultural adaptability. |
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Partnerships between various actors (Governments, NGO, Academia, Private) |
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Level of development adaptability. |
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Degree of coordination and cooperation between government departments. |
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Style of government adaptability. |
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Ability to attract political interest/support |
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Degree of decentralization adaptability. |
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Procedures for feedback and review. |
Comments on this example:
A number of boxes in the Peer Review Committee have not been rated. Please note that it is because, for this particular example, information on the outcome of the programme is not available. Therefore, it cannot be determined whether the outcome of programme was a success or failure. Hence, determining which criteria contributes to the success of the programme is also impossible.
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Sustainability of the project:
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Awareness and visions: In order to generate income from the forest, by not harvesting forest products, is to promote tourism. Forest or Eco-tourism, does not require any investment, will help bring foreign currency into the country and will create jobs for the community around the area. Income generated from tourism can be used to rehabilitate the forest and people around the area will be able to make a living from servicing the tourist or selling souvenirs. If authorities were capable of efficiently managing the tourism business, the goal would then be a self-sustainable forest. Funding from the government to rehabilitate the forest will no longer be necessary because income generated from tourism could be used to rehabilitate the forest on its self.
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Adaptability of the project to other situations:
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| Process of decision making and implementation: |
Integrating stakeholders: Sustainable management of the area concerned would be the only option available. Preparation of management plans and implementation of the plans with peoples participation would enable commitment from the people themselves. Income generating activities such as nature based tourism would be a good alternative to take the people away from the resource base. Private sector involvement in this type of activities would be very useful in the absence of capital form the governments concerned and the need for continuous maintenance of the facilities.
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Documentation: |
Literature or other written project review references
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Source of Information: |
- The information on this World Bank Project is adapted from the project Final Report prepared by the Global Environmental Consultants Ltd. (GEC, Canada).
- The implementing agencies are GEC (Canada) in cooperation with Environmental Protection Centre (EPC, Vietnam) and various Vietnamese Research Institutes.
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Contacts: |
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Submitted by: |
Dr. Peter McNamee, Project
Team leader
GEC, Canada
Fax: +16042246266
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Dr. Le Trinh
Project Manager
EPC
Fax +84-8-8454263
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