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Testing Community-managed Forests with Financing from Payment for Forest Environmental Services in Vietnam
Grantee Name: 
People Resources and Conservation Foundation
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$19,195
DATES
May 2016
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Oct 2017
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$19,195
DATES
May 2016
-
Oct 2017

Improve biodiversity conservation at Sinh Long Key Biodiversity Area, Na Hang district, Tuyen Quang province, Vietnam, by determining the feasibility of establishing community-managed forests at this site, developing a framework for doing so with local communities, and signing agreements with Commune People's Committees on the use of "payments for forest environmental services" (PFES) to improve forest protection, biodiversity conservation, and community development.

Strategic Direction: 4 Empower local communities to engage in conservation and management of priority key biodiversity areas