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Pilot Rehabilitation of Agent Orange Affected Forestlands in Quang Tri Province of Viet Nam
Total Project Cost : US $309,000
PEP Financing : US $230,000
Approval Date : 14 October 2004
Implementing Agency : Quang Tri Province Sub-Department of Forest Protection; Management Board for Forestry Projects of the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD)
Project Officer : Nao Ikemoto, Southeast Asia Department
Type of Intervention : Pilot Intervention
Objectives
The project aims to pilot a community-based approach to forest land rehabilitation for agent orange-affected areas to support local water supply improvement and reduce health risks.
Poverty-Environment Linkage
The project will pilot an innovative and community-based approach to forestland rehabilitation to support local water supply improvement and to address a major health issue in Viet Nam.
Expected Outputs/Outcomes
- Income-generating opportunities created
- Water quality measurement and monitoring capacity established
- Increased and diversified forest cover in selected Agent Orange-affected forest lands
- Agent-Orange affected forest/watershed rehabilitation technologies for surface and ground water supply improvement identified and implemented
- Initiation of decentralized forestland rehabilitation and water quality maintenance
Major Components and Activities
- Participatory rural appraisal and land use planning
- Planting of trees in agent-orange affected areas
- Preparation of long-term forestland development and forest resource management plans
- Development of methodology to assess the effect of forest rehabilitation on ground and surface water
- Training on water quality monitoring and forestland rehabilitation
- Conduct of pilot interventions on community-based forest management and water quality monitoring and management
Status : Ongoing
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