Viet Nam National Trialogue and Consultation Workshop 2019
Although Viet Nam has hundreds of policies and regulations related to biodiversity conservation, it still lacks a comprehensive methodology and capacity for ecosystem assessment in the context of science-policy-practice interface. Under the framework of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net), an effort is currently ongoing to undertake the national ecosystem assessment (NEA) in Viet Nam. NEA is a tool to support decision-making on ecosystem management planning, investments in ecosystem protection and development, as well as ecosystem service prioritization.
The initiative was established by the Center for Biodiversity Conservation (CBC) under the Viet Nam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), in collaboration with the Institute of Strategy and Policy for Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE)/ Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE). In addition to the delivery of Viet Nam’s first NEA, the initiative also provided an opportunity to establish/strengthen stakeholders’ partnerships to improve the science-policy-practice interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Information and experiences compiled in Viet Nam were shared with seven other countries (i.e. Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia, Ethiopia, Grenada and Viet Nam) undertaking NEAs through BES-Net and beyond.
The Viet Nam NEA team, including representatives from relevant government and non-government organizations (NGOs), refined the NEA Report and the associated Summary for Policy Makers (SPM). A consultation workshop was convened by CBC and ISPONRE/MONRE in collaboration with WWF Viet Nam at this important juncture to make the NEA Report fully responsive to key policy windows and inclusive of different knowledge types.
The workshop brought together about 80 participants from different ministries, institutes, universities, international and local NGOs and representatives from the provinces to review the contents of the draft NEA and explore mechanisms to strengthen collaboration between the three communities of science-policy-practice.
The workshop was supported financially by the International Climate Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and WWF.
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