Towards an effective, practical and equitable forest carbon legal framework in Vietnam: Recommendations and proposals for the Draft Decree on Forest Carbon Sequestration and Storage Services, based on a synthesis of global and Vietnamese experiences and practices

Thuy Pham; Menelisi  Falayi; Terry Sunderland; Thi Hong Giang Le; Van Ho Tran; Duc Tu Nguyen; Thi Thu Ha Nguyen; Trong Hoan Do; Tran Thi Kim Lien; Alessia  Cascione; Rebecca  Pearse; Paul Brandon; Alexandra Boyle; Thi Cam Nhung Pham; Quoc Anh Vu; Ana Karla Perea; Rueban Manokara; Moritz Moritz von Unger; Trinh Thang Long; Thi Kim Hong Tang; Tran Phuong Mai

doi:10.17528/cifor-icraf/009388

Towards an effective, practical and equitable forest carbon legal framework in Vietnam: Recommendations and proposals for the Draft Decree on Forest Carbon Sequestration and Storage Services, based on a synthesis of global and Vietnamese experiences and practices

Thuy Pham, Menelisi Falayi, Terry Sunderland, Thi Hong Giang Le, Van Ho Tran, Duc Tu Nguyen, Thi Thu Ha Nguyen, Trong Hoan Do, Tran Thi Kim Lien, Alessia Cascione, Rebecca Pearse, Paul Brandon, Alexandra Boyle, Thi Cam Nhung Pham, Quoc Anh Vu, Ana Karla Perea, Rueban Manokara, Moritz Moritz von Unger, Trinh Thang Long, Thi Kim Hong TangTran Phuong Mai

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Original language	English
Publisher	CIFOR-ICRAF
Number of pages	49
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor-icraf/009388
Publication status	Published - 2025

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Name	CIFOR-ICRAF Working paper
Publisher	Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
No.	52

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

forest policy
carbon sequestration
forest management
ecosystem services
carbon markets
redd-plus
investment
economic impact
development policies
climate change mitigation
governance
Vietnam

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Pham, T., Falayi, M., Sunderland, T., Le, T. H. G., Tran, V. H., Nguyen, D. T., Nguyen, T. T. H., Do, T. H., Lien, T. T. K., Cascione, A., Pearse, R., Brandon, P., Boyle, A., Pham, T. C. N., Vu, Q. A., Perea, A. K., Manokara, R., Moritz von Unger, M., Long, T. T., ... Mai, T. P. (2025). Towards an effective, practical and equitable forest carbon legal framework in Vietnam: Recommendations and proposals for the Draft Decree on Forest Carbon Sequestration and Storage Services, based on a synthesis of global and Vietnamese experiences and practices. (CIFOR-ICRAF Working paper; No. 52). CIFOR-ICRAF. https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor-icraf/009388

Pham, Thuy ; Falayi, Menelisi ; Sunderland, Terry et al. / Towards an effective, practical and equitable forest carbon legal framework in Vietnam : Recommendations and proposals for the Draft Decree on Forest Carbon Sequestration and Storage Services, based on a synthesis of global and Vietnamese experiences and practices. CIFOR-ICRAF, 2025. (CIFOR-ICRAF Working paper; 52).

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Towards an effective, practical and equitable forest carbon legal framework in Vietnam: Recommendations and proposals for the Draft Decree on Forest Carbon Sequestration and Storage Services, based on a synthesis of global and Vietnamese experiences and practices. / Pham, Thuy; Falayi, Menelisi ; Sunderland, Terry et al.
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