General

IDH has focused the work of the landscape program on the concept of PPI: Production-Protection-Inclusion. IDH is implementing this concept through the development of PPI compacts in 11 landscapes in seven countries. These are agreements between public, private and civil society parties to enhance sustainable productive land and secure livelihoods in exchange for natural resource conservation. IDH convenes coalitions that develop these compacts. The compacts are based on participatory land-use planning, whereby land for production (increasing productivity), livelihoods (income diversification, resilience, access to markets) and protection (forest, water, soil) is clearly identified, and their related uses are agreed on by the landscape stakeholders and recognized by local and national governments. The compacts also include goals for each of the PPI components, a time-bound plan of action, clear definition of roles and responsibilities, and a budget for implementation. The compacts are the basis for the PPI Fund and other investors to invest in the landscapes, as well as the basis for regional sourcing by supply chain companies. This will result in coalitions that are self-sustaining, are linked to markets, and prove the business case for landscape-level interventions and investments.

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This project aims to contribute to a sustainable and inclusive cocoa value chain, in which producers receive fair value for their produce and work under safe conditions, without the use of child labour, and land rights and forest are protected.

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Viet Nam has a total area of 33.1 million hectares and a population of 96.2 million people, comprising 54 ethnic groups. Viet Nam GLA partners will implement the programme in the Central Highlands (CHs), an area about 400-1,500m above sea level which accounts for 16.5% of the land and 6% of the population. Despite numerous development policies, most IPLCs have poor livelihoods, unsecured and degraded forest resources, and are somewhat marginalized economically, culturally and politically. Women and girls are suffering most from the situation. The selected landscapes are located in four of the Central Highlands: Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, and Lam Dong provinces with a total area of 4.85 million hectares and about 45% forest cover. Much of the land is the watershed of the Srepok River which plays an important role in local ecosystems, biodiversity, and soil and water protection for lower provinces. At present, deforestation and forest degradation in the CHs is alarming due to agricultural expansion, illegal exploitation, and forestland conversion for other purposes . The CHs are the home of many native peoples including the Jarai, Ede, Bana, K’Ho, and M’nong. These peoples account for 26% of the total 6.2 million people of the CHs. Since 1960, the life of native peoples has been disturbed in terms of environment, culture, and livelihood due to resettlement and biased development policies. At present, IPLCs in CHs are among the poorest people in the country. Unfortunately, the current loss of the forests – the foundation of IPLC’s cultures and livelihoods – exacerbates further the hardship of native peoples.

Objectives

The GLA programme in Viet Nam has three long-term objectives i) IPLCs have their livelihoods sustained ecologically and economically; ii) Local authorities and businesses reduce IPLC’s forestland conversion for other purposes; iii) IPLCs including women and youth are able to participate and voice up in policy decision making process at all levels. To achieve this, the partners will promote forest land allocation to communities, support local governments and other landscape actors in the sustainable management of their landscapes and in sustainable livelihood development, and empower IPLCs, including women and youth, to participate better in decision-making processes at the landscape and national level.