Forest Sector Development Project (FSDP): Project Management

Forest Sector Development Project (FSDP): Project Management

Forest Sector Development Project (FSDP): Smallholder Plantation Forestry and Land Allocation Management

The Forest Sector Development Project (FSDP) operates in four provinces of Central Vietnam: Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Quang Nam and Thua Thien/Hue. The Project consists of four broad components, including, Component 1: Institutional Development; Component 2: Smallholder Plantation Forest; Component 3: Special Use Forest; and Component 4: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation.

The overall objective of the FSDP is to ‘…achieve sustainable management of forests and the conservation of biodiversity in special use forests, enhancing the contribution of forestry to rural poverty reduction and global environmental protection.’ This objective is being pursued through the following measures:

• Improving the enabling environment for sustainable forestry development and biodiversity conservation;


• Providing attractive packages to mainly poor farming households to plant trees on a sustainable basis, generating additional income and employment;


• Providing small competitive grants for managing priority special use forests of international importance effectively; and


• Enhancing authoritative capacity in regional, provincial, district and site-levels to provide needed support services and monitor and evaluate impacts and outcomes.