Training on payment for forest environmental services

Mr. Nguyen Khac Lam - Director of the Forest Protection and Development Fund reported on the Fund's performance in recent times. Photo: Hoang Vinh

The conference was attended by representatives of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and related levels and sectors, along with payment organizations at the district level of Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Con Cuong, Quy Hop, Quy Chau, Que Phong, forest owners who are organizations providing forest environmental services (FES), partner units implementing FES payments through accounts, electronic payment transactions and the Post Office.

At the conference, leaders of units (Viettel and Nghe An Post Office) are partners implementing payment of DVMTR via accounts, electronic payment transactions and the Post Office reported on the implementation process. Up to now, in Ky Son area, Viettelpay service has been installed for BVR contract recipients, households, groups of households, and contracted communities in 17/20 communes with a total of 218/264 subscribers required to install. In Tuong Duong, a pilot installation is being carried out in some communes. Along with that, the Provincial Post Office has implemented payment of DVMTR (the payment organization part is managed by the district level) in Quy Hop, Quy Chau, Que Phong, and Con Cuong districts.

On this occasion, officers of Viettel and Nghe An Post Office guided district-level payment organizations and forest owners to use Viettelpay services and Post Office payment services.

Checking the implementation of forest planting in Que Phong. Photo: PV

Also at the conference, the leaders of the Forest Protection and Development Fund provided guidance on the work of preparing dossiers and developing maps for payment of forest environmental services; Preparing forest protection plans and developing maps for payment of forest environmental services; Preparing dossiers for payment of forest environmental services in hydropower basins and registering areas benefiting from forest environmental services...