Nam Theun 2 Watershed Management and Protection Authority PES (Lao PDR)
Laos
NT2 Power Company pays US$1.3M/year to WMPA to protect the 3,710 km² Nakai–Nam Theun National Protected Area—Laos' largest NPA—for 25 …
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Vietnam Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES / VNFF)
Vietnam · Hanoi · See the Vietnam profile
Asia's first national PFES law (Decree 99/2010) requires hydropower, water-supply and eco-tourism companies to pay into Vietnam's Forest Fund; 355,000 households manage 3.5 million ha of watershed forest, with USD 263M disbursed by 2015.
355,000
Hogares que gestionan bosque
3.5M ha
Bosque de cuenca bajo gestión
USD 263M
Fondos desembolsados (by 2015)
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- Vietnam Forest Protection and Development Fund (VNFF) / Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Period
- 2010-present
- Keywords
- Watershed, water, forest, hydrological services
Context
El esquema vietnamita de Pago por Servicios Ambientales Forestales (Decreto 99/2010) fue la primera ley nacional de PFES de Asia, obligando a las empresas hidroeléctricas, de abastecimiento de agua y de ecoturismo a aportar al Fondo Forestal nacional.
Results
Para 2015, 355.000 hogares gestionaban 3,5M ha de bosque de cuenca, con USD 263M desembolsados.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-20
- Vietnam Forest Protection and Development Fund (VNFF) / Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development — accessed 2026-06-20
- CIFOR: Payments for Forest Environmental Services in Viet Nam (infobrief) — accessed 2026-06-20
- Blended Finance Taskforce: Vietnam's Payment for Forest Ecosystem Services — accessed 2026-06-20
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