Biodiversity and forests play a vital role in ensuring the livelihoods of rural populations. As Viet Nam committed to a number of international forest and biodiversity conservation initiatives its forestry policies are currently undergoing a paradigm shift from production-oriented to multifunctional forest management. In this context the GIZ intends to improve legal prerequisites for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services of forests in Viet Nam. Considering our technical and country-specific expertise UNIQUE was chosen to provide advisory services to the programme management and legal framework development besides providing technical advisory support and Human Capacity Development to national partners.

• General support to programme management.
• Support policy dialogues and inter-ministerial coordination.
• Revision and harmonization of key legal documents.
• Support in Pilot implementation of biodiversity monitoring approaches.
• Capacity Development Planning for national Level.