2010/6b South East Asia Katoomba Meeting XVII Workshop Side Event - Coastal Management, Mangroves and Carbon Sequestration (Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam)

June 25-27, 2010, Xuan Thuy National Park, Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam. The event was a joint initiative of Mangroves for the Future, Forest Trends, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) of Vietnam, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) of Vietnam, as a contribution to the Katoomba XVII Meeting: Taking the Lead: Payments for Ecosystem Services in Southeast Asia held in Hanoi, Vietnam on June 23‐24, 2010.

Workshop Summary

The workshop brought together more than carbon market specialists and mangrove experts from 14 countries to discuss the opportunities and issues related to mangrove carbon financing in Vietnam. Participants included Vietnamese government officials and researches from Hanoi and Nam Dinh Province, field practitioners, resource managers, donor representatives, and the media. In addition to Vietnam, the following Asian countries were represented: India, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.