3rd Mekong Forum on Water, Food & Energy 2013. Overview and Agenda for Sessions 3 &5: Extending the benefits of hydropower: Clever suggestion or realistic goal?

1. Sessions 3 & 5:
Extending the benefits of hydropower:
Clever suggestion or realistic goal?
CPWF Forum, 19 November 2013
Ha Noi, Vietnam

2. "Extending benefits of hydropower:
clever suggestion or realistic goal?"
Session 3
13:30-15:00
Chair: John Ward (CSIRO)
Facilitator: Chu Thai Hoanh
(IWMI)
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3. Presentations (10 + 5 minutes)
1. Payments for Ecosystem Services in Vietnam: Market-based
Incentives or State Control of Resources?
Diana Suhardiman, IWMI
2. Evaluation of the Pilot Payments for Forest Environmental
Services: Case study in Lam Dong Province, Viet Nam
Tran Van Giai Phong, Hue University
3. Is Fair Benefit-Sharing in PES Realistic? --- A Case Study in Bac
Kan Province, Vietnam
Dam Viet Bac, ICRAF
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4. Presentations (10 + 5 minutes)
4. Transaction Cost of Smallholder Farmers’ Participation in
Forest Management: Policy Implications on PES Schemes in
Vietnam
Florence Milan, IWMI
5. Local Participation on Benefit Sharing in Nam Lik 1-2
Hydropower Dam in Lao PDR
Phoukeo Saokhamkeo, National University of Laos
6. The Five Million Hectare Reforestation Program in Vietnam:
An Analysis of its Implementation and its Transaction Costs
Tran Thi Thu Huong, University of Hohenheim
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5. "Extending benefits of hydropower:
clever suggestion or realistic goal?"
Session 5
15:30-17:00
Chair: Andrew Noble (WLE)
Facilitator: Diana
Suhardiman (IWMI)
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6. Short notes (5 + 3 minutes)
1. Direct or Indirect PES: Could Microcredit be an
Option?
Le Ngoc Lan, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
2. Sharing Experiences on Dam Project for Tourism
Outhoumphone Sanesathid, National University of Laos
3. Challenges in managing PFES Fund – Lam Dong case
Vo Dinh Tho, Lam Dong PFES Fund
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7. Session 5 (15:30-17:00)
3 group discussions (45 minutes)
1. PES-FPES/benefit sharing
2. Economic/social/environmental challenges in PES &
solutions
3. Institutional/policy settings for PES
Plenary group reports and discussions (25 minutes)