On 29 May 2025, Quang Binh’s Department of Agriculture and Environment (DoAE) in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Centre for Highland Natural Resource Governance Research (CEGORN) organised a workshop to launch the project “Support to Viet Nam for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement II” (VN-SIPA II) and consult stakeholders on the selection of locations to implement Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation (NbSA) in agriculture in Quang Binh. The workshop gathered a total of 52 attendees from various agencies and organisations, including provincial departments, Women’s Union, Farmer’s Union (at District and Provincial level) and people’s committees and local media outlets.
Learning from the results of its first phase, during which GIZ supported the implementation of multiple ecosystem-based climate-smart agriculture measures such as agroforestry, beekeeping, prawn-freshwater aquaculture rotation and the cultivation of Tam onion and drought-tolerant grass, VN-SIPA II continues to strengthen adaptation and biodiversity conservation through NbSA in the agriculture sector.
Different stakeholders from Ha Tinh such as the Provincial Agriculture Extension Centre, the Farmers’ Union and a farmer from Ao Tron village shared their lessons learnt from the previous implementation so that stakeholders in Quang Binh could take them into account and learn from them. Furthermore, CEGORN presented the results from their initial survey, consulting different actors from the provincial, district and commune level. The objective was to identify appropriate communes and villages for project implementation, gather supplementary information on natural, economic, and social conditions, including extreme weather events and their impact on people and livelihoods, standardise criteria to select potential NbSA and beneficiaries and determine specific NbSA and beneficiaries for each chosen village.
Based on a number of criteria, from natural features and ecological conditions to agricultural production and business activities and climate change vulnerability, 56 villages were selected from the 12 communes of Tuyen Hoa (Son Hoa, Dong Hoa, Kim Hoa, Huong Hoa, Thach Hoa); Minh Hoa (Xuan Hoa, Trung Hoa, Hoa Hop), and Bo Trach (Hung Trach, Xuan Trach, Cu Nam, Phu Dinh) districts.
Furthermore, criteria to select NbSA were proposed, laying a foundation for future progress. In particular, the NbSA should align with the village’s socio-economic conditions, ecosystem and local characteristics, reduce vulnerability to climate change, enhance ecosystem services and demonstrate reasonable cost, social equity and scalability. In the next stage, village meetings will be held to agree on the selected NbSA, develop criteria for selecting households to implement the NbSA and identify potential households to participate in the project.
The conclusion of the workshop was marked by an active discussion involving local stakeholders. During the discussion, they expressed strong support for the project’s objectives and activities, emphasising the importance of collaboration, experience-sharing and community engagement.
In addition to the field implementation, the project will also support the mainstreaming of NbSA in different planning processes on provincial level. The first provincial plan that will be targeted is Quang Binh’s Climate Change Action Response Plan 2025-2030, with a vision to 2050.
For more information about the project, please visit: Support to Viet Nam for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement II | Internationale Klimaschutzinitiative (IKI)
