Cost implications for pro-poor REDD+ in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam Opportunity costs and benefit distribution systems

Summary

This paper evaluates the economic viability of REDD+ in two forested districts of Vietnam in Lam Dong Province (Bao Lam and Cat Tien), with an emphasis on investigating how opportunity costs can help to identify the land-use options most relevant to poor actors there. Part II of the report examines some of the key costs of implementing pro-poor benefit sharing arrangements. The results are explored in terms of their effect on the viability of REDD+ in Cat Tien and Bao Lam and balanced with a set of options for reducing these costs.