Overview
5 minutes
Scale
Exercise
5 minutes
10 minutes
Jurisdiction
Exercise
5 minutes
5 minutes
Sectors
Exercise
10 minutes
15 minutes
Policy
Exercise
5 minutes
10 minutes
Harmonization
Exercise
15 minutes
10 minutes
Summary
5 minutes
Name
Affiliation
David Saah; Co-Lead
University of San Francisco, SIG
Name
Affiliation
Phan Xuan Thieu
Vinh University, Vietnam
Mohd Zaki Hamzah; Co-Lead University Putra Malaysia
Chalita Sriladda
USAID-LEAD
Khamla Phanvilay, Co-Lead
National University of Laos
Hoang Thi Thu Duyen
Vietnam Forestry University, Vietnam
Cao Thuy Anh
Dalat University, Vietnam
Ladawan Puangchit
Kasetsart University, Thailand
Chalermpol Samranpong
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Do Anh Tuan
Vietnam Forestry University, Vietnam
Pham Thanh Nam
USAID LEAF Vietnam
Lyna Khan
Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Peter Stephen
USAID LEAF Bangkok
Le Ba Thuong
Vietnam Forestry University, Vietnam
Hoang Vinh Phu
Vinh University, Vietnam
Napat Jakwattana
University of Phayao, Thailand
Vipak Jintana
Kasetsart University, Thailand
Nur Anishah Binti Aziz
University Kebangsaan Malaysia
Kulala Mulung
PNG University of Technology
Ratcha Chaichana
Kasetsart University, Thailand
Sureerat Lakanavichian
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Somvilay Chanthalounnavong National University of Laos
Thavrak Huon
Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia Vongphet Sihapanya
National University of Laos
Athsaphangthong Munelith
USAID LEAF Laos
David Ganz
USAID LEAF Bangkok
Attachai Jintrawet
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Chi Pham, Project Coordinator USAID LEAF Bangkok
Chanin Chiumkanokchai
USAID LEAF Bangkok
Kent Elliott
US Forest Service
Lam Ngoc Tuan
Dalat University, Vietnam
Beth Lebow
US Forest Service
Mark Fenn
USAID Vietnam Forests & Deltas
Geoffrey Blate
US Forest Service
Low Emission Land Use Planning (LELUP)
Section 1. Enabling Environment
1.1. Regulatory Assessments
Regional Climate Change Curriculum Development
5.3 Evaluate, Report & Adapt
1.1 Regulatory Assessments
5.2 Monitor & Measure Progress
1.2 Stakeholder Engagement
1.3 Planning & Development
Goals & Objectives
5.1 Establish M&E Framework
MONITORING &
EVALUATION
4.3 Implementation Needs
NEGOTIATING
&
PRIORITIZING
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
4.2 Priorities & Sequence
Implementation Activities
ENABLING
ENVIRONMENT
Low
Emission
Land Use
Planning
ASSESSMENT
OF CURRENT
CONDITION
ANALYSIS OF
FUTURE
OPTIONS
4.1 Negotiate
Agreement on Options
3.3 Scenario Assessment
2.1 Environment, Social, &
Economic Data Needs
2.2 Understanding Historic Land
Use Change
2.3 Data & Capacity Gap
Assessment
3.1 Modeling Future Trends
3.2 Business as Usual Baseline
Construction
At the end of this session, learners will be able to:

Explain the importance of the regulatory framework
(jurisdictional and sector) that will guide the LELUP.

Identify limitations and boundaries within which the
LELUP must be developed.
NOW
Agent of Change
Goal / Objective
Scenario 1 + / Scenario 2
M&E
BAU
Scenario 3 + / -
Time/Space
Rules of the Game
+/-
Examine the jurisdictions, sectors, policies and scales that
will define the ‘Enabling Environment’ for the planning
process, planning decisions and ultimately the land use
agreement.
NO
YES
Land tenure is usually a ‘bundle’ of rights:
ACCESS
USE
De facto rights
MANAGEMENT
EXCLUSION
ALIENATION
Statutory or
de jure rights

Legal Pluralism is when two or more
systems co-exist or interact.

Tenure Security is the certainty of a
person’s or institution’s rights to land
that are recognized by others.
What is the implication for
climate change on tenure
regimes and tenure security?
After: Giller et al, 2008
MACRO LEVEL:
Policy/National/
International
Type of basin
organization
Basin
management
strategies and
plans
Level of
decisionmaking
Natural
resource
system
Transboundary (e.g.)
commission
MESO LEVEL: Implementation MESO/MICRO LEVEL:
at national and subOperational
national/sub-basin scales
National, inter-state basin (e.g.
commission, authority,
association)
Transboundary basin
Sub-basin management plan or
management agreement or
strategy, large sub-watershed or
plan; transboundary compact; sub-aquifer or lake management
national basin management
plan
plan
Highest political decisionmaking level, transboundary
agreements
Local (e.g. land and water
management group)
Local land and water
management plan, storm
water management plan,
local planning scheme
(administered by local
government)
Province, state, district, territory Village co-operative, farm,
(or national in small states)
factory, forest, local
government, water use
district
Part of a geographical zone,
Regional or local ecological
Areas with relatively
such as a river, lake or aquifer system of a lake, river valley
uniform ecological and
basin
within a basin, or sub-aquifer
hydrological conditions
within a aquifer province
Political and regulatory frameworks that will influence the plan

Governance

Land Tenure
FARM
Watershed
PARK
FOREST
FARM
Province
Province
City
Use Google Earth for students to identify jurisdictional overlaps
Lands administered by a variety of different sectors

Forestry

Mining

Social/Economic

Transportation

Energy

Etc…
This may be conflicting at times when multiple sectors claim
rights to certain resources that are not compatible
Forest Concession
Agricullture
Industry
Residen al & Commercial buildings
Transport
Energy supply
Waste and wastewater
4% 17%
31%
16%
23%
10%
Provide a local example of conflict between sectors within a
defined scale and jurisdiction?
Box 1: Selected Asian National Commitments and Low Emission
Development Strategies
Cambodia’s National Green Growth Roadmap (2009) provides no emission reduction target but commits to
low-carbon green growth.
China’s in associating with the Copenhagen Accord committed to a 40 to 45 per cent emission reduction per
unit of GDP by 2020. China’s 12th Five-Year-Plan, adopted in 2011, set an interim emission reduction target by
17% by 2015.
India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change commits to reducing emissions per unit of GDP by 20 to 25% by
2020.
Indonesia’s National Action Plan for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions (RAN-GRK) commits to a 26 to 41%
emission reduction by 2020.
Lao PDR’s National Strategy on Climate Change (2010) provides no emission reduction target, but commits to
low-carbon economic growth.
Malaysia’s has committed to a 40% reduction in emissions by 2020 and is preparing a roadmap to achieve this
target. A National Policy on Climate Change was released in 2009.
Papua New Guinea’s Preliminary Climate Compatible Development Plan (2009) commits to a 50% emission
reductions by 2030 and carbon neutral by 2050
Philippines’s has committed to 80% reduction in emissions by 2050 and has passed the Philippine Climate
Change Act and released the National Framework on Climate Change (2010-2022) and the National Climate
Change Action Plan (2011-2028)
Vietnam’s National Green Growth Strategy commits to a 8 to 10% reduction in emissions by 2020.
(Sources: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2011,FCCC/AWGLCA/2011/INF.1 and
Centre for Climate and Energy Solutions, Country Emission Targets)
Vietnam GHG Target: 8 to
10% reduction in emissions
by 2020
Vietnam Sector Target: 20%
Reduction in Ag&Rural
Development
Provencial Target: Maintain
61% Forest Cover by 2015
Commune: 17,300 ha
production forest

What are your national current policies that restrict or
set a limit on GHG emissions?

How will these policies impact on local (Provincial and/or
district) low emission land use planning efforts?
Goals or quotas established at
a higher level of policy or
strategic planning
Constraints that have been set
at a lower level of tactical
planning
National
Policy
Provincial Planning
Level
Existing
District Plans
Goals or quotas established at the same level but across
different sectors
Provincial SocioEconomic
Development Plan
Provincial
Land Use
Planning
Provincial
Transportation
Master Plan
National Vietnam Policy: maintain 60% forest cover
Provincial
SEDP: reduce
population
growth to 1.3%
Lam Dong
Province
Land Use
Plan
Bao Lam SFC: actively manage
17,300 ha production forest
Provincial
SEDP: increase
annual GDP
from 12-15%
Local Communities: PFES
contracting to protect
specific forest areas

‘Siloed’ information and data

Limited knowledge on climate change mitigation options
Stuff is happening:
A growing number of national policies and emission
reduction targets have been set that can incentivize subnational low emission planning efforts and be used to
facilitate cooperation between sectors and jurisdictions.

Understanding the jurisdictions and sectors we work
with is essential.

The connections and links between jurisdictions and
sectors will be influenced by scale and policies

Understanding the connections between these four
factors is essential in understanding the ‘Enabling
Environment’

MRC (2011) Manual for Training Trainers in Integrated Water Resources Management in the Mekong Basin

UNDP (2012) Multi-stakeholder Decision-Making - A Guidebook for Establishing MSP ot Support Green
Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Development Strategies

Throughout South East Asia there are successful examples of low emission land use planning at a variety of
scales:

At the local/community level, the Lao PDR National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute have
produced the excellent document: ‘Handbook on Participatory Land Use Planning. Methods and tools
developed and tested in Viengkham District, Luang Prabang Province’

At the sub-national level, the World Agroforestry Centre have produced some excellent guidance and
support in:


Indonesia (please see the: LUWES: Land use planning for Low Emission Development Strategy)

Vietnam (please see the document: ‘An Assessment of Opportunities for Reducing Emissions From All
Land Uses. Vietnam Preparing for REDD – Final National Report’.
At the national level: Various national governments (including Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New
Guinea, Philippines and Vietnam) have all produced Green Growth strategies or Low Emission
Development Plans.