Vietnam plans to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from rice cultivation alone by 14 percent by 2030.
This was announced at a recent conference in Hanoi by an official from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
PhamHoang Yen, an expert involved in the United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, said inthe last few years, the country has purchased the goal of a 20 percentreduction in GHG in the overall cultivation sector by 2020.
Whatthe country has been doing includes preparation for NationalAppropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) and other policies developingcountries adopted to control global GHG at a UNFCC conference in Balieight years ago.
In addition, Vietnam has also carried out a programme of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
InJune last year, the country had 253 CDM projects and had registered 11programmes of activities. This move earned it 10.7 million certifiedemission reduction (CEF) credits granted by CDM Executive Board throughCDM activities, Yen said.
The total GHG emissions reduction from the 253 CDM projects was 137 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Vietnam ranks fourth in the world in term of the number of CDM projects and ninth in terms of granted CEF certificates.
Inthe near future, many projects would be started to lower methaneemissions in rice cultivation in a number of localities, Yen said.
Theagricultural sector also applied Good Agricultural Practices andcultivation methods that economise the use of fertiliser, pesticide andwater in order to limit methane emission on rice fields, she said.
Accordingto the 2010 National Greenhouse gas inventory, there will be anincrease in emissions on both livestock and farm land.
Inlivestock breeding sector, GHG emissions are expected to grow from 18.03million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2010 to 24.95 million tonnes in2020 and 29.32 tonnes in 2030.
In agriculture, GHGemissions are expected to increase from 23.81 million tones of carbondioxide in 2010 to 33.94 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2020 and37.4 tonnes in 2030.
The industrial process had a GHG emission growth, but it was still small compared with the total of emissions, Yen said.
Itis predicted that Land use, Land use Change and Forestry activities inVietnam will absorb 42.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in2020, and 45.3 million tonnes in 2030. The main source of emissions andabsorption will be forest and cultivated land.-VNA
This was announced at a recent conference in Hanoi by an official from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
PhamHoang Yen, an expert involved in the United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, said inthe last few years, the country has purchased the goal of a 20 percentreduction in GHG in the overall cultivation sector by 2020.
Whatthe country has been doing includes preparation for NationalAppropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) and other policies developingcountries adopted to control global GHG at a UNFCC conference in Balieight years ago.
In addition, Vietnam has also carried out a programme of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
InJune last year, the country had 253 CDM projects and had registered 11programmes of activities. This move earned it 10.7 million certifiedemission reduction (CEF) credits granted by CDM Executive Board throughCDM activities, Yen said.
The total GHG emissions reduction from the 253 CDM projects was 137 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Vietnam ranks fourth in the world in term of the number of CDM projects and ninth in terms of granted CEF certificates.
Inthe near future, many projects would be started to lower methaneemissions in rice cultivation in a number of localities, Yen said.
Theagricultural sector also applied Good Agricultural Practices andcultivation methods that economise the use of fertiliser, pesticide andwater in order to limit methane emission on rice fields, she said.
Accordingto the 2010 National Greenhouse gas inventory, there will be anincrease in emissions on both livestock and farm land.
Inlivestock breeding sector, GHG emissions are expected to grow from 18.03million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2010 to 24.95 million tonnes in2020 and 29.32 tonnes in 2030.
In agriculture, GHGemissions are expected to increase from 23.81 million tones of carbondioxide in 2010 to 33.94 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2020 and37.4 tonnes in 2030.
The industrial process had a GHG emission growth, but it was still small compared with the total of emissions, Yen said.
Itis predicted that Land use, Land use Change and Forestry activities inVietnam will absorb 42.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in2020, and 45.3 million tonnes in 2030. The main source of emissions andabsorption will be forest and cultivated land.-VNA
