Assessment of Biodiversity Potential and Forest Environmental Services for Environmental Services Payment in Ba Be District, Bac Kan Province

Abstract

    This study was carried out to assess biodiversity and environmental services for inplementing environmental services payment of Ba Be district, Bac Kan province. Key informant and household interviews were were used to collect information. Results showed that the fauna and flora of Ba Be were diverse with many species listed in the Red Book of Vietnam and of the world. In additon, Ba Be has two main forest ecosystems distributed in different terrains. As a result, forest of Ba Be produced diversified environmental services with high value. However, forest and biodiversity conservation activities of Ba Be district were not encouraged because the environmental services were exploited and implemented ineffectively. Hence, in the next time Ba Be district should implement forest and diversity conservations more effectively for maintaning environmental services supply of forest ecosystems and promoting to implement payments for environmental services programs to protect forest resource and improve income for local people.