The Coffee Agroforestry and Forest Enhancement for REDD+ [CAFÉ-REDD] aims to establish and develop a public-private-producer partnership [4P] for forest landscape conservation and restoration in the Lang Biang Biosphere Reserve comprised of Bi Doup Nui Ba National Park and Buffer Zones in Viet Nam. Activities include:
i] Strengthening public sector capacity for climate smart/sustainable land use planning and collaborative management of forests with communities,
ii] Working with coffee-buying companies to improve monitoring and traceability systems to prevent deforestation in supply chains; and
iii] Investing in smallholder farmers [mainly ethnic minority] to promote climate smart, sustainable coffee production techniques leading to improved coffee quality and prices, whilst also promoting landscape restoration through mixed agroforestry systems and alternative livelihoods.
Update
June 2023
In 2022, the project was approved a costed extension until April 2024, with changes at the outcome and output levels as well as certain new activities to consolidate approaches, ensure the sustainability of the interventions, achieve intended project outcomes, effect systemic change in the target landscape and share lessons as a pioneering REDD+ initiative promoting deforestation-free agriculture.