Chương IV Nghị định 66/2019/NĐ-CP về bảo tồn và sử dụng bền vững các vùng đất ngập nước: Nguồn lực bảo tồn và sử dụng bền vững các vùng đất ngập nước quan trọng

Chapter IV

RESOURCES FOR PRESERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF IMPORTANT WETLANDS

Article 27. Funding for management, preservation and sustainable use of wetlands.

1. The funding sources of the wetland preservation and sustainable use include:

a) The State budget, including the central government budget and local government budget classified according to the Law on state budget. The objectives receiving funding from the central government budget or local government budget must comply with the Law on state budget;

b) The investment and supports of domestic and international organizations and individuals;

c) The sources of incomes generated from the environmental services relating biodiversity, the wetland ecosystem services and revenues generated from the wetlandservices as per law.

2. The Government shall ensure the regular budget for the following activities:

a) The implementation of wetland preservation and sustainable use specified in Article 4 of this Decree;

b) The organizational operation, the management of the wetland sanctuaries, the Ramsar regions, the important wetlands situated outside of the sanctuaries and the nationwide Ramsar region network.

3. Prioritized the regular funding from the environmental service providers with respect to the activities and tasks regarding the wetland preservation and sustainable use.

Article 28. Investment policies applied to important wetland preservation and sustainable use

1. The Government policies on encouraging investment in the important wetland preservation and sustainable use include:

a) Prioritized the support and investment in the wetland preservation and sustainable use specified in Article 5 of this Decree;

b) Support and investment in the preservation and sustainable use of the wetlands in the wetland sanctuaries, the Ramsar regions, the important wetlands situated outside of the sanctuaries and the buffer zones of the wetland sanctuaries.

2. The Government budget shall support the following activities:

a) The construction, upgrade, restroration of the technical facilities serving the wetland management, preservation and sustainable use;

b) The improvement of the buffer zones serving the preservation and sustainable use of the wetlands in the wetland sanctuaries, the Ramsar regions; the sustainable habitat models in the buffer zones of the wetland sanctuaries and the models of preservation and sustainable use of the important wetlands;

c) Other investment regarding the wetlands management, preservation and sustainable use as per law.

3. The Government shall provide incentives to the following activities:

a) The restoration of natural habitats of the endangered, rare, precious species, the endangered, rare, precious species that must be prioritized for protection; the restoration of the ecological attributes of the collapsed important wetlands;

b) The preservation of the endangered, rare, precious species; the endangered, rare, precious species that must be prioritized for protection and the migatory birds, water birds in the important wetlands;

c) Ensure the environmental sustainabilitiy and harmony with nature and biodiversity of the habitats.

Article 29. Personnel development and mobilizing community involvement in wetland preservation and sustainable use

1. Develop personnel regarding wetland management:

a) Strengthen the organizations managing the important wetlands from central to local governments;

b) Improve the capacity regarding the wetland management, preservation and sustainable use of the officials in natural resources and environment manamgent agencies in central governments and local governments;

c) Enhance the wetland resources administrating capability of the organizations managing the wetland sanctuaries, the local community and parties related to the important wetlands.

2. Mobilize the community involvement in the wetland preservation and sustainable use:

a) The organizations, households and individuals shall have the rights to access the natural resources and information relating the important wetlands as per law; to be educated, raised awareness, skills and involvement in the wetland preservation and sustainable use;

b) Encourage the management, joint management measures of the important wetlands together with the involvement of the community, authorities at all levels and parties related to preservation and sustainable use of the important wetlands; develop the models in which the community sustainably manage the important wetlands;

c) Emphasize the responsibilities and ensure equal share of community benefits in the preservation and sustainable use of the important wetlands;

b) Protect and promote the traditional and local values, knowledge in preservation and sustainable use of the important wetlands;

dd) Encourage publicizing and making the wetland preservation and sustainable use known to people from all social strata via media as per law, particularly focus on the new forms of media with high efficiency.

Article 30. Resources for implementation of the Ramsar Convention and international collaboration on wetland preservation and sustainable use

1. Expedite the activities and mobilization of resources for the implementation of the Ramsar Convention, the international collaboration on the preservation and sustainable use of the important wetlands via improving the personnel quality, exchanging experts, training the officials relating the management and science of the domestic and foreign wetlands.

2. Mobilize and use the official development assistance funding and financial support via bilateral and multilateral programs, projects and international organizations specialized in developing the models of management, preservation and sustainable use of the important wetlands according to the current regulations and law.