The effectiveness of policies for addressing Covid-19 impacts on wildlife conservation in Vietnam

Abstract

We would like to thank all funding partners who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Fund. For a full list of the 'CGIAR Fund' funding partners please see: http://www.cgiar.org/our-funders/ Any views expressed in this publication are those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of CIFOR, the editors, the authors' institutions, the financial sponsors or the reviewers. ContentsAbbreviations iv Acknowledgements v Executive summary vi 1 Introduction 2 Methods 3 Results 3.1 Covid-19 impacts on wildlife conservation in Vietnam 3.2 Policies and measures in response to Covid-19 3.3 Effectiveness of policies and measures 4 Discussion and recommendations 4.1 Holistic and cross-sectoral approaches for sustainable wildlife management 4.2 Enhance wildlife trade monitoring 4.3 Diversify funding sources for both state and non-state actors 4.4 Post-Covid-19 recovery plans and preventive measures to reduce the risk of future disease outbreaks References List of figures and tablesThis study was funded by the Covid-19 Hub, the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). We would like to express our special thanks to all experts participating in the national policy dialogue on "Assessing the effectiveness of wildlife conservation policies, lessons learned and recommendations for 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050" held on