•    To evaluate present status and changes of watershed forests in Central Highland of Vietnam;  
•    To assess the real situation of  watershed forests management in Central Highland; and
•    To propose integrate measurements for rehabiliation and multifunctional management of watershed forests in Central Higland. 

-  Theoretical results:
(1)    Provide a figure about the present status of watershed forests and its changing in recent 10 years, including: (i) present scale of area, distribution and forest properties compared to requrements with their watershed protection function; (ii) develope creteria to assess watershed forests; (iv) Changes of watershed forests in Central Highland and the causes of these changes; (v) Causual relationships between economic-social activitets and watershed forests.
(2)    Evaluate of: (i) present situation of management organization system of watershed forests in Central Highland; (ii) real state of appliaction of technical and political measurements in watershed forests management at management units; (iii) analyse strengths, weakness, opportunities and challenge in management of Watershed forests in Central; (iv) realise the role and real situation of the participation of relevant stackholders in watershed forest management; (v) lessons and experiences learnt about success and failures.
(3)    Criteria for tree species selection; for desired forest structure to fulfil multifunctional purposes; for iditifying high conservation value forests and social creteria for sustainbale forest management in CentralHighland.
(4)    Etablish back ground and a  frame of plan for rehabitation, development and mnagement of watershed forests with multifunctional aproach. Demonstration models of rehabilitaion techniques and multi-purpose and sustainable methods.
(5)    Propse integrate measurements for rehabilitation and management of watershed forests in Central Highland,including: (i) silvicutural technological systems in rehabilitation and development of watershed forests; (ii) Technical system of methods for watershed forest management and multi-purpos use in orientation of exploitation of non forest products potential, eco-tourist, ecosystem services,...(iii) propose measurements to improve legal and policy systems by aproach recommended by research project.  
- Applied results: provide technical measurements and political instruments for rehabilitation and management of watershed forests in Central Highland. 

•    Provide scientific basis todevelope rehabilitation and management measurements of watershed forests in Central Highland in tend sustainable and multifunctional.  
•    Develop and transfer rehabilitation techniques to forest owners, improve political instruments for all levels, sectors and mangers for multi-purpose forest management.   .

Forest Owners, Forest manaagemnent Boards in Central Highland