Nguyen Thi Huyen <br/><br/>
Local people's participation in community forest management :  a case study of Con Cuong District, Nghe An, Vietnam 

 - Pathum Thani, Thailand :  Asian Institute of Technology,  2010 
 - 70 leaves :  ill. +  1 online resource 
 - Thesis ;  no. NR-10-14 .
 - Asian Institute of Technology.  Thesis ;  no. NR-10-14 .
<br/><br/> A final thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Natural Resources Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2010 
<br/><br/> Similar  to  the  situation  of  many  developing  countries,  forest  resources  of  Vietnam  have been degrading lately both quantitatively  and qualitatively. To  combat forest degradation, community  forest  management  has  been  developing  in the  uplands  of  Vietnam  for  a  long time  by  ethnic  minority  groups  and  actively  local  peoples  participation  make  a  unique contribution  to  conserve  and  develop  forest  resources  as  well  as  protect  environment. However,  local  peoples  participation  have  some  problems  in  nation  forest  allocation program,  top-down  approach  and  local  people  have  unequal  oppotinities  to  design,  plan, implement, make decision and share benefits. Thus, the overall objectives of this study are to examine levels of local people participation in community forest management activities and   imply   the   ways   to   promote   local   peoples   participation   in   community   forest management  in  two  villages  located  in  Con  Cuong  district,  Nghe  An,  Vietnam.  This research  conducted  in  two  villages  in  Con  Cuong  district  with  a  total  number  of  87 households samples for primary data collection.  Many  findings  of  the  research  reveal  that  local  people  involved  in  community  forest management  program  in  formalistic  way  and  had  low  level  of  participation.  Economic incentives,  traditional  and  community  characteristics  and  forced  by  local  leaders  have active  encouragement  in  local  peoples  participation  in  community  forest  management. Unclear  sharing  mechanism,  lack  of  supports  and  problem  of  laws  act  as  obstacles  to discourage local peoples participation in community forest management activities. Forest protection unit and local government consider as the important institutions for the process of  community  forest  management  activities  and  they play  as  supporter  to  local  people  in these activities. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Community forests--Management--Vietnam--Nghe An<br/>Community forests--Citizen participation--Vietnam--Nghe An