TY  - SER
AU  - Chu Thi Sang
AU  - Soparth Pongquan,
AU  - Routray,Jayant Kumar
AU  - Grunbuhel,Clemens
ED  - IFP,
ED  - Ford Foundation, USA,
ED  - AIT Fellowship,
TI  - People's participation in community forestry in Vietnam: a case study of Chiengbom Commune in Thuanchau District, Sonla Province
T2  - Thesis
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Pathum Thani, Thailand
PB  - Asian Institute of Technology
KW  - Community forests
KW  - Vietnam
KW  - Sonla
N1  - A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the  degree of Master of Science in Regional and Rural Development Planning; Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2012
N2  - The  research  examined  various  aspects  of  people's  participation  in  community  forestry  (CF)  in  Vietnam.  Main objectives  of  the  research  are  to  study  activities  and  intensity  of  people's  participation  in  development  process  of  CF;  to  assess  benefits  obtained  from  people{u2019}s  participation  in  CF;  to  assess  factors  affecting  people's  participation  in  CF;  and to  give  recommendations to strengthen people's participation in CF. People's  participation  in  development  process  of  CF  focused  on  development  activities  and  intensity  in  three  stages  including  decision - making,  implementation  and  M&E . The  research  was  conducted  in  two  villages  of  ethnic  minorities  of  Tai  and  Khang  in  North  of  Vietnam  using  a  survey  questionnaire  with  a  total  of  126  sampled  households  as  a  prime  method  for  data  collection.  The  research  was  focused  on  quantitative  analysis  but  qualitative  technique  was also applied.  Main  findings  of  this  research  showed  that  the  participation  of  the  two  ethnic  minorities Tai  and  Khang  are  at  low  level  in  all  stages  of  CF  development  process  consisting  of  decision  making,  implementation,  and  monitoring  and  evaluation.  Benefits  gained  from  people{u2019}s  participation were also low in social, economic, institutional and environmental aspects. Main factors affecting people{u2019}s participation of CF development process are education level,  occupation,  available  herbal  medicine, available  food  and  fodders  and  reducing  household  expenditures. Barriers of people{u2019}s participation in CF of ethnic minorities are inappropriate  institutional  and participatory  framework that CF  Board members and  People{u2019}s  Commune  Committee took several key roles in CF activities and less roles for CF members in practice.  In  addition  limited  communication  and  lack  of  trust  to  government  officials  are  constraining  factors of people{u2019}s participation in the CF. The research concluded that  in a remote and mounta inous area of Vietnam, ethnic minorities  had  a  low  level  of  education  and  low  economic  status  leading  to  low  level  of  intensity  of  people{u2019}s participation in development process of community forestry resulting to low level of  benefits gained from the commun ity forestry. A set of recommendations were given to strengthen people{u2019}s participation in CF of ethnic  minorities  from  Tai  and  Khang.  These  include  enhancing  roles  of  CF  members  in  practice  based  on  institutional  and  participatory  framework,  strengthening people{u2019}s  participation  in  specific  stages  of  CF  development  process,  improving  communication  network  for  CF  and  reconsidering CF rules and regulations to generate for more tangible benefits to CF members
UR  - http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B03756 
ER  -