Browsing by Author "Tan, Nguyen Quang"

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Just Forest Governance: How Small Learning Groups Can Have Big Impact
(2009) Mayers, James; Bhattacharya, Prodyut; Diaw, Chimere; Kismadi, Budhita; Long, Cath; Macqueen, Duncan; Morrisson, Elaine; Mosse, Marcelo; Opoku, Kyeretwie; Ngubane, Steven; Sibale, Bright; Tan, Nguyen Quang; Twesigye, Bashir; Vermeulen, Sonja
"Forests are power bases, but often for the wrong people. As attention turns from making an international deal on REDD to making it work on the ground, the hunt will be on for practical ways of shifting power over forests towards those who enable and pursue sustainable forest-linked livelihoods. The Forest Governance Learning Group – an alliance active in Cameroon, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda and Vietnam – has developed practical tactics for securing safe space, provoking dialogue, building constituencies, wielding evidence and interacting politically. It has begun to have significant impacts. To deepen and widen those impacts, FGLG seeks allies."
Local Outcomes of Forest Devolution: An Assessment Tool for Forest Departments Developed in Vietnam
(2004) Sikor, Thomas; Thanh, Tran Ngoc; Tan, Nguyen Quang
"Devolution programs have generated highly varied local outcomes in terms of changes in forest conditions, local livelihoods, property rights, and governance structures. There is an urgent need to improve understanding of local outcomes as an input into the design of appropriate policy and programs. This paper discusses a tool developed for assessing local outcomes of devolution in Vietnam. The paper describes the social and analytical processes underlying the development of the assessment tool by researchers and decision-makers. Results from its development and application in ten villages in Dak Lak province suggest that the tool provides an effective and feasible way for forest departments to generate relevant information about local outcomes of forest devolution. The tool serves to strengthen the capacity of forest departments to formulate appropriate policy and programs, as they take on new roles in the implementation of devolution and thereafter."
Realizing Forest Rights in Vietnam: Addressing Issues in Community Forest Management
(2011) Sikor, Thomas; Tan, Nguyen Quang
"In Vietnam, forests have been under state stewardship for a long time. Degradation of forest resources under state management together with the high costs of forest protection has led to increased involvement of local people in forest management. Since the early 1990s, the Government of Vietnam (GOV) has been promoting the allocation of forest rights to local people as the foundation for development of community forest management (CFM). The initiative, known as Forest Land Allocation (FLA), has been undertaken in various parts of the country, with mixed results. This raises an important question: how can forestland allocation be improved so that community forestry can both support local livelihoods and provide environmental protection? With funding from the British Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and RECOFTC--The Center for People and Forests, a small initiative on 'Property Reforms and Forest Rights in Vietnam' was undertaken. The initiative aims to identify key issues influencing the success or failure of community forestry in various parts of the country and to discuss implications for policies on forest management and rural development. The document at hand is a product of a group of carefully selected researchers, policy experts, and practitioners seeking to share their experiences and viewpoints based on previous or on-going work. It is by no means a comprehensive discussion of all the issues related to community forest management in Vietnam. Nevertheless, it is hoped that the issues brought up by the authors in the document will shed light on some of the important aspects of community forest management in Vietnam and can serve as the starting point for further development of community forest management in the new context in Vietnam."
REDD+ Safeguards for Vietnam: Key Issues and the Way Forward
(2012) Sikor, Thomas; Tan, Nguyen Quang
"This brief discusses achievements to date by the Government of Vietnam in REDD+ readiness, issues in the seven safeguards defined by UNFCCC, and the need for a flexible, nationally-owned and inclusive process."