Author: Chu Thi Sang
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-12-01
Year: 2012
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (M. Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2012
Examination Committee: Soparth Pongquan (Chairperson); Jayant Kumar Routray, Clemens Grunbuhel (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: 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’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’s participation were also low in social, economic, institutional and environmental aspects. Main factors affecting people’s participation of CF development process are education level, occupation, available herbal medicine, available food and fodders and reducing household expenditures. Barriers of people’s participation in CF of ethnic minorities are inappropriate institutional and participatory framework that CF Board members and People’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’s p
Scholarship Donor(s): IFP, Ford Foundation, USA; Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Regional and Rural Development Planning
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