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Planting seeds for rooted change: Towards community rights in flouring forests
Author: CIRUM
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 11
Publisher: www.cirum.org
Keywords: Forest, biodiversity, state forest enterprise, land right, forest right, community based forest management
Abstract:
The necessity of regenerating forests and making the forestry sector more beneficial to Vietnamese people is widely agreed upon. Yet the prevailing reality is that vast amounts forests that should long belong to people are still under control of often ineffectively functioning State Forest Enterprises (SFE’s). Conflicts over the access, control and use of forests are daily realities, like in the Huulung case where CIRUM[1] has been active since 2007.
 
At the time of writing significant international and national trends are affecting forest development in Viet Nam, such as the commercialisation and the international climate change agenda. In this context large numbers of development organisations are currently engaged in the forestry sector under the flag of ‘community based forest management’. For some of these efforts however their alleged community based nature can be doubted. Moreover, one can even question what their effects will be on communities and people’s rights in forests over the longer run? In our context working on forest land rights is usually considered to be ‘a sensitive issue’. We claim instead that it is a stressing issue, but one that we can address with the right attitude, adaptability and dedication.
 
In this case study, CIRUM share the experience in Ho Muoi village of Minh Son commune, Huulung district where we broke through the layer of sensitivity to work towards forests that are truly managed and used by villagers. The need to protect people’s and community rights in forests is continually increasing and through this case CIRUM hopes to inspire others to work on these issues in a meaningful way.


Culture, Identity and Resources Use and Management (CIRUM). Since 2005 CIRUM is making efforts to     solve conflicts and equitable forest land allocation and development in Lang Son Province in Viet Nam.
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