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Ethnic Minority Communities should regain equal rights to forests
Date: 09/04/2017
“Ethnic Minority Communities should regain equal rights to forests” become an outstanding message, which has been repeated at the Northern Regional Workshop to contribute to the revised draft law on Forest Protection and Development. The workshop, which was co-organized ...
CIRUM and LandNet's policy recommendations on household and community land are incorporated in a Decree guiding Land Law implementation
Date: 13/03/2017
CIRUM and LandNet are very happy to inform our donors, partners and supporters that our work lobbying, advocating and advising policy makers on the implementation of ...
‘Kỵ Gió’ – a sacred day of the Red Dao people in Dền Sáng commune, Bát Xát district, Lào Cai province
Date: 05/03/2017
Similar to many other ethnic groups, the Red Dao people have their own taboo days. After the ritual ceremony for forest deities on the first day of the first lunar month, villagers practice ...
Fencing community forest and solutions for community-based forest protection
Date: 05/03/2017
We often hear about fencing garden, and never or rarely hear about fencing forests. However, there is a fencing forest arising in the community of Ngải Phóng Chồ ...
The forest comes back, and so does the Highlands culture.
Date: 05/03/2017
"Central Highland' Culture sticks mainly with forests, if there is no forest, the Central Highlands culture will fall into oblivion"
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"The law of the jungle" at the Annamese Range
Date: 05/03/2017
The strength of local customary laws helped maintain the village's forest when all surrounding forests have turned into barren hills or been replaced with industrial plants.
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Return traditional forestland to community and reduce costs issue
Date: 19/02/2017
After the disbandment of a state forestry company in Kon Tum province in 2016, all forestland zone of this company was transferred to a management board (MB) for protection forest in the province. There ...
Assessing ethnic minority youths’ needs for vocational training in Si Ma Cai district
Date: 18/02/2017
CIRUM has cooperated with the department of Labour, Invalid and Social Affair of Si Ma Cai district, Lao Cai province to assess the needs for vocational training on agro-forestry, husbandry and veterinary ...
