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Case study: Custlaw based landforest conflict resolutions in Long Lan village...
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Soon after its foundation at the end of 1999, Centre for Human Ecology in the Highland (CHESH) - Vietnam initiated experiment of development approach to some ethnic groups in Laos PDR. At the same time, Laotian Government assigned Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, specifically Programme for Rural Development in Focus Areas (PRDFA) to find suitable partners to set up methodology for rural sustainable development. Then, PRDFA leaders met CHESH, first base on close historical relation, political similarity between Laos and Vietnam, it is advantages to share development view between the two sides. To date, Vietnam had approached market economy 10 years earlier than Laos. PRDFA introduced CHESH to Luang Prabang leaders because this province consists of cultural diversity, the government’s focus point of poverty reduction programme, the dismissal of traditional shifting cultivation and poppy growing, which is seen as ‘backward’, then the effort to herd the people into new bigger villages, improve infrastructure, grassroot democracy and ethnic cultural identity preservation (According to Instruction No 09 of the Laos People’s Revolution Party of 2004). At the beginning, CHESH found much strange new things relating to cultural identity, language, development policy, so it was confused setting up suitable approach. Fortunately, we met two persons, Mr. Somphong PRADICHIT, vice director of Luang Prabang (PAFO) at that time and Mr. Xay Khu Zang, H’mong elder of Long Lan village. With their advice, CHESH Lao could set up strategic development programme. Those are important suggestions: ‘Many projects, organizations came to support us, but they had not sustained results to our people. Then, how can CHESH attain sustainable indicators when it leaves Laos?! ‘(Mr. Somphong-1999). And, ‘ H’mong people in Sapa-Lao Cai-Vietnam had to sell out their most valuable things, i.e. forest, land. That is an unforgettable lesson. Long Lan would try our best to protect our land and forest. We need to base on our cultural identity to protect them effectively (Mr. Xay Khu Zang-2001). Therefore, ‘Community Development Approach Base on Cultural Identity’ was set up and become lodestar for CHESH experiment and approach to H’mong group in Long Lan, Lao Lum in Xiang Da and Khmu ethnic group in Nam Kha, Luang Prabang province, Laos.
Overview of CHESH Laos Program over the past 10 years approach
Overview of CHESH Laos Program over the past 10 years approach
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In 1990s, Vietnam has launched several programs aimed at hunger eradication and poverty reduction. Various actors have been involved in the process, such as government agencies (resettlement, agricultural extension departments), NGOs (both international and local ones). Development agencies have disbursed a considerable amount of investment, especially focused on seriously poor mountainous areas, with concentration of various ethnic minority peoples. One of important things concerned by Vietnamese government, foreign donors, local NGOs relating to development, especially in remote ethnic groups is how to improve people's quality of life and also keep good traditional values, including traditional laws. In addition, to improve gender equality in the ethnic community in the context of its harmony with cultural value reservation and development takes a very important role for any development activities. There have been studies trying to answer the mentioned questions along with several debates on which development approach would be better for application in specific situation. This research also focuses on the topic through drawing out lessons from factual and practical development activities under Quang Binh provincial resettlement program. The project was carried out in Ma Lieng minority group at Chuoi village, Lam Hoa commune, Tuyen Hoa district of Quang Binh province, in the Central region of Vietnam since 1995.
Case study: Customary law and Gender in Resettlement program for Ma Lieng eth...
Case study: Customary law and Gender in Resettlement program for Ma Lieng eth...
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This research paper will discuss the role of the community in natural resource management, particularly land and forest management and protection in Vietnam. The paper offers a discussion of environmental discourses that are related to the impacts of state land and forest management policies. Though ethnic communities in Vietnam have developed their knowledge and institutional systems in community natural resource management for a long time, communities were not recognized formally as one of the land users until 2003. Even then, though communities were identified as land users, few communities could attain land title. Those policies have had consequences with communities and their members facing shortages of land and forest. Nevertheless, those resources are essential for sustaining local people’s livelihoods, protecting forest, and keeping their cultural values. The paper is organized in three main parts. The first summaries some key environmental discourses, especially ‘sustainable development’, and introduces concepts of culture, customary laws and community-based natural resource management. The second part deals with resource management and related legal framework in Vietnam. The third part illustrates the role of community in land and forest use and protection through a discussion of a Thai ethnic community in Vietnam
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