Authors: Moira Moeliono, Thu Thuy Pham, Ngoc Dung Le, Maria Brockhaus, Grace Wong, Maarit Kallio, Dinh Tien Nguyen
Published in: Human Ecology Volume 44, Issue 4, pp 435–448
Published year: 2016
Category: Other international journal paper
Abstract
Swidden is often blamed for deforestation but research has shown that these traditional systems can have a role in maintaining and enhancing carbon stocks and therefore could be compatible with efforts such as payments for environmental services (PES) and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) schemes in Vietnam. This would require that PES and REDD+ project developers build on existing local governance structures. In this paper we attempt to understand such structures though analysis of information and resource exchange in two communities in Vietnam, focusing on traditional local governance guiding swidden practices, and mass organisations.
Results show a high diversity of formal (government-formed networks) and informal (traditional) swidden governance structures that can be embedded in REDD+ and PES schemes, where geographical accessibility, socio-cultural practices, and capacities of government will also determine which structure will work best for swidden communities to participate in REDD+/PES.
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