| Overall Objective: |
| Develop buffer zone
management systems which encourage forest rehabilitation and
which protect the Bach Ma National Park integrity. |
| Specific Objectives |
1) To develop village
based systems for planting trees in the buffer zone of Bach
Ma National Park, especially trees native to the Park;
2) To develop sustainable environmental management systems on-farm
and in community managed areas which reduce erosion and minimize
down stream effects from the catchment, while providing improved
income generation for the farmers and others within the village.
3) To assess the effect of the biophysical interventions in
tree planting, environmental management, improved farming systems
and women's opportunities for income generation, on division
of labour between male and female and the effects on the family
and community status and aspirations
4) To provide Institutional Strengthening for the Vietnamese
Institutions in the project through collaboration in research
with the University of Queensland and through short courses
for staff
5) To provide educational opportunities for the staff of the
Vietnamese Institutions to study at UQ |
| Output: |
· Improved
support systems for NP management, particularly of the buffer
zone;
· Improved protection for the NP in terms of plundering
of natural resources;
· Improved farming systems in the NP BZ;
· Improved incomes in the NP BZ of farmer adopters;
· Improved understanding of the socio-economic status
of the target BZ villages;
· Improved income generating opportunities for village
women;
· Improved gender equity in labour utilization;
· Improved capacity in Institutions supporting NP management;
· Opportunities for staff of the three Vietnamese collaborating
institutions to train overseas |
| Project Outline |
| The project seeks
to develop integrated forestry and agro-forestry management
systems for the buffer zone of Bach Ma National Park which protect
the environment, enhance incomes and promote gender equity.
The environmental protection will be developed through planting
trees to rehabilitate degraded land and to control erosion along
with contour farming, thereby minimizing the downstream effects
of the catchment. The systems will be designed for income generation
of the farmers in the three target villages which contrasting
socio-economic and biophysical conditions. The systems will
include planting of indigenous trees, with the aim of restoring
some of the attributes of the original forest.
Three model farms will be established with the improved agro-forestry
based, farming systems in each village and these will facilitate
farmer-to-farmer transfer of technology. An action research
approach will be followed emphasizing stakeholder's participation
in determining the project's activities. A base line survey
of the biophysical and socio-economic status of the villages,
especially the gender relationships in livelihood activities
and natural resource management, will be undertaken to enable
monitoring of the effect of the project on the environment,
the community well being and the gender balance in decision
making and work load. The effectiveness of the extension model
adopted by the project will also be assessed. The research
will compare adoption rates for tree planting and improved
farming systems in the three contrasting villagers. The project
will undertake training of researchers, government officials
and villagers in integrated natural resource management issues.
Capacity building of the Institutes involved in the research
will be addressed through training workshops and facilitating
post-graduate study related to the project goals at the Universities
involved, and training in research methodology.
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| Partners |
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Bach Ma National Park
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Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry
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Hue University of Sciences
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| Contact: Peter
Dart |
Contact: Bach
Ma |
Contact:
Mr Duong Vietn Tinh |
Contact:
Mr. Nguyen Linh |
