The Impacts of Forest and Forest Land Policy on Rural Livelihood in Central Viet Nam
Viet Nam’s forest land allocation (FLA) program has been decentralizing forest governance on an ongoing basis since the 1990s, aiming to give equal focus to rural livelihoods and sustainable forest management. Forest lands are allocated to public and private socio-economic institutions, mainly to local level stakeholders such as individuals, households, and communities. Analyzing this policy development and implementation provides essential insight into the success or failure of such decentralization programs.
