Posted on January, 21 2004

In January 2002, a WWF research team of six people was commissioned to explore a number of key issues related to community-based resource management systems, and to measure to what extent these systems can contribute to a conservation strategy for the Central Truong Son Landscape (CTSL).
 
The key components of the research included:
 
• Institutional issues relevant to forest land management and traditional land-use systems;
• Land management systems;
• Community and traditional land-use systems; 
• Factors that influence these systems, including immigration and new settlement;  
• Needs and aspirations of the communities in regard to conservation of natural resources in the Central Truong Son Landscape.
 
The first part of this report focuses on both institutional issues and on the current situation of land allocation and land-use in the two focus provinces of Quang Nam and T.T. Hue. It is enriched with analyses of the communities’ responses to land allocation and land-use programs.

The second part of the report depicts the historical, cultural and socio-economic situations in relation to natural resource management of the ethnic groups living in the surveyed areas.

The last part of the report shows the current situation of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) at the level of the Government of Vietnam (GOV) and at the community level. The needs and aspirations of the local 
communities involved in CBNRM are explored in the same chapter.