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Contribution of forest to rural households’ livelihood: evidences from Da river basin in the northwest mountainous region of Vietnam

https://doi.org/10.24259/fs.v3i2.7050
Tran Van Chu
Vietnam National University of Forestry
Trinh Quang Thoai
Vietnam National University of Forestry
Cao Quoc An
Vietnam National University of Forestry
Pham Minh Toai
Vietnam National University of Forestry
Leni D. Camacho
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Hoang Van Sam
Vietnam National University of Forestry
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7266-439X

Corresponding Author(s) : Hoang Van Sam

samhv@vnuf.edu.vn

Forest and Society, Vol. 3 No. 2 (2019): NOVEMBER

Abstract

This paper examined how forest has contributed to rural households’ livelihood in Da river basin, the northwest mountainous region of Vietnam. The results revealed that forest predominantly contributes to the total income of rural residents in the region. Specifically, forestry land area, access to non-timber forest products, and payment for forest environmental services significantly affected household’s income in the region. However, rural people in the region have still faced several difficulties that constrain household’s livelihood. Of these difficulties, lack of financial capital, epidemic diseases in animal husbandry, limited access to market information and natural disaster are popular barriers to livelihood of people in the region. This paper also recommended several policies to improve rural livelihood in Da river basin. These includes: (i) integrating issues regarding payment for forest environmental services and REDD+ into socioeconomic development plan; (ii) improving awareness of local people on sustainable natural capital use through ecosystem conservation policy; (iii) providing preferential credit and training on agricultural production techniques; and (iv) encouraging market-oriented agriculture.  

Keywords

Da river basin factors affecting forest household’s income rural livelihood
Van Chu, T., Quang Thoai, T., Quoc An, C., Minh Toai, P., Camacho, L. D., & Sam, H. V. (2019). Contribution of forest to rural households’ livelihood: evidences from Da river basin in the northwest mountainous region of Vietnam. Forest and Society, 3(2), 235-247. https://doi.org/10.24259/fs.v3i2.7050
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Leni D. Camacho, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Scopus Author ID: 36162787600
Hoang Van Sam, Vietnam National University of Forestry
Scopus Author ID: 23390843300
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