Does the devolution of forest management help conserve mangrove in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam?

Truong Dang Thuy, Vo Quoc Tuan and Pham Khanh Nam

Land Use Policy, 2021, vol. 106, issue C

Abstract: In the decentralization of forest management, the state devolves forestland use right to communities. What if the state devolves the right directly to individual households, not to communities? Does this policy work and within this policy what devolution mechanism works better in terms of forest conservation? This paper addresses these questions using the context of mangrove forest in Viet Nam. Mangrove forest areas in Viet Nam have experienced a substantial decline during the last century. Since 1994, a devolution policy has allowed mangrove forests to be assigned to households for protection and management. Households were allowed to convert part of the mangrove forest areas into other uses that bring private benefits. It is not clear whether the devolution policy provided sufficient incentives to households for not over-converting mangrove forest.

Keywords: Devolution; Forestland allocation; Forest conservation; Mangrove; Viet Nam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105440

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