PhD Scholar
Cooperation between protected area authorities and local people in the management of protected areas in the Northeast of Vietnam
E-mail: chieu.hoang@anu.edu.au

Currently, management of all protected areas (Special Use Forests) in Vietnam is carried out by state forestry agencies. Management of these forests is facing difficulties that result in degradation of forest resources. One of the important factors that cause such difficulties is unplanned extraction of forest resources by local people. Indigenous people living inside and around protected areas are carrying out much of this extraction. Generally, they are poor farmers who depend heavily on forest resources for their daily needs. However, they have not been involved effectively in the protected area management. In such context, by studying the management of protected areas in northern Vietnam, this research aims to develop effective arrangements for cooperation between protected area authorities and local people in order to gain dual goals of biodiversity conservation and sustaining local people's livelihoods.