1COMMUNITY-BASED FOREST MANAGEMENT IN VIETNAM’S UPLAND A CASE STUDY FROM CA RIVER BASIN

The capacity of Vietnamese government in upland forest management through state or private models has declined due to a shortage in human resour ces and technology and a cause of social effects. One model that has been existing for ages and meeting the livelihoods of local people in remote areas is community-based forest management. The guiding approach under this community-based forest management model is to facilitate and empower local people to use indigenous knowledge to control and manage forest resources on their land. Based on characteristic and favorable situations in the Ca River Basin, seven types of community-based forest management models as typical examples following the “protecting by producing” method describled in this paper has been adopted. Many community forest management systems were, however, changed and perhaps disappeared. A challenge exists to better cooperate between the government and research organizations to develop policy framework and institutions to support and carrying out community forests on a large scale