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The Si Ma Cai Forest Peoples Land Rights Network (LandNet) supports the practice of creating quality local fruit tree species at FFS - Si Ma Cai
Date: 01/09/2017
Ta Van plums have been linking closely with the lives of H’mong ethnic people in Si Ma Cai district for generations. This species contains many outstanding characteristics such as fragrant, sweet, crunchy and crimson ripe fruits coated with white powder, and the fruits are very ...
Reforestation and forest enrichment with indigenous forestry species in Pang village, Dong Van commune, Que Phong district, Nghe An province
Date: 01/09/2017
Pang village is one of the 10 villages in Dong Van commune. Before 2006, the Pang villagers settled on the bank of Chu river in the north of Dong Van commune, Que Phong district, Nghe An province. By 2006, all settlements were submerged in the Cua Dat reservoir, so the villagers moved ...
CIRUM provides expertise for the supervision of land and forest allocation
Date: 31/08/2017
According to Official Letter 324 / HDDT14 dated August 9, 2017 by National Assembly’s Ethnic Council on support to supervise the implementation of policies and legislation on land and forest allocation (land rights) to households and communities in ethnic minority, mountainous areas ...
Workshop on Following the Money facilitated by CIRUM
Date: 19/08/2017
Following the Money (FTM) is a new approach in Vietnam aiming at protecting of the rights of affected communities against harmful investment. In order to provide basic concept of FTM and simultaneously ...
Regional experience in advocating forest land for ethnic minority people
Date: 09/08/2017
With facilitation of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), eleven indigenous communities in Ratanakkiri province, Cambodia and Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Co (HAGL) have signed a joint statement, in which HAGL agreed to return part of rubber development project areas on approximately ...
Workshop on Following the Money facilitated by CIRUM
Date: 10/06/2017
Following the Money (FTM) is a new approach in Vietnam aiming at protecting of the rights of affected communities against harmful investment. In order to provide basic concept of FTM and simultaneously strengthen sharing and mutual supporting in FTM among civil society organizations, ...
Workshop in Central Highland for contribution to the revised draft law on Forest protection and development
Date: 12/05/2017
This workshop is the following one after the other two workshops: the first was for Northern provinces organized in Lao Cai province on 7th April 2017 by the Vietnam Administration of Forestry, Lao Cai provincial department of Agriculture and rural development and CIRUM, ...
Co-management and protection of forests – suitable approach for the people living near forests in Bar Goc village, Sa Son commune, Sa Thay district, Kon Tum province
Date: 09/05/2017
Leasing contract for forest protection in combination with stabilization of livelihood of people living near forests is a policy of the state for many years. Reality shows that people can get limited economic benefit from such contract, therefore, effective of forest protection and ...
