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1 Clement, Floriane; Amezaga, J. M.; Orange, Didier; Toan, T. D.; Large, A. R. G.; Calder, I. R. 2006. Reforestation policies and upland allocation in northern Vietnam: an institutional approach for understanding farmer strategies and land use change. Paper presented at the International Symposium, Towards Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mountainous Regions, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 7-9 March 2006. 17p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.75 G784 CLE Record No: H039286)
2 Clement, Floriane; Amezaga, J. M.. 2008. Linking reforestation policies with land use change in northern Vietnam: why local factors matter. Geoforum, 39: 265-277.
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In many countries worldwide, similar state policies on land management have been implemented as a response to deforestation in mountainous areas. So far, few studies have examined to which extent these policies have actually contributed to reforestation. This is the focus of our analysis, based on a case study in Vietnam. Because land access and land use were traditionally governed by common rules, we examine land use changes from an institutional perspective. We use the Institutional Analysis and Development IAD) framework, coupled with an historical perspective and the analysis of actors’ perception and dominant narratives on land management and forests. Results show that national policies significantly interfered with local factors, leading to a complex course of decision-making and action. Substantial reforestation in the area was not a response by farmers to policy incentives but rather the unexpected outcome of the disruption of local institutions by these policies. We argue that, because national interventions have relied on false or exaggerated narratives and beliefs, their implementation is in conflict with the local reality in upland areas, leading to unpredictable and locally dependent outcomes. We defend hence the need for local level studies and also recommend considering local institutions for land use change analysis in contexts where land use systems are characterised by a high degree of human interaction.
3 Clement, Floriane; Amezaga, J. M.; Orange, Didier; Calder, I. R. C.; Large, A. R. G. 2007. A multi-level approach to analyse the impact of forestland allocation on land management in Northern Vietnam. Poster presented at the RECOFTC Conference on “Poverty Reduction and Forests: Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms”, Bangkok, Thailand, 3-7 September 2007. 11p.
Land management ; Land use ; Land tenure ; Community forestry ; Households / Vietnam / Hoa Binh Province / So La / Thai Nguyen / Yen Bai
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Many Asian countries have recently devolved land use rights to households and communities. Often largely supported by donors and non-governmental international organizations, the success of these initiatives in improving livelihoods and forest or land management has been challenged by an increasing number of scholars for the last few years. Based on the case study of the Northern uplands of Vietnam, this paper investigates why forestland allocation has hardly achieved its intended objectives regarding land use and management. Results suggest that the gaps between stated intentions and outcomes result from inappropriate institutions and erroneous beliefs often linked with the economic and political context. We encourage the adoption of a similar multi-level framework focusing on actors’ incentives and beliefs to understand policy discrepancies and better guide future policies.
4 Clement, Floriane; Amezaga, J. M.; Orange, Didier; Calder I. R.; Large, A. R. G.; Toan, T. D. 2008. Linking reforestation with forest policies: a multi-scale and interdisciplinary methodology applied to Vietnam. Paper prepared for the 12th Biennial Conference of the IASC, Cheltenham, UK, 14-18 July 2008. 29p.
Reforestation ; Forest policy ; Land management ; Land use ; Common property ; Natural resources management ; Corporate culture ; Decision making ; Governance / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.75 G784 CLE Record No: H041546)
http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/archive/00003768/01/Clement_108301.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041546.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041546.pdf
5 Hope, R. A.; Porras, I.; Borgoyary, M.; Miranda, M.; Agarwal, C.; Tiwari, S.; Amezaga, J. M.. 2007. Negotiating watershed services. London, UK: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) 22p. (IIED Markets for Environmental Services 11)
Watershed management ; Farmers attitudes ; Stakeholders ; Land use ; Constraints ; Agreements ; Farm management / Costa Rica / India / Kolans watershed / Bhoj wetlands / Madhya Pradesh / Bhopal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042247)
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In response to the disappointing results of many regulatory or public investment approaches to watershed management, payments for environmental services has emerged as a new mechanism to maintain socially optimal environmental services by compensating people for the services they provide. However, without adequate understanding of stakeholders’ willingness to modify or maintain land use or water resource decisions, market-based mechanisms may prove to be unsustainable, with uncertain social and environmental outcomes. Negotiating resource use patterns is a process that requires an understanding of the type, level and duration of incentives for stakeholders to co-operate meaningfully. In this paper, we describe a negotiation support framework that has been developed from the literature and field experiences in Costa Rica and India. The framework then serves to critically examine a case study from each country to draw empirical lessons from the inherently political and contested process of watershed management.
6 Clement, Floriane; Amezaga, J. M.. 2009. The importance of context for pro-poor institutional change: the case of land-tenure reforms in Vietnam’s uplands. Paper presented at the Conference on Institutions, Behavior and the Escape from Persistent Poverty, Cornell University, NY, USA, 16-17 November 2009. 47p.
Institutions ; Land tenure ; Land management ; Land policies ; Legal aspects ; History ; Poverty ; Forest land ; Households / South East Asia / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042528)
http://www.socialsciences.cornell.edu/0811/papers/ClementAmezaga.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042528.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042528.pdf
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Rural development debates have largely focused on identifying which natural resource institutions can best contribute to poverty alleviation. We argue that it is equally important to understand under which context a given set of institutions can contribute to reduce poverty. The argument is applied to the case of post-collectivization land reforms in Vietnam. We discuss the role of context in policy shortcomings by analyzing simultaneously the fit between institutions and local contextual factors and the influence of the broader discursive and political-economic context under which policy changes operate.
7 Clement, Floriane; Amezaga, J. M.. 2013. Conceptualising context in institutional reforms of land and natural resource management: the case of Vietnam. International Journal of the Commons, 7(1):140-163.
Land management ; Land reform ; Natural resources management ; Case studies ; Institutions ; Households ; Forestry ; Poverty / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045705)
http://www.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/ijc/article/download/338/315
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045705.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045705.pdf
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Research and policy debates over natural resource management in developing countries have largely focused on identifying the set of institutions that best supports resource sustainability and poverty alleviation. We argue that beyond finding the right institutional fit for a social-ecological system, it is equally important to understand how context affects the design and outcomes of institutional reforms. We propose a refined conceptualisation of context, based on a revision of the Institutional Analysis and Development framework. We defend a systematic analysis of context, distinguishing between contextual factors affecting the fitness to local socio-ecological conditions and contextual factors that mobilise power such as political-economic interests and prevailing discourses. We illustrate our argument with empirical research on land-tenure reforms that have been implemented since the 1980s in northern Vietnam. The proposed analytical framework and conceptualisation of context allows a more pervasive understanding of contextual factors, enabling the incorporation of the forms of power that give meaning and legitimacy to institutional change.
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