Perspectives

Stories from the field

This subpage highlights ongoing work related to the FTViet Project mandate carried out by the project team members and partners.

ForestTransitionVietnam

Dec 30, 2019
2 min

10 years of REDD+ in Vietnam: Where we are and What's next?

By Van Nguyen, FTViet Project In 2009, Vietnam was one of the first nine countries selected to pilot the United Nations REDD + Program (U...

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ForestTransitionVietnam

Nov 14, 2019
6 min

Navigating Forest Changes in Central Vietnam

Forest landscapes in central Vietnam and the livelihoods of minority ethnic groups are undergoing profound shifts. This photo gallery cap...

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ForestTransitionVietnam

May 3, 2019
8 min

Why Green Pledges Will Not Create the Natural Forests We Need?

By Fred Pearce, April 16. 2019 Nations around the globe have pledged to increase their forest cover by planting millions of trees. But new...

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ForestTransitionVietnam

May 3, 2019
3 min

Forest livelihood transformations: from wartime ‘A Shau valley’ to today’s A Lưới district

By Christian Kull, May 1, 2019 A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of joining PhD student Nguyen Thi Hai Van in her field sites in the upl...

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ForestTransitionVietnam

Apr 11, 2019
10 min

Vietnam's Empty Forests

By Stephen Nash, April 1, 2019 The Asian nation is a hot spot of biological diversity, but local and international conservation groups ar...

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ForestTransitionVietnam

Apr 9, 2019
1 min

Workshop on Sustainable Forest Landscape Governance in A Luoi Valley

By FTVietProject, Monday 9 April, 2019 A forest dialogue aimed at connecting multi-stakeholders to discuss about the current challenges a...

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ForestTransitionVietnam

Apr 6, 2019
1 min

Questions remain as Vietnam reaches major REDD+ milestone

BY MICHAEL TATARSKI ON 1 APRIL 2019 Mongabay Series: Global Forests At the end of 2018, Vietnam became the first country in the Asia-Paci...

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ForestTransitionVietnam

Mar 24, 2019
2 min

THE STATE OF LAND IN THE MEKONG REGION

by Center for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern (Switzerland) and Mekong Region Land Governance. Land governance is a...

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​Stories from the field

10 years of REDD+ in Vietnam: Where we are and What's next?

Navigating Forest Changes in Central Vietnam

Why Green Pledges Will Not Create the Natural Forests We Need?

Forest livelihood transformations: from wartime ‘A Shau valley’ to today’s A Lưới district

Vietnam's Empty Forests

Workshop on Sustainable Forest Landscape Governance in A Luoi Valley

Questions remain as Vietnam reaches major REDD+ milestone

THE STATE OF LAND IN THE MEKONG REGION

Stories from the field