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COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY--BASED BASED CONSERVATION CONSERVATION
OF THE HOANG LIEN MOUNTAIN OF THE HOANG LIEN MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMECOSYSTEM
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Hoang Lien MountainsHoang Lien Mountains
CHINA
Muong La
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ConservationConservation valuevalue
2. High levels of biodiversity: plants, birds and amphibians
1. Relatively large areas of natural habitats:montane and rare submontane forests
3. Globally threatened species:
TaiwaniaVietnamese Salamander
Beautiful Nuthatch Western Black Crested Gibbon
Rufous-necked Hornbill
Phayre’s Leaf Monkey
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HuntingForest Fire
Selective LoggingNTFP collection
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Project AimProject Aim
‘Pilot collaborative and sustainable approaches to biodiversity and landscape conservation of the Hoang Lien Mountain forests, which contribute to enhanced livelihoodsof people living in the area’
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Result Areas:Result Areas:
1. Alternative buffer zone livelihood pilots
2. Co-management of Protected Areas
3. Landscape-level Interventions
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LandscapeLandscape--level Interventions`level Interventions`• BOTTOM-UP TECHNICAL-BASED APPROACH:
- MAB original envisaged- trans-boundary workshop (China, Laos & Vietnam)- inter-commune (-district/-province) regulations on forest protection for PAs- inter-district/-province/-PA biannual operationalreviews (community rangers)
• DISCONTINUED MID-TERM:• - MAB abandoned after cost-benefit analysis
- over ambitious piloting new, grassroots-level models and harmonizing with inter-provincial/-national planning- learnt lesson from other projects - inter-provincial/-national interventions v. challenging in Vietnam! (compartmentalized government structure)
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Participatory ‘Protected Area’ development• Zonation & demarcation - PLUP• Gazettement – contributions to investment plans• Operational Management Planning - contributions to OMPsParticipatory ‘Protected Area’ functioning • Community ranger forces – biodiversity, community outreach,
law enforcement and fire control• Village-level regulations on forest protection – negotiated
agreement• Inter-commune regulation on forest protection and
management Participatory ‘Protected Area’ decision-making• Co-management of protected areas – new institutional
structures & mechanisms to facilitate joint decision-making
• Livelihood pilots identified through integrated VDP
StrategyStrategy
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Main Achievements Main Achievements -- LivelihoodsLivelihoods• Medicinal plants – potential for significant income generation;
SME already independently replicated
• Cattle fodder - potential for improving livestock (inc. fish!) biomass & health (income), in addition to reducing free-range grazing
• Demonstrated need for genuine sharing of responsibilities and benefits from (real incentives for) management natural resources inside SUFs (community forestry)
• Demonstrated positive impact on external structures (local government attitudes/behaviours) but not processes (legislation and development agencies/projects/programmes)
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Main Achievements Main Achievements -- ConservationConservation
• New (zoned) ‘PAs’ developed through participatory processes, including Vietnam’s first SHCA as a new model of institutional co-management
• Stabilization of Vietnam’s last viable population of the globally EN western black crested gibbon (and significant reduction in hunting pressure - 30-50 %)
• Sustainable institutional and financial adoption of community-ranger forces
• Participatory approach to in situ conservation that put community-based principles into practice
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Main Lessons LearntMain Lessons Learnt
• Win-win scenarios difficult to identify
• The enabling environment for significant livelihood benefits (natural resource tenure) from PAs still not present in Vietnam
• Challenge is to target natural asset improvement through the development of community forestry within PAs
• Need to forge strategic partnerships: environment and development
• Landscape-level interventions now possible by building on (linking) effective community based models at individual PAs
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