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Community Entrepreneur and Eco-farming (29/12/2016)
“Eco-farming is a cultivation method which is related tofive fundamental characteristics of an ecosystem, namely: 1) Diversity; 2) Uniqueness; 3) Interaction; 4) Adaptability; and 5) Sustainability. These characteristics serve as a basic foundation to create life, endurance and ...
Seminar report on Inadequacies and shortcomings in policies and practice of forest and forestland allocation and post- allocation (22/12/2016)
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Human ecology farming of Hoang Van Phuoc's garden in Lam Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh (11/10/2016)
This writing aims to document a process of nurturing and caring for ecological black pepper by farmer Hoang Van Phuoc in Lam Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province. More importantly, this document will be further compiled as part of a curriculum to share an eco-farming ...
Livelihood sovereignty based community entrepreneur development strategy (CENDI-2015-2025) (27/04/2016)
The Community Entrepreneur Development Institute (CENDI) is the outcome of a dynamic process of adapting to the changing needs of Indigenous Ethnic Minority Peoples in the Mekong region. This process began in 1994 with the establishment of Toward Ethnic Women (TEW), one of the first ...
Learning with Elders: Human Ecology and Ethnobotany Explorations in Northern and Central Vietnam (28/04/2016)
This article explores data gathered through an applied human ecology and ethnobotany study of selected elders from the Vietnamese Dao, Hmong, Kinh, Ma-Lieng, Sach, Tai, Tay, and Xinh-Mun ethnic groups. The research catalogued traditional uses and conservation practices related to ...
30 steps in confirming land and forestland rights for ethnic indigenous groups in Vietnam and Laos (24/04/2016)
The followings are the 30 approaching steps in resolutions for land and forest allocation carried out by SPERI since 1995. ...
Nurturing Customary Based Wellbeing: An Approach to Biological Human Ecology Theory (27/04/2016)
To fully and thoroughly understand the Hmong people living in Long Lan village in Luang Prabang province of Laos, it may require five post- doctoral theses on: 1) traditional economic institutions at the micro level; 2) cultural, political and social anthropology; 3) non-bureaucratic ...
Livelihood Sovereignty and Village Wellbeing: H’rê People and the Spiritual Ecosystem (27/04/2016)
It is indeed a big challenge for the author who is not an indigenous H’rê person of Vi O Lak village - who is very different from them in her perceptions of values, in her practice of civilized norms towards the surrounding natural landscape, and in consciousness and civil responsibility ...
Request letter of Violak village for its customary law based regulation on forest management (27/04/2016)
On March 22, 2015, all the households and members of Violak village had a meeting to discuss and finalize the Regulations of Violak village on customary law-based community forest management, protection and development.
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Agreement on cooperation in forest management, protection and development in Po E Commune, Kon Long District, Kon Tum Province (27/04/2016)
Objective of the agreement is to obtain a model of cooperation in forest management and protection between Po E’s CPC, Thach Nham PFMB and Kon Plong’s FPD on the basis of integration between customary law and statutory law in order to build up a model of sustainable forest ...