tailieunhanh - Biodiversity and Local Perceptions on the Edge of a Conservation Area, Khe Tran Village, Vietnam

We would like to express our profound gratitude to individuals and institutions for their assistance in the course of undertaking this research. We wish to thank the representatives of the Government of Vietnam, the Provincial Peoples Committee (PPC) of Thua Thien Hue province, Peoples Committee of Phong Dien district and Phong My commune for their interest in our work. Our appreciations are addressed to Tran Huu Nghi, Jinke van Dam, Tu Anh, Nguyen Thi Quynh Thu, from Tropenbos International Vietnam, for their cooperation and for their assistance in organising our surveys. We were lucky to collaborate with all the. | Biodiversity and Local Perceptions on the Edge of a Conservation Area Khe Tran Village Vietnam Manuel Boissière Imam Basuki Piia Koponen Meilinda Wan Douglas Sheil National Library of Indonesia Cataloging-in-Publication Data Boissière Manuel Biodiversity and local perceptions on the edge of a conservation area Khe Tran village Vietnam by Manuel Boissière Imam Basuki Piia Koponen Meilinda Wan Douglas Sheil. Bogor Indonesia Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR 2006. ISBN 979-24-4642-7 106p. CABI thesaurus 1. nature reserve 2. nature conservation 3. landscape 4. biodiversity 5. assessment 6. community involvement 7. Vietnam I. Title 2006 by CIFOR All rights reserved. Printed by Inti Prima Karya Jakarta Revised edition June 2006 Design and layout by Catur Wahyu and Gideon Suharyanto Photos by Manuel Boissière and Imam Basuki Maps by Mohammad Agus Salim Cover photos from left to right - A villager prepares the soil for peanut plantation in a former rice field Khe Tran - A young woman carries Acacia seedling ready to be planted - Villagers discuss the future of Phong Dien Nature Reserve - The different land types in Khe Tran bare land village with home gardens rice fields and protected mountain areas Published by Center for International Forestry Research Jl. CIFOR Situ Gede Sindang Barang Bogor Barat 16680 Indonesia Tel. 62 251 622622 Fax 62 251 622100 E-mail cifor@ Web site http Contents Acronyms and terms vii Acknowledgements ix 1. Research context and objectives 1 2. Methods 3 Village activities 3 Field activities 4 3. Achievements 8 4. Conservation context in Khe Tran 10 . Previous conservation activities 10 . Government programs that affected Khe Tran village 12 Summary 14 5. Site description 15 . Research site 15 . People from Khe Tran 17 . Land use and natural resources 23 Summary 28 6. Local perceptions of the different land types and resources 29 . Local land uses 29 . Land type importance 31 . .