The impacts of devolution policy for mangrove forest management in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam - Mangrove and aquaculture

SND-ID: snd1102-1. Version: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/b981-6c48

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Dang Thuy Truong - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - Environment for Development, School of Business, Economics and Law rorId

Principal's reference number

MS-484

Description

Mangrove forests are known to provide many ecological services and sources of livelihood to local community. The policy of contracting mangrove forest to households for management fails to conserve as farmers tend to convert mangrove to other uses. We proposed the following research objectives: [1] examine the impacts of devolution policy and other institutional measures on mangrove forest areas at commune level; [2] examine the impacts of devolution policies, institutional and economic factors on the mangrove coverage of mixed shrimp-mangrove systems. Mangrove forest indicators of analyses at both household and commune level in the South Vietnam are measured in two aforementioned ways. One is self-reported, by farm managers in household data and by Forestry Management in commune data, and the other is calculated using satellite images.

The survey was conducted in communes of six coastal provinces in the south of Vietnam, including Ben Tre, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Kien Giang, Ca Mau, and Bac Lieu. From these six provinces, eight locations were selected. Face to face survey was chosen, and each r

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Mangrove forests are known to provide many ecological services and sources of livelihood to local community. The policy of contracting mangrove forest to households for management fails to conserve as farmers tend to convert mangrove to other uses. We proposed the following research objectives: [1] examine the impacts of devolution policy and other institutional measures on mangrove forest areas at commune level; [2] examine the impacts of devolution policies, institutional and economic factors on the mangrove coverage of mixed shrimp-mangrove systems. Mangrove forest indicators of analyses at both household and commune level in the South Vietnam are measured in two aforementioned ways. One is self-reported, by farm managers in household data and by Forestry Management in commune data, and the other is calculated using satellite images.

The survey was conducted in communes of six coastal provinces in the south of Vietnam, including Ben Tre, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Kien Giang, Ca Mau, and Bac Lieu. From these six provinces, eight locations were selected. Face to face survey was chosen, and each respondent was interviewed using a questionnaire of three parts, including general information of respondent, perception about mangrove of respondent, and aquaculture activities. We surveyed 659 mixed mangrove-shrimp farms. Mangrove forest indicators of analyses at both levels are measured in two ways. One is self-reported by farm managers in household data, and the other is calculated using satellite images. For calculating mangrove coverage of farms (mixed mangrove-shrimp farming system), coordinates of farms are collected during the survey. These coordinates are then used to create boundaries of farms on Google Earth. Show less..

Data contains personal data

No

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Method and outcome

Time period(s) investigated

2017-06-30 – 2018-04-30

Variables

1514

Data format / data structure

Data collection
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Viet Nam

Geographic description: Mekong river delta

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Environment for Development, School of Business, Economics and Law

Contributor(s)

Khanh Nam Pham - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Funding 1

  • Funding agency: Sida (The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)

Funding 2

  • Funding agency: Environment for Development Initiative
Topic and keywords

Research area

Economics and business (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Economy (INSPIRE topic categories)

Environment (INSPIRE topic categories)

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Published: 2021-08-27
Last updated: 2021-09-06