Key Factors Influencing To The Participation Of Local Households In Redd Program In Ban Cam Commune Bao Thang District Lao Cai Province

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY

STUDENT THESIS

Title

Key factors influencing to the participation of local

households in REDD+ program in Ban Cam commune,

Bao Thang District, Lao Cai Province

Major: Natural Resources Management

Code: D850101

Faculty: Forest Resources and Environmental Management

Student: Dang Thi Hai Ha Student ID: 1253091616

Class: K57 - Natural Resources Management Course: 2012 - 2016

Advanced Education Program

Developed in collaboration with Colorado State University, USA

Supervisor: Dr. Le Dinh Hai

Ha Noi, 10/2016

Abstract

Nowadays, the impact of climate change is affecting directly to the forests and the

livelihoods of people who depend on forests, and REDD+ project is expected to bring in

greater space for local level planning and management for forest ecosystem restoration. In

2015, Vietnam applied REDD+ to Ban Cam commune, Lao Cai province. There are a wide

range of factors influencing directly and indirectly to the decision of participating REDD+.

The decision to participate in REDD+ program were effected by ten factors: (1) Ethnicity; (2)

Age; (3) Education level of household head; (4) Occupation of household head; (5)

Household wealth ranking; (6) Number of labour; (7) Concerning about forest degradation;

(8) Forest land area; (9) Rationality of the government payment, and (10) Understanding of

local people about REDD+ policy. By using IBM®

SPSS®

Statistics v.23, there are 5 key

factors were determined including ethnicity, concerning about forest degradation, forest land

area, the rationality of the government payment, and the understanding of local people about

REDD+ policy. Moreover, the study have found some potential solutions for increasing the

number of people who participate REDD+ program. They are focused on land allocation, the

hamlet leaders and education activities to raise the local people‘s awareness about forest area

management.

Acknowledgement

I am pleased to have an opportunity to express my gratitude to everyone who

supported me throughout the study process. I am sincerely grateful to them for sharing their

truthful and illuminating views on a number of issues related to this research.

I express my warm thanks to Dr. Le Dinh Hai from Faculty of Economics and

Business Management, Viet Nam National University of Forestry for his continuous support,

patient guidance and enthusiastic encouragement during this research.

I am deeply indebted to Prof. Lee Macdonald, Department of Ecosystem Science and

Sustainability, Colorado State University for his enthusiastic guidance to during the planning

of this research work.

My joy knows no bounds in expressing my cordial gratitude to Mr. Dao Van Tuan,

vice president of Ban Cam Communal People‘s Committee and the leaders in Ban Lot, Ban

Cam, Nam Tang, Nam Choong, Nam Chu, and Na Nang hamlet who devoted their time to

help me during the field survey. I humbly extend my thanks to local people in Ban Cam

commune for providing me helpful information in this study.

Finally, I owe a deep sense of gratitude to my friends and family for their supports,

encouragements during the process of doing research and going field works.

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1

2. STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES............................................................................ 3

3. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS.................................................................................. 4

3.1. Social capital aspects ............................................................................................... 5

3.2. Socio-economic and demographic attributes ............................................................ 5

3.3. Formal institutions................................................................................................... 7

4. METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................... 8

4.1. Selection of research site.......................................................................................... 8

4.1.1. Lao Cai province .............................................................................................. 8

4.1.2. Ban Cam commune......................................................................................... 10

4.3. Data collection....................................................................................................... 13

4.3.1. Questionare design.......................................................................................... 13

4.3.2. Questionnaire pretesting ................................................................................. 13

4.3.3. Questionnaire revision .................................................................................... 14

4.3.4. Sampling design ............................................................................................. 14

4.4. Data analysis methods............................................................................................ 14

5. RESULTS..................................................................................................................... 19

5.1. Descriptive statistics on surveyed households in Ban Cam commune ..................... 19

5.1.1. Quantitative variables ..................................................................................... 19

5.1.2. Qualitative variables ....................................................................................... 19