The project continued implementation of CFM plans in the four pilot villages forest protection, village nursery, tending plantation, etc.. In addition, considerable effort has been made
Trang 1Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development
Collaboration for Agricultural and Rural Development
Sustainable community-based forest development and
management in some high poverty areas in Bac Kan Province
(Project No: 017/06 VIE)
April 2010
Trang 2Table of Contents
1 Institute Information 3
2 Project Abstract 4
3 Executive Summary 4
4 Introduction & Background 5
5 Progress to Date 5
5.1 Implementation Highlights 5
5.2 Smallholder Benefits 9
5.3 Capacity Building 9
5.4 Publicity 9
5.5 Project Management 10
6 Report on Cross-Cutting Issues 10
6.1 Environment 10
6.2 Gender and Social Issues 10
7 Implementation & Sustainability Issues 10
Issues and Constraints 10
Options 10
Sustainability 10
8 Next Critical Steps 11
9 Conclusion 11
Appendix I Logical framework - Project Progress against Proposed Objectives, Outputs, Activities and Inputs 12
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and management in some high poverty areas in Bac Kan Province
and Mr Brian Gunn
to cover CARD CFM workshop held in Na Ri
Contact Officer(s)
In Australia: Team Leader
siro.au
In Australia: Administrative contact
Organisation CSIRO Sustainable
Ecosystems
In Vietnam
International and Scientific Cooperation
Organisation Thai Nguyen University of
Agriculture and Forestry
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The project has been completed satisfactorily, with all the relevant project components completed by the end of March 2010 This report, however, covers the period July 1, 2009 to April 30, 2010 to include a final activity on CARD CFM workshop held in Na Ri district, 20-
21 April
Mr Brian Gunn made a one-week visit to Vietnam in October 2009 to work with TUAF team and compiled information for preparation of MS 9 report
Mr Khongsak Pinyopusarerk visited to Vietnam for this CARD and other projects in October
2009, March and April 2010 The first two visits were to review progress of field work in Na
Ri and assist TUAF team members in preparation of project reports He attended the CARD CFM workshop in Na Ri in April
The project continued implementation of CFM plans in the four pilot villages (forest
protection, village nursery, tending plantation, etc) In addition, considerable effort has been made on dissemination of project activities and results to 18 neighbouring villages, in
particular support of seed for nursery establishment in the villages which expressed the interest Progress and achievements of these activities since July 2009 were covered in
previous three milestones reports (MS9, 10 and 11) In addition, two major reports were prepared, one on Cost-Benefit Analysis, and the other on Repeat Socio-economic Survey of Pilot Villages
In collaboration with CARD PMU, a community forestry management workshop and field day was organised in Na Ri on 20-21 April 2010 xx people from various CARD projects, provincial departments and some donor agencies attended This workshop was very
successful with active discussion and exchange of ideas on CFM among participants
Participants agreed that the current government guidelines on CFM should be simplified for
The project aims to empower ethnic minority people in four pilot villages in Van Minh and Lang San Communes, Na Ri District, Bac Kan Province, to manage their allocated Community Forests This will be achieved through capacity building activities at
community and government levels, and technical and institutional support, in
participatory forest land use planning, land allocation and extension services as part of community based forest management The project will help to improve local livelihoods
of disadvantaged men and women through equal access to forest land, better resource management and sharing of benefits New systems will help to minimize forest land
degradation and support forest development and conservation Newly-developed
information systems, experiences and training methods will be shared with other villages, Communes and relevant parts of the Province and northern mountainous regions through numerous information dissemination methods
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The background to the project has been fully described in previous Milestone Reports and need not be repeated in full here In summary, the Project Goal is ‘Sustainable improvement
in livelihood security of disadvantaged forest-dependent people in northern mountainous areas, through empowerment of access to forest and forest land, influence over forest land
management, conservation of the natural resources and development of relevant skills’
The project will contribute to achievement of the Goal by developing CFM through:
(i) ensuring equal access of forest-dependent households to the common forest; (ii) building capacities within the forest user groups to effectively represent
themselves;
(iii) strengthen extension services to enable them to be responsive to the needs of the
forest dependent people;
(iv) provide skills to communities to enable them to develop and manage their
allocated forest resources in a transparent and equitable manner and raising awareness of and providing training in forest and land policy issues and good forest governance;
(v) promoting sustainable forest and natural resource use to reduce food shortages by
strengthening agroforestry, sustainably producing timber and non-timber forest products (NTFPs), and training in improved forest management skills; and (vi) promoting the active involvement of women
These broad objectives are reflected in the formal Objectives within the project Logical Framework, and progress against each item in the Logical Framework is noted in the last section of this Milestone Report
All the participatory and other activities outlined in the project Logical Framework will be undertaken in ways which are appropriate for the local cultural context, and of course
development of successful CFM models will depend heavily on utilising all the indigenous knowledge of both men and women During these activities, the participants will be
encouraged to indicate the gaps in their skills and knowledge, and to participate in remedying these deficiencies Simple indicators of baseline and subsequent competencies will be devised which suit the participants
This report covers the period July 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010, a period of 9 months
Visit of Brian Gunn
CSIRO scientist Brian Gunn travelled to Vietnam in October 2009 to work with TUAF team
in Thai Nguyen to prepare MS 9 report MS9 was a major progress report with many
activities and such visit was deemed necessary for preparation of a comprehensive report
Visit of Khongsak Pinyopusarerk
Khongsak Pinyopusarerk made three visits in October 2009 and March and April 2010 The visit in March was to refine the repeat survey report prepared by TUAF team He also visited
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5.1.1 Continuing Implementation of CFM Plans in four pilot villages
Village nurseries
Seed of Acacia mangium (from CSIRO Australia) and local Mo (Manglietia conifera) was
supplied to the four pilot villages for seedling establishment Development of seedlings was progressing well because villagers now have good experience in raising and caring for the seedlings Unfortunately, both Van Minh and Lang San communes experienced very severe drought since the end of 2009 The drought situation was much worse in Lang San to an extent that villagers did not have water for household consumption As a result, nurseries in Ban Sang and Todooc of Lang San commune were abandoned after in operation for a few months In Van Minh commune, villagers in Na Muc and Khuoi Lieng were able to maintain their nurseries
Fig 1 Mo and acacia seedlings in Na Muc village nursery (March 2010)
The project continues to support a household agroforestry model in Na Muc village This agroforestry plot is located near the major village road and easy to access whole year round
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already prepared for sowing new crop seed
Forest protection
Community forests in both communes have been better protected since project
implementation with significant reduction in the number of incidents of illegal harvest of timber Routine patrols by participating household members and increased awareness of local communities are main factor contributing to the decrease
5.1.2 Repeat survey of four pilot villages
The survey was conducted in February 2010 and full report was provided with the MS11 report The aim of this survey was to determine the changes in the status of community forest management in the project area Based on many indicators, the interventions of CARD project have markedly contributed to positive change in the management of community forest From the interviews, local people all recognize there have been marked changes in community forest over the past three years The active changes are expressed by some basic indicators such as enrichment of community forest, decrease of illegal cases of forest
exploitation, increased compliance with the Law of Forest Protection, especially newly planted forest area While other indicators have not changed or remain the same such as income from community forest development, village’s income, household’s income and running water supply sources Income from plantation will not be realized for several more years until the harvest rotation However, villagers can generate annual income from sale of nursery seedlings due to increasing demand
5.1.3 Dissemination of Results
Support to neighbouring villages
Following a dissemination workshop in June 2009 for 18 neighbouring villages in Van Minh and Lang San communes (Ref MS8), CARD project received many requests for support of good quality seed from some these villages Fore each village which expressed interest, 500 grams each of Mo and acacia seed were distributed through commune leaders In Na Ngoa,
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In Na Ngoa, all 29 households participate in one community nursery Led by village head Mr Tuan, villagers make a roster for daily maintenance (weeding and watering) The system appears to work well (see Fig 3)
Fig 3 Na Ngoa village nursery with a roster for daily maintenance by each household
In Pac Ban where individual household nurseries have been established, many households did not have adequate knowledge and experience to germinate acacia seed and care of the seedlings
Fig 4 A household nursery in Pac Ban village
Village leaders in Na Ngoa and Pac Ban requested CARD project to organise training
courses in nursery propagation and plantation establishment
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Personnel of donor projects such as IFAD, CARE International and Upland Development Program (Germany) have on several occasions visited CARD project sites in Na Ri They have also had discussions with the TUAF team in order to replicate CARD CFM model CARD team will provide technical support to these projects
5.1.4 Production of Extension Materials
After consideration of the priority needs, CARD team of TUAF will soon prepare two
extension materials: “Technical guidelines for village nursery”, and “Technical guidelines for establishment and maintenance of forest plantations”
The guides will use simple language easy to understand and with many illustrations
5.1.5 CARD Workshop
In order to introduce CFM models developed by different projects and to foster linkages and cooperation among projects and organisations in the forestry sector, CARD Program
supported a two-day workshop on CFM at Na Ri district on 20-21 April which was attended
by 80 people from many CARD projects, provincial agencies, AusAID and CARE
International The program consisted of one day for presentation and discussion and one day for field visit to village nurseries and agroforestry model supported by CARD CFM project
Mr Tran Van Dien made a presentation on behalf of CARD CFM project His presentation was well received and generated discussion on issues such as CF land allocation, forest development, village development funds Most CFM projects had a component in forest land allocation and shared similar experience in the complicated process
• Individual households and household groups have organised themselves to continue raising seedlings using their own resources The villagers have become self motivated to grow their own trees and identified the opportunities for income generations which has been a focus of the project
• Villagers have also responded to the benefits of acquiring genetically superior seed that they will benefit from improved financial returns from increased wood yields
• Households have continued to take advantage of the village development funds for economic development and to purchase essential items as part of tree planting activities
There were no formal training activities during this reporting period However, hands-on training was provided as part of on site visits to village nurseries and CFM agroforestry models Some technical advice on nursery establishment was provided to neighbouring villages such as Na Ngoa and Pac Ban in Van Minh commune
5.4 Publicity
This CARD CFM project is well known to MARD authorities, international donors interested
in CFM and rural development and neighbouring provinces Project activities were shown on Bac Kan TV station and mentioned on local radio station
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Mr Hoang Van Hai, Deputy Director of Bac Kan Forest Protection Department continued to
be the Vietnamese project leader with technical support from Mr Tran Van Dien and staff from Thai Nguyen University
Overall the project was well managed Regular contact has been maintained between
Australian and Vietnamese personnel by email and telephone throughout the reporting period Australian team of Khongsak Pinyopusarerk and Brian Gunn visited the project sites
on several occasions
6.1 Environment
There were no environmental issue rising out of activities during this reporting period
Gender balance among the villagers participating in community meetings and receiving training in the course of the project has been identified as an issue requiring close attention throughout the project Women have always been encouraged to participate in all project activities
Issues and Constraints
No major obstacles to the successful implementation of the project However, the issue of future supply of good quality seed needs to be addressed Villagers have requested further support for good seed