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Impacts of Payment for Forest Ecosystem Services on Local livelihoods in A Luoi District, Thua Thien Hue Province, Viet Nam

Forest and Society · Vol. 6 No. 2 (2022) · pp. 590–608

DOI
10.24259/fs.v6i2.18808
ISSN
2549-4333, 2549-4724
Published
2022-07-02
Publisher
Forestry Faculty, Universitas Hasanuddin
Language
en
License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Abstract

This paper analyses the impacts of the national Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) policy in A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province, Viet Nam. There are mixed impacts of PFES in A Luoi district. While some surveyed households have experienced increases in income since PFES, for many other incomes have fallen. Our findings show PFES impacts on local communities and individuals are limited because most forest areas are managed by state agencies, leaving only 17.9% of PFES payments being channeled to these groups, while the rest goes to state government agencies and commune people’s committees. This disparity in PFES payments has further widened the income gap between state agencies and local households. PFES payments currently contribute little to household incomes, averaging only 2.64% of total earnings. PFES has little impact and additionality in advancing land tenure security and reducing natural forest product exploitation for generating income as impacts are similar to those found in non-PFES villages. PFES poverty reduction impacts vary from village to village, but in general, percentages of poor households receiving PFES payments range from 1% to 59%.

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Tran Trung ChuyenNam Can Tho University1
Nguyen Tri KhiemNam Can Tho University1
Phan Tran Xuan TrinhNam Can Tho University1
Tran Thanh HuyNam Can Tho University1
Pham Huynh Thuy AnNam Can Tho University1
Nguyễn Thanh VânNam Can Tho University1
Nguyen Thi Thu TamNam Can Tho University1
Moira MoelionoAffiliation unknown1
Indah Waty BongAffiliation unknown1
Grace Yee WongAffiliation unknown1
Maria BrockhausAffiliation unknown1
Micah R. FisherAffiliation unknown1
Ngo Ha ChauAffiliation unknown1
Dao Thi Linh ChiAffiliation unknown1
Hoang Tuan LongAffiliation unknown1

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