Collaborative management of forests and wildlife in Vietnam

This project dealt with land use by local communities and encroachment issues that threatened biodiversity in the Bi Doup-Nui Ba National Park area and buffer zone.

It worked with local communes and the park management board to develop and implement co-management practices that enabled local communities to sustainably utilise natural resources within the park while protecting biodiversity.

This was done by:

• Developing and implementing legal frameworks for community management
• Building the capacity of buffer zone villagers to negotiate, monitor and benefit from comanagement agreements
• Establishing a core protection zone, surrounding land use boundaries and community enforcement groups
• Carrying out an economic feasibility study and developing and implementing a community sustainable financing plan
• Training/empowering communities to monitor their natural resources and manage access to resources and the core national park area, and 
• Reviewing and communicating lessons learned.