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dc.contributor.authorTrædal, Leif Tore
dc.contributor.authorAngelsen, Arild
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-11T09:18:08Z
dc.date.available2020-11-11T09:18:08Z
dc.date.created2020-09-28T13:26:30Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationForests. 2020, 11(10), 1038en_US
dc.identifier.issn1999-4907
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2687279
dc.description.abstractVietnam has seemingly been able to shortcut the forest transition (FT) by quickly moving to the reforestation phase. Provincial-level forest cover and socio-economic trends are, however, not necessarily compatible with a standard FT framework. This article compares forest cover change and associated policy reforms in two provinces. Bac Kan is one of the poorest provinces in Vietnam, and has, after years of deforestation and forest degradation, expanded its forest cover during the past two decades. In contrast, Lam Dong province has higher GDP and population density, but has had high deforestation linked to expansion of perennial crops. This is contrary to what could be expected from a conventional FT hypothesis. Land use dynamics in Vietnam is heavily driven by its historical heritage related to the independence from French rule and heavy state-control and collectivization, and its more recent shift to “market-led socialism” (doi moi), involving export promotion, decentralization and land tenure reforms. The Vietnam experience shows that policies can trump the typical FT patterns linked to general development trends and structural changes, and that the typical FT-trajectory is not unavoidable. Yet, these policies have not primarily been guided by forest concerns, but should be viewed as a side effect of the doi moi policies pursuing economic growth and of the devolution of rights and decision-making.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titlePolicies Drive Sub-National Forest Transitions in Vietnamen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber21en_US
dc.source.volume11en_US
dc.source.journalForestsen_US
dc.source.issue10en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/f11101038
dc.identifier.cristin1834262
dc.source.articlenumber1038en_US
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