Call Prefix : PR-T

Call Suffix : 2016

Call Cutter : D - AgEc 47

Location : SEARCA Library

Format : TD

Publisher : University of the Philippines Los Banos

Publication Date : December 2016

Publication Place : Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines :

Summary : The study estimated the Willingness to Accept and determined the factors affecting the decision of local people to participate in the REDD+ program in Con Cuong district, Nghe An province, Vietnam. Results showed that the mean maximum WTA for a ton of carbon in the Con Cuong district is equivalent to 114,400 VND or US$ 5.2/tC02. On average, a hectare of forest can get 1,658,800 VND/ha or US$ 75.5/ha/year from carbon sequestration. This would generate a social WTA per year of 22.9 billion VND or US$ l.04 million for a total of 3,341 households in the two communes in Con Cuong district. Younger farmers tend to participate more in REDD+ programs because they have less opportunity of working outside their villages. Older people tend to work more in farms near their houses than in the forests that are often far from their homes and difficult to access. WTA increases as the bid amount increases at 10% probability level. Men play an important role in decision making on participation in the REDD+ since men participate mostly in forest activities such as timber logging, patrolling and protecting forests, while women only participate in collecting non-timber forest products such as bamboo shoots. Labor force also is an important factor affecting the decision to participate in REDD+ because the REDD+ requires participants to be involved in measuring carbon sequestration, as well as checking and monitoring forest status every month/year. Only individuals of labor age can participate in forest protection and management. Villagers are more likely to participate in the REDD+ if their forestland increased. This is because the REDD+ will pay for every ton of carbon sequestered from forests. The awareness of REDD+ and non-timber forest products income is also a significant factor influencing the decision to participate in REDD+. Results also showed that REDD+ intervention reduced poverty rate in the two communes by 6.4% (from 39.4% to 33%). However, local people claimed they have not heard of the term REDD+ (90% of respondents). Majority of respondents (96.6%) were aware of the threat of deforestation and forest degradation to the environment but 45% of households admitted that they cleared forests in the past 5 years. The study recommends that local people should be trained/provided information on forest protection, role of forest to local environment, carbon measuring and forest monitoring. Secondly, there is a need to establish a committee for REDD+ payment with participation of local villagers in payment process. The payment of REDD+ should be clear and transparent and participated by the villagers. Thirdly, the security of forestland tenure of individual households is very important for the effective implementation of REDD+. Local authorities should focus on determining the land tenure or rights of forestland owners within villages and communes. Fourthly, there should be a comprehensive research on impact of REDD+ on forest conservation and economic development. Lastly, local people must be allowed to collect non-timber forest products to encourage them not to cut forest trees.