Land use, poverty & environment

Preliminary findings

Land use, poverty & environment - Preliminary findings

Presentation Presentation OverviewOverview

1. Assembling & mapping indicators

2. Combining database analysis & case study findings

3. Poverty & environment questions & tentative answers

1. Assembling & mapping indicators

Land use, poverty & environment - Preliminary findings

• Upland / lowland divide is a major theme for land use and poverty & environment analysis in the region

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Land use, poverty & environment - Preliminary findings

• District-level indicators are a powerful poverty & environment tool … but data is often not available / reliable

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Land use, poverty & environment - Preliminary findings

• Are % of forest land & trends a contrast indicator (upland / lowland, regions), or a causal indicator of poverty & environment?

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Land use, poverty & environment - Preliminary findings

• Commercial logging (natural forest zoned for production): mapping location? understanding access?

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Land use, poverty & environment - Preliminary findings

• Do poverty & environment linkages differ among categories of ethnic communities?(Location of “Southern groups”)

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2. Combining case study findings and

database analysis

Land use, poverty & environment - Preliminary findings

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analysisanalysisCategory of I ndicator Examples

Needed for both uplands and lowlands and available

Access to clean water Number of villages per commune Paddy field per capita Population density

Needed for uplands … … but difficulties

Actual forest cover rate Change in paddy rice area per capita Categories of ethnic groups

Needed for either uplands or lowlands … … but limited availability

Large and small mines Land allocation to economic organizations Floods Coastal degradation

Land use, poverty & environment - Preliminary findings

• Complete assembling database : actual forest cover rate

• National analysis of selected district-level indicators

• Additional analysis for 3 case study provinces

• Comparative analysis in surveyed communities

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3. Poverty & environment questions &

tentative answers

Land use, poverty & environment - Preliminary findings

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answersanswersQuestion I ndicator

How diff erent are poverty & environment linkages in upland & lowlands ?

Population density & growth Elevation, slope % forest land / total land Paddy field per capita Number of villages per commune Access to water source

Are the upland poor aff ected by resource decrease? degradation? natural risks ?

Change in % forest land Change in paddy rice area/capita Change in large animals/household

Are the upland poor aff ected by lack of access?

Types of forest Forestland allocation to economic organizations Ethnic minority people

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answersanswersI ndicator Policy answers

Water access & quality Population growth + Paddy field per capita Change in paddy rice area/capita Change in large animals/household Major risks of flood

> Clean water access investment at village level > Continued investment into upland integrated rural development > Upland- lowland environmental awareness programs

Change in % forest land Types of forest Forestland allocation to economic organizations Ethnic minority people

> Shift from focus on forest & environment issues > Address diff erently Northern / Central uplands > Help the upland poor enter modern legal framework (capacity, pilots)

Number of villages per commune > Target village level