Livelihoods and Land Uses in Environmental Policy Approaches: The Case of PES and REDD+ in the Lam Dong Province of Vietnam

This paper explores assumptions about the drivers of forest cover change in a Payments for Environmental Services (PES) and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) context in the Lam Dong Province in Vietnam. In policy discourses, deforestation is often linked to ‘poor’ and ‘eth...

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Main Authors: Leif Tore Trædal, Pål Olav Vedeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-02-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
PES
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/8/2/39