Agricultural Policy and Land Use Changes in a Black Thai Commune of Northern Vietnam, 1952–1997

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Temporal and spatial variability of agricultural land loss in relation to policy and accessibility in a low hilly region of southeast China

“…Pol- icy has been viewed as one of the most important factors that affect land use choice. A number of studies have examined the effects and effectiveness of policy on land use such as zoning (Munroe et al, 2005), inheritance tax (Adachi et al, 1999), property tax policy (Polyakov and Zhang, 2008), and agricultural policy (Sikor and Truong, 2002). The Chinese government has strengthened the effort of farmland preservation since the middle of the 1980s, the Basic Farmland Protection Regulation and the Land Administration Law are two principal laws governing farmland preservation in China (Lichtenberg and Ding, 2008).…”

Why do people not learn from flood disasters? Evidence from Vietnam’s northwestern mountains

“…The degradation of natural resources through accelerated deforestation and intensive cultivation of annual crops often leaves hill slopes bare and unprotected in the winter season from late September to March, exacerbating surface runoff and underscoring the importance of the lake as a buffer for water storage and controlled release. This seasonal problem gained momentum in the course of the national reform policy doi moi (''renovation''), which started in 1986, when land titles were allocated to households and deforestation activities on upland plots were intensified in order to create space for farmland (Sikor and Truong 2002;Ward and Trimble 2004).…”

Reforestation amidst deforestation: Simultaneity and succession

“…Similarly, in South East Asia, small-scale sedentary agriculture was associated with deforestation but, with intensification, small-scale agriculturalists lead the way to reforestation. As agriculturalists intensified cultivation on better lands, they allowed marginal lands to reforest (Mü ller and Zeller, 2002;Kummer et al, 1994;Sikor and Truong, 2002) or planted them in tree crops (Tachibana et al, 2001). Similarly, intensified agriculture in the lowlands attracted labour in the form of nearby shifting cultivators, thereby reducing forest clearing due to swidden agriculture in the highlands (Schively and Martinez, 2001).…”