Afforestation and forestry land allocation in northern Vietnam: Analysing the gap between policy intentions and outcomes

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 458-470

  Clement, Floriane ^a   Amezaga, Jaime M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afforestation programme; Devolution of land use rights; Forest policy; IAD framework; Institution; Land allocation; Northern Vietnam; Policy implementation

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; AFFORESTATION; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; INCENTIVE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 56949101065     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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