 | Redefining Diversity & Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia, Volume 2 Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Southeast Asia, Volumes 1-4 brings together scientific research and policy issues across various topographical areas in Asia to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the region. Upland Natural Resources and Social Ecological Systems in Northern Vietnam, Volume 2 , provides chapters on natural resource management in northern Vietnam tied together by the concept that participatory local involvement is needed in all aspects of natural resource management. The volume examines planning for climate change, managing forestland, alleviating food shortages, living with biodiversity, and assessing the development projects and policies being implemented. Without the involvement of local communities, households, and ultimately individual people, the needed action will not be effectively taken. Upland Natural Resources and Social Ecological Systems in Northern Vietnam, Volume 2 , goes beyond just Northern Vietnam to address the issue of transboundary natural resource management--an issue that Vietnam is dealing with in its relations with northern neighbor, China, and western neighbor, Laos--as well as the transboundary water governance between Pakistan and India in south Asia, with the hope that some of the lessons learned may one day be useful in the case of Vietnam and its neighbors. Ganesh R Shivakoti is an adjunct professor at the Asian Institute of Technology. A member of many organizations including The South Asia Network on Development and Environmental Economics and the South-East Asia Network on Sustainable Upland Natural Resources Management, he has about 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and graduated over 29 doctoral fellows. Mai Van Thanh has 20 years in forestry regional development planning and systems dynamic modeling, working in Vietnam and Austral. Tran Duc Vien is the director of the Centre for Agricultural Research and Ecological Studies and specializes in Agroecology and Human Ecology. Steven Leisz is an associate professor at Colorado State University. He has worked on a number of Environmental Planning and Management initiatives since 1999. |
