Natural forests in Vietnam have experienced rapid declines in the last 70 years, as a result of degradation from logging and conversion of natural forests to timber and rubber plantations. Degradation of natural forests leads to loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, impacting the livelihoods of surrounding communities. Efforts to address ongoing loss of natural forests, through mechanisms such as Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+), require an understanding of the links between forest degradation and the livelihoods of local communities, which have rarely been studied in Vietnam. We combined information from livelihood surveys, remote sensing and forest inventories around a protected natural forest area in North Central Vietnam. For forest-adjacent communities, we found natural forests contributed an average of 28% of total household income with plantation forests contributing an additional 15%. Although officially prohibited, logging contributed ...

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REDD +减少越南森林退化的潜力

由于天然林的砍伐和改建为木材和橡胶种植园，越南的天然林在过去70年中经历了迅速的衰退。天然林的退化导致生物多样性和生态系统服务的丧失，影响了周围社区的生计。通过诸如减少毁林和退化造成的排放量（REDD +）之类的机制来解决天然林不断丧失的努力，需要了解森林退化与当地社区生计之间的联系，而越南很少对此进行研究。我们结合了来自越南中北部受保护的天然林地区的生计调查，遥感和森林清单的信息。对于邻近森林的社区，我们发现天然林平均贡献了家庭总收入的28％，而人工林则贡献了另外15％。虽然正式禁止采伐，但造成了...