Castella Jean-Christophe auteur aut IRD Boissau Stanislas auteur aut IRD Thanh N.H. auteur aut IRD Novosad P. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access In the early 1990s following the decollectivization of agriculture, the Vietnamese government distributed forest land-use rights to individual households. The new forestland policy had three related objectives: (i) the introduction of a sedentary livelihood system for those populations who had traditionally relied on shifting cultivation and regular migration; (ii) the development of the village economy through tree plantations; and (iii) the protection of forest resources. In this paper, we discuss the changes in land use that resulted from the new forestland policy and the effectiveness of the policy in achieving each of its three objectives. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. specialized land policy forestland allocation natural resource management livelihood systems mountain agriculture Bac Kan Vietnam 098 23 2 147-160 2006 0264-8377 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00000869 10.1016/j.landusepol.2004.07.004 0264-8377 [F B010035624] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00000869 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2006/05/010035624.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2006-05-30 2021-09-02 PAR00000869 fre