Analyzing the transformations of forest PES in Vietnam: Implications for REDD+

Leif Tore Trædal; Pål Olav Vedeld; Jón Geir Pétursson

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2015.11.001

Analyzing the transformations of forest PES in Vietnam: Implications for REDD+

Leif Tore Trædal, Pål Olav Vedeld, Jón Geir Pétursson

Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

University of Iceland

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Abstract

This paper applies a critical institutional framework to analyze the transformation and path dependency of market-resembling environmental policy processes, exemplified by the implementation of forest PES in Vietnam. Here PES did not enter an institutional vacuum, but was rather transformed through a process of reproducing existing institutional structures. This partly reflects established norms and values about 'best-ways' of organizing forest management, but also existing structures of power, tenure and some groups' control over forest resources. In this sense, from a path dependency perspective, the new and 'innovative' market-based approaches, such as PES, do not represent 'critical junctures' with profound impacts on the future trajectory of forest management. The findings may have important implications for the prospects of implementing similar initiatives, such as REDD+. Future schemes of PES and REDD+ should hence to a higher degree take into account the limitations and challenges of institutional reproduction, interplay and path dependency in their planning and implementation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	109-117
Number of pages	9
Journal	Forest Policy and Economics
Volume	62
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2015.11.001
Publication status	Published - Jan 2016

Bibliographical note

Funding Information: A special thanks to Dr. Manh Cuong Pham from the UN REDD Programme Office in Vietnam and Mr. Nam Pham Thanh from the SNV Office in Dalat, who provided invaluable support and advice during the fieldwork in Vietnam and Lam Dong. Also thanks to Dr. Lam Ngoc Tuan at the University of Dalat for his comments and support during the field work. We would also like to express our appreciation to all who assisted during the fieldwork. The research was made possible with the financial support from the Nansen Fund (managed by UNIFOR at the University of Oslo) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences . Publisher Copyright: © 2015.

Other keywords

Forest governance
Institutional path dependency
PES
Policy reforms
REDD+

UN SDGs

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