dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Bayrak, Mucahid | |
dc.contributor.author | Starmans, Anouk | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-06T09:41:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-06T09:41:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/44969 | |
dc.description.abstract | In the coastal regions of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, integrated mangrove-aquaculture farming has
been gaining increasing popularity because of its apparent preservation-functioning of mangrove
forests while also offering farmers the opportunity to gain an income from doing aquaculture. The
Vietnamese government has regularly managed the ecosystem by using a co-management model in
the form of land allocation. Farmers receive the right to do production on their piece of land but
must adhere to forest-protection rules. This thesis aims to investigate what effect the comanagement model has in the integrated mangrove-aquaculture sector on farmers, other
stakeholders, and the natural environment of Ca Mau, the Southern province of the Mekong Delta,
and how can it be explained using the criteria efficiency, equity, and sustainability. The use of these
three criteria gives a more complete picture of the effects of the co-management model than only
investigating the model from one lens. The commune of Vien An Dong (Viên An Đông), located in Ca
Mau, is used as a case study research location to discover more in-depth and comprehensive
knowledge about the subject. 20 interviews have been executed with farmers from the commune.
Moreover, interviews with two experts have been performed as well as a focus group discussion with
three representative farmers.
With the gathered data, the co-management model in this commune proves to have shortterm positive effects on stakeholders and nature in integrated mangrove-aquaculture farming. It
successfully preserves the mangrove forests and allows farmers to earn an income. However, in the
long run, certain challenges may become difficult to resolve if changes do not occur. These
challenges include farmers’ increasing resistance to the forest ratio rule, the increased encroachment
of pollution within the commune, the inequitable distribution of benefits, and unbalanced relations
of power. Moreover, there is a disparity in opinions between the farmers and other stakeholders
with higher authorities regarding the impact of the co-management model on the commune. The
positive attitudes of governmental organs and independent companies and the negative viewpoints
of farmers towards the co-management model need to become more balanced for the model to
succeed in the future. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.subject | With the use of the co-management model, stakeholders such as the Vietnamese government, NGO's and mangrove-aquaculture farmers protect the natural environment while making profit by producing aquatic animals. This thesis investigates how efficient, equitable, and sustainable this co-management model is in the province of Ca Mau by researching the commune of Vien An Dong. | |
dc.title | The Co-management Model in the Integrated Mangrove-aquaculture Farming in Ca Mau, the Vietnamese Mekong Delta | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Nature-based Solutions, integrated mangrove-aquaculture, co-management, efficiency, equity, sustainability | |
dc.subject.courseuu | International Development Studies | |
dc.thesis.id | 23501 | |