Natural resources in Vietnam

Uploaded on Oct 19, 2011
Forest-dependent people are largely missing out on new wealth generated through Vietnam's increased economic development. The Centre for Sustainable Development of Mountain Areas (CSDM) is promoting allocation of mountain areas to local people, helping local authorities and people address the issue of conflict in forest management. RECOFTC -- The Center for People and Forests partners with CSDM to translate findings of research on forests rights into practical recommendations for communities and policymakers. The two organizations are working together to help local people allocate forestland to households following their own recommendations. The communities in Lang Son seek to manage their forest resources in ways that will be beneficial to them now and their children in the future.

Produced and directed by:
RECOFTC -- The Center for People and Forests



Uploaded on Oct 19, 2011
Tram Chim National Park is one of two wetland preservation areas in a richly biodiverse part of Vietnam called the Plain of Reeds. In an effort to balance the difficult work of conservation with the demands of poor communities in the surrounding areas that depend on the park's resources for their livelihoods, Tram Chim is working on innovative ways to involve the local people in the conservation process. Community based sustainable use of natural resources is one approach the Park has begun to explore.

The park has been working with poor groups that demonstrate an interest in and commitment to resource conservation. The groups develop resource management plans that are reviewed and approved by park officials, granting the local people permission to enter the national park and gather sanctioned resources for their livelihoods. Since the inception of this system, park officials find their conservation and regulation work is much easier, and local people have greater incomes to provide more stability for their family. Villagers recognize the value of conserving resources today to ensure the abundance of resources will remain for future generations.

This project has been implemented by the park in cooperation with World Wildlife Fund funded by Coca-Cola and permitted by Dong Thap Provincial People Committee between 2008-2001. This film was produced by Institute of Tropical Biology in collaboration with Tram Chim National Park, RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests, and The University of East Anglia, with financial support from the British Economic and Social Research Council.

Tram Chim National Park, Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province, Vietnam

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Dr. Mads Gilbert

Published on Aug 7, 2014
Dr. Mads Gilbert from Tromsø, Norway (Twin City with Gaza City), was working at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza during the last Israeli onslaugt on Gaza. When he returned from Gaza to his home-town Tromsø on July 31 2014, he went straight from the airport to give this spontaneous speech at a large solidarity demonstration for Gaza held at the same time. The regional newspaper "Nordlys" ("Northern Light") streamed the demonstration and featured Dr. Mads' speech on their web-site. They have donated the video. It was transcribed and subtitled in English through a solidarity effort by Norwegian film and video professionals. The video can be shared and used for non-commercial purposes.

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Jean Paul Sartre

Tráfico de Armas

La circulación de armas en R.D. Congo y en los Grandes Lagos siguen siendo una plaga. Existe una red de tráfico que viola el embargo ; tráfico que constituye una de las causas principales de los conflictos en RDC y en la región. Este comercio macabro alimenta perfectamente a mucha gente. El Grupo de investigación e información sobre la paz y la seguridad, GRIP, instalado en Bruselas, acaba de publicar un informe abrumador, firmado por Georges Berghezan, que afirma que esta situación persiste a pesar de todas las resoluciones de la ONU. Apunta directamente a Rwanda, Libia y a países del este de Europa, sin olvidar a los antiguos beligerantes de la guerra de agresión de 1998-2003 en RDC. De pasada, se detiene en las rivalidades y bazas regionales e internacionales entre Francia y EE.UU, para explicar justamente las razones de la ineficacia del embargo, tantas veces violado. En el momento en que en Goma se reflexiona sobre la paz, seguridad y desarrollo en los dos Kivu, este informe, publicado el 3 de diciembre de 2007 sobre la red de tráfico de armas, es oportuno.

Dará motivos para que los participantes reflexionen y no se paren en un examen superficial de la situación. El informe constituye una verdadera invitación para que vayan al fondo de los asuntos, ya que, una vez más, la RDC está en el centro de intereses regionales e internacionales. El informe del GRIP afirma que el trafico de armas hacia el este de la RDC no ha cesado, al menos hasta agosto de 2007, tanto por vía naval como aérea, con la bendición de numerosos Estados, tanto africanos como europeos y americanos. A pesar de las resoluciones de la ONU, el tráfico hacia Ituri y los Kivu ha gozado de buena salud. GRIP cita los informes de expertos de la ONU que denunciaron en varias ocasiones la violación del embargo, indicando nombres y apellidos, movimientos armados, países concernidos. Desdichadamente no se ha adoptado sanción alguna. La plaga persiste y cuasa víctimas, desestabiliza la región, sin que diversas iniciativas de paz aporten una solución duradera.