CIFOR-ICRAF s’attaque aux défis et aux opportunités locales tout en apportant des solutions aux problèmes mondiaux concernant les forêts, les paysages, les populations et la planète.

Nous fournissons des preuves et des solutions concrètes pour transformer l’utilisation des terres et la production alimentaire : conserver et restaurer les écosystèmes, répondre aux crises mondiales du climat, de la malnutrition, de la biodiversité et de la désertification. En bref, nous améliorons la vie des populations.

CIFOR-ICRAF publie chaque année plus de 750 publications sur l’agroforesterie, les forêts et le changement climatique, la restauration des paysages, les droits, la politique forestière et bien d’autres sujets encore, et ce dans plusieurs langues. .

CIFOR-ICRAF s’attaque aux défis et aux opportunités locales tout en apportant des solutions aux problèmes mondiaux concernant les forêts, les paysages, les populations et la planète.

Nous fournissons des preuves et des solutions concrètes pour transformer l’utilisation des terres et la production alimentaire : conserver et restaurer les écosystèmes, répondre aux crises mondiales du climat, de la malnutrition, de la biodiversité et de la désertification. En bref, nous améliorons la vie des populations.

CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

How to combine scientific and local knowledge to develop sustainable land use practices in the uplands-a case study from Vietnam and Laos

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Global population growth and increasing wealth exert pressure to convert forests to agricultural, industrial or residential land. Land use changes, together with the diversity in physical and socio-economic conditions in the uplands of northern Vietnam and Laos, require new sustainable land use options for obtaining food security as well as for environmental protection. A Knowledge-Based System (KBS) approach, whereby local and scientific knowledge are combined to develop new land use options, is being tested by a consortium of researchers, extension agents and farmers in the Dong Cao catchment, Hoa Binh province, Vietnam, and in Pakchae village, Park ou District, Luangprabang, Laos. The methods employed are field measurements of erosion on a catchment scale, computer simulations using the Water, Nutrient and Light Capture in Agroforestry Systems (WaNuLCAS) and Generic Model for River Flow (GenRiver) models, application of PRA/RRA tools and the Agro-Ecological Knowledge Toolkit for Windows – WinAKT 4.06. Effects on soil and water conservation, as well as on household economies of current and future land use options in different landscape units at the two sites have been evaluated

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