ABSTRACT

Customary forest tenure is under increasing pressure from various actors for economic, political, and environmental purposes. The erosion of customary forest tenure can impair societal nature relations, erode traditional practices, and contribute to environmental degradation. In the Mekong Region, customary forest tenure largely remains unprotected through national laws. This article presents a legal analysis examining the extent to which the legal frameworks of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam contain legal provisions for safeguarding customary forest tenure within different resource systems, agricultural land, swidden land and forests, drawing on Schlager and Ostrom’s bundle of property rights. The legal analysis shows significant gaps exist in legal frameworks to safeguard customary tenure. We recommend that policies toward statutory recognition be developed from the ground up and consider the harmonisation between land and forest laws and relevant implementing ministries.

摘要

出于经济、政治和环境目的，传统的森林权属正受到来自不同行为者的越来越大的压力。传统森林权属的侵蚀会损害社会自然关系，侵蚀传统做法，并导致环境退化。在湄公河地区，传统的森林使用权在很大程度上仍未受到国家法律的保护。本文借鉴了 Schlager 和 Ostrom 的理论，对柬埔寨、老挝人民民主共和国、缅甸和越南的法律框架在多大程度上包含了在不同资源系统、农业用地、垦荒地和森林中保障习惯森林权属的法律规定进行了法律分析。产权捆绑。法律分析表明，保护习惯保有权的法律框架存在重大差距。