Deal #3378
Vietnam
Created at
2013-03-12
Last update
2022-03-28
Last full update
2022-03-18
How did the community react?
Community reaction
Rejection
Comment on community reaction
All the 17 families in Ban Danh village depend on the forest. Says Mr. Pun Tai, 65 year of age:
‘Thanks to the forest I can earn some money from chopping down reeds and drying them to sell. If
foreigners cut down all bamboos and reeds to grow eucalyptus, how can we make a living then?
We have been living from the forest for a long time and we cannot give it to them (foreigners)’.
Ban Danh villagers also worry that they may lose their only pasture land.
Promised benefits for local communities
Comment on promised benefits for local communities
Leasing forest in Ha Lau commune, InnovGreen promised to build roads and create jobs for local
people, but until now the ten kilometer road to Ban Danh village is still a rough dirt road.