Part 1 – A Rapid Participatory Biodiversity Assessment - IUCN

Livestock grazing in fallow field
Conflict with livestock
The fallow forest in the general vicinity of the plantation pilot site located at waypoint 12 is currently
used as grazing land for the villagers’ cattle. After seedlings were planted for the plantation pilot, they
were trampled by the livestock. According to villagers, this caused some tension between the village
and the company. Burapha requested that the villagers build a fence, but villagers responded that
they didn’t have the resources to do that on their own. The village leadership has made an
announcement urging villagers to watch their cattle.
Village governance and decision-making
Data on demographics, land use and household/village economy has yet to be compiled by the
leadership of the newly consolidated village. Villagers say that the government has done some
surveying, but the data has not yet been fed back to the village administration. The villagers recount
that Burapha originally asked for 200 ha of land. Villagers were concerned about availability of land
for livestock grazing. District officials were alarmed as well, and 14 ha was finally agreed upon. Elders
Union (Neo Hom) members stated that they were not happy with the 14 ha concession and that they
did not agree with any further granting of concessions. Villagers are reportedly not very interested in
the daily wage that has been offered. Elders say that the project has not been introduced well to the
community, so suspicion is high.
2.3.3 Vilabouri District - Representative
landscapes
Vilibouri’s landscape is characterised by isolated
mountainous areas in the east the Central Annamite
ridge and in the west the National Protected Area,
Phou Xang He. Major rivers in the district include the
Xe Bangfai, Xe Noy and Xe Pone. The district has
little cultivated farmland the priority zone lying in the
north-west of the district near Nanioum where a
large plain and abundant rice fields exist.
Representative landscapes visited during the
assessment include:
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