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In August 2013, in the community house of Khe Tran village, Phong My commune, Phong Dien district, Thua Thien Hue province, C&E center has coordinated with Forestry Science and Technology Association (FSTA) of Thua Thien Hue to held the Policy dialogue on conversion of forest use purpose combination with training workshop on skills to work with local authorities and stakeholders for Community Forests Management (CFM) Board of Khe Tran village. These activities belong to the framework of the project “Sustainable management of natural forest through raising awareness and building capacity to improve the rights and legal status of ethnic minority communities to natural forest in central Vietnam – 2013” funded by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS).

In August 2013, in the village Xa Nghin I, Za Hung commune, Dong Giang district, Quang Nam, C&E Center has coordinated with the Provincial Forest Protection Department to organize a training of building the Regulation of Forest Protection and Development of Xa Nghin I village and skills working with all levels of authorities combination with the dialogue of coordination in the implementation of the management, protection and development of community forest. The activities are within the framework of the project on Sustainable management of natural forest through raising awareness and building capacity to improve the rights and legal status of ethnic minority communities to natural forest in central Vietnam in 2013 funded by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS).

In June and early July, the Center for Development of Community Initiative and Environment (C&E) in collaboration with local partner organized two training courses for environmentally friendly forest use clubs in Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue.

On Nov.15, 2013, Center for Development of Community Initiative and Environment (C&E) in association with local partners organized the workshop “Status and solutions to support the forest and land allocation process in Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue” in Tam Ky city

Community forests exists as part of local traditions, linking people’s interests with the community’s spiritual and religious beliefs and playing a vital role in the life and culture of ethnic minorities. To promote interests of the community and their role in the sustainability of natural forest, the Government of Vietnam has been allocating forests to the community for long-term management and use since the 1990s