Cu Lao Cham-Hoi An Biosphere Reserve/Cham Island Marine Protected Area, Hoi An, Vietnamss(es), Vietnam
 Research Article   
								
																Decision Making in Social Ecological Systems: The Influence of 'Van Chai' on Decision Making in Biosphere Reserves and Marine Protected Areas in Vietnam 
																Author(s): Bieke Abelshausen*, Tom Vanwing, Wolfgang Jacquet, Huy Thanh Nguyen, Thao Le Ngoc and Pieter Meurs             
								
																
						 Contextualisation  in environmental management has been recognised for its importance for  sustainable development for several decades. The provision of empirical  justification for this understanding is however not extensively available. Analysis of empirical data is conducted for this provision  through research in decision making  processes and participation  in two specific social-ecological contexts in Vietnam, i.e. the Cu Lao Cham–Hoi  An Biosphere Reserve and the Ran Trao Marine Protected Area in  Vietnam. Questionnaire based quantitative analysis included the exploration of differences between  and within the two research  areas from both a participation rate and a decision-making  perspective. The analysis reveals that differentiations exist between the  different levels of social organisation for both participation rate and decision  making. Measures of association can.. View more»