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Livelihood Sovereignty is ‘a holistic ethical alternative solution’ which consists of five inter-relative rights: 1) The right to land, forest and water, clean air and natural landscape (basic); 2) The right to maintain one’s own religion (unique); 3) The right to live according to one’s own way of life and values of happiness and wellbeing within one’s own natural environment (practice); 4) The right to operate according to one’s own knowledge and decide what to plant, initiate, create and invent on one’s own land; (holistic); and 5) The right to co-manage or co-govern natural resources with neighboring communities and local authorities (strategic).
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Nature is the Mother of all creatures. Such a simple and long lasting philosophy should always remind us to promote ‘Friendliness in mind - Faith in our behaviour - and Beauty in our relationships’.
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Photobook: Interdependence with Nature (2022) (06/03/2024)

The photobook “Interdependence with Nature" is a humble collection of personal sharings from the farmers who practice ecological farming in Ha Tinh and Quang Binh, the two provinces in Central Vietnam. Applying the principle of interdependence with the “Forest - Milpa - Rice Field” system, these farmers are maintaining and developing a sustainable ecological farming method which is vulnerable to the monoculture agriculture and the abuse of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides in the slope ecosystem in Vietnam. This farming method also brings a positive impact on climate change.

Biodiversity, Green Economy and Carbon Finance (31/01/2024)

Now with the interdependent harmony of the Earth thoroughly undermined humans are waking up to their mistake and trying to re-embed a greener economy to help save the Earth.

Logical and Transparent Institutionalization of the Ownership and the Owner's representativeness in the land related legislation Logical and Transparent Institutionalization of the Ownership and the Owner's representativeness in the land related (20/06/2022)

This submission proposes to clarify the rights and responsibilities of the State with respect to land to ensure compliance with the 2013 Constitution. The latter stipulates that land and land resources are owned by the entire people and managed by the State on behalf of the owners.

Three terms regarding actualization of Political Platform and Legislature Perception under the leadership of Vietnam Communist Party (20/06/2022)

The People are the owners of land resources, which means each citizen of Vietnam carries two missions for each and the entireity of the 75 million parcels of land in the territory of Vietnam

Structural Poverty and Community Development in Mekong Region Determined by LISO (26/04/2022)

“Helping the indigenous people but without understanding their wisdom, custom and knowledge in their own territorial governance would mean to create a new form of poverty”

Continued Strengthening Livelihood Sovereignty for Villagers Wellbeing through Approaching Holistic Landscape Ecosystem Components (28/03/2022)

With the globalisation of the market economy in a relentless search for ever-increasing levels of economic growth, the balance of humans and nature is being rapidly destroyed

Terms of Reference (ToR) – Political Consultant (11/06/2021)

Political Consultancy Timeline: June – July 2021.
Reviewing Scope: Across Vietnam.
Project location: Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province, Central Highland Vietnam.

CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS (28/05/2021)

This Code of Conduct and Ethics specifies standards of conduct during missions for all SPERI members which include members of the Board of the Institute (former Founding Board), Executive Board members, full-time and part-time staff, seasonal employees, YIELDS – AGREE members, key farmers, volunteers, interns, experts, consultants and other individuals working for or representing SPERI.

ALert System (28/05/2021)

The alert system is a tool to promote responsibility of detecting and reporting in a timely manner of acts related to non-compliance with the SPERI Code of Conduct and Ethics that may cause risks to the philosophy of Nurturing Nature, to good values and traditions of indigenous ethnic communities, as well as to the image and prestige of SPERI and communities.

Agro-Ecology - an Understanding and Practicing with the Indigenous Ethnic Minority Community in Mekong Countries (06/11/2019)

Agro-ecology is a short name which combined Cultivation and Ecology in one term “Agro-ecology”. agro-ecology supports the value of Community Wellbeing over that of Community Production.

Other Stories

Specialized seminar on community-based land and forestland allocation(08/01/2014)

Transparent forest right for equality of payment of environment services in Si Ma Cai district(02/01/2014)

Since awareness to action in ensuring the land rights of Ja Rai ethnic community (05/12/2013)

The ethnic minority people’s future hung by a single threat - Inadvertent or deliberate inconsistency among different legislative document(23/10/2013)

Ideological recommendation for improvement of draft Land Law 2013(21/10/2013)

No. 75/CV-SPERI/Contribution to the Revision of the draft Land Law 2013(21/10/2013)

Financialiazation of land – unresolvable dilemma(21/10/2013)

No. 21/CV-SPERI on contributing opiniouns to the draft revised Land Law (21/10/2013)

No.128/KN-SPERI/Ref. Recommending solutions to land use and management in mountainous, ethnic minority communities(21/10/2013)

Critique on Anti-Curruption Law and its definition of curruption(21/10/2013)

Ecological Farming Activist - Lý Seo Vư(15/09/2013)

Farming Based Better Mekong Region: 5 reasons to prove through HEPA model(15/09/2013)

Livelihood and anthropology (13/09/2013)

Vietnam and Laos: The Price of Rice(13/09/2013)

Ma Lieng: Worshipping Ceremony for the Earthen Holy(13/09/2013)

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Biodiversity, Green Economy and Carbon Finance

Decree 80/2020/Nđ-Cp From Speri’s Perspective

Logical and Transparent Institutionalization of the Ownership and the Owner's representativeness in the land related legislation Logical and Transparent Institutionalization of the Ownership and the Owner's representativeness in the land related

Three terms regarding actualization of Political Platform and Legislature Perception under the leadership of Vietnam Communist Party

Structural Poverty and Community Development in Mekong Region Determined by LISO

Terms of Reference (ToR) – Political Consultant

CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS

ALert System

Agro-Ecology - an Understanding and Practicing with the Indigenous Ethnic Minority Community in Mekong Countries

Ecological Livelihood Understanding

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Industrial cassava cultivation story in Vi K Oa village

Industrial cassava cultivation story in Vi Klang 2 village

Women in Vi Po E 2 village sharing about their upland farming

A masterpiece of Nature and People in Kon Plong

SPERI: Native Rice Varieties of the H're in Po E commune, Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province, Vietnam

SPERI: New Rice Ritual of the Hre in Po E commune, Kon Plong district, Kon Tum Province

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