Thesis information "Environmental conflicts between social groups in Trong Doi Tam village, Doi Son, Duy Tien, Ha Nam" by HVCH Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh, majoring in Sociology.1. Full name of student: Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: May 23, 1986. 4. Place of birth: Tien Hiep Commune Health Station. 5. Decision to recognize student No.: 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH, dated October 14, 2009 by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 6. Changes during the training process: None. 7. Thesis topic: Environmental conflicts between social groups in Trong Doi Tam village, Doi Son, Duy Tien, Ha Nam. 8. Major: Sociology; Code: 60 31 30 9. Scientific advisor: Dr. Dao Thanh Truong. 10. Summary of the results of the thesis: Through the process of research, investigation, and survey, the topic has obtained certain results: The thesis has presented the current situation of environmental conflicts in Doi Tam village, thereby proposing measures to handle environmental pollution through identifying and handling environmental conflicts. Environmental conflicts in Doi Tam village are manifested in three forms: conflicts of goals, conflicts of interests, and conflicts of perception. Conflicts of perception in Doi Tam village are quite vague because both the working and non-working parties are clearly aware of the causes of environmental pollution. Conflicts of goals and conflicts of interests are the two main causes, mainly occurring in craft villages. Social groups in the village have different goals and interests in exploiting, using, and protecting natural resources, leading to environmental conflicts (the problem of goals, economic interests, and income conflicting with the goals and interests of protecting health and protecting the environment among social groups). The parties involved in environmental conflicts in Doi Tam craft village include households doing traditional crafts, households not doing crafts, and local environmental management authorities. Environmental pollution in the craft village is currently recorded as water, noise, and air pollution. Environmental pollution is the main cause of environmental conflicts, affecting people's health. In his thesis, the author analyzed the level, manifestations, and measures to resolve environmental conflicts that have been and are being implemented in the locality. The measures to resolve environmental conflicts that people choose are mediation, avoiding the intervention of the local government as an intermediary. When conflicts arise, most people show harsh attitudes, report to village officials, notify and request the commune to resolve them. When resolving conflicts, the government mainly mediates between households, then the households reconcile with each other. To resolve the conflicts that exist in craft villages, we must address the root cause of the conflict. The first solution, and the one that plays a key role in resolving environmental conflicts, is environmental pollution. To thoroughly address the cause of this environmental pollution, local authorities have taken measures to move households out of residential areas, build small-scale industrial zones, collect production and domestic waste in concentrated areas, and treat production wastewater. Strengthen the dissemination of information and knowledge about the harmful effects of pollution caused by production on people's health and how to handle pollution. The most important measure to achieve effectiveness and determine the success of the above two measures is to increase the participation of the community and of collaborative social groups to reach consensus in environmental protection. Before deciding on an issue, or making regulations and policies, it is necessary to present them to the people so that they know, contribute more information and implementation measures so that those regulations go from practice and are applied to practice in the most effective way. 11. Practical applicability: The topic has provided a field study on the issue of pollution and environmental conflicts in traditional craft villages today. The most important practical contribution is to propose solutions to handle environmental pollution through identifying and handling environmental conflicts. The solutions and proposals are not suitable solutions for all craft villages, but they are a source of reference information for the decision-making process on environmental conflict management in craft villages in future studies. 12. Further research directions: None 13. Published works related to the thesis: None
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1. Name: Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh. 2. Sex: Female. 3. Date of Birth: May 23, 1986. 4. Place of Birth: Tien Hiep commune Health Center. 5. Student recognition Decision No.: 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH, October 14th 2009 by Principal of Social Sciences and Humanities University, National University. 6. Changes in training process: None. 7. Thesis title: Environmental conflicts among social groups in Trong Doi village, Doi Son commune, Duy Tien district, Ha Nam province. 8. Specialization: Sociology; Code no.: 60 31 30 9. Supervisor: Dr. Dao Thanh Truong. 10. Thesis result summary: The thesis has displayed actual situation of environmental conflicts in Doi Tam village; basing on that the solutions for solving environmental pollution by eliminating and processing environmental conflicts. Environmental conflicts in Doi Tam village were expressed in three kinds: goal conflict, interest conflict, and cognition conflict. Cognition conflict in Doi Tam village in fact was quite faint since both handicraft-side and non-handicraft-side were aware of the cause of environmental pollution. Goal conflict and interest conflict were the two principle causes, mainly taking place inside the handicraft village. The social groups of the village had different goals and interests from the exploitation, use and preservation of the natural resources which led to environmental conflicts (goal, economic interest, and income issues in conflict with health caring and environmental protection among social groups). The stakeholders in environmental conflicts in Doi Tam village included handicraft household, non-handicraft household, and local environmental management authority. Environmental pollutions recognized in the village were water resource pollution, noise pollution, and air pollution. Environmental pollution was the main problem leading to environmental conflicts and affecting the health of villagers. In this thesis, the author analyzes the levels, forms of expression, and solutions for environmental conflicts used or being used in the local village. The solutions for environmental conflicts used by villagers were mediation arrangement, avoiding along with the interference as intermediary role of local authority. When conflicts happened, the majority of villagers showed acute attitude (52.3%), reflecting to village cadres (48.2%), informing and suggesting resolution from the commune (52.8%). When solving the conflicts, mainly the authority stood as mediation agency among househoulds (74.3%); coming in the second rank was that households reconciled among themselves (67.9%). In order to resolve the conflicts existing in the village, the causes of conflicts must be solved thoroughly. The first and leading role solution in resolving the environmental conflicts was environmental pollution. To solve this thoroughly, the local authority had moved the handicraft household out of residential area, constructing small-scale industry and handicraft area, collecting garbage from production and living activities into concentrated area, processing waste water from production. Enhancing the dissemination of information and knowledges about the harm of pollution from production to people's health and of handling pollution. The most important measure to achieve the efficiency and success of the two solutions above was to increase the participation of community and social groups to reach the consensus in environmental protection. Before deciding one issue, or making regulation and policy, the issue must be brought to the citizens so that they know, contributing more information and measures for the regulation to go into reality and apply into reality in the most effective way. 11. Capacity of pragmatic application: This topic has brought about a case study of environmental conflicts in traditional handicraft village today. The most important pragmatic contribution is to recommend the resolutions for environmental pollution by eliminating and solving environmental conflicts in Doi Tam drum-handicraft village. The suggested solutions and recommendations are not appropriate for all handicraft villages; however it is the reference information for the decision-making process in environmental conflict management inhandicraft villages and studies on environmental conflicts in the future. 12. Future research direction: None 13. Published works related to thesis: None
