Information on the thesis "Environmental Conflicts Between Social Groups in Trong Doi Tam Village, Doi Son Commune, Duy Tien District, Ha Nam Province" by graduate student Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh, majoring in Sociology.1. Student's Full Name: 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 No. 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH, dated October 14, 2009, issued by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: Environmental Conflicts Between Social Groups in Trong Doi Tam Village, Doi Son Commune, Duy Tien District, Ha Nam Province 8. Major: Sociology; Code: 60 31 30 9. Scientific Advisor: Dr. Dao Thanh Truong 10. Summary of the thesis results: Through the research, investigation, and survey process, the thesis has obtained certain results: The thesis has presented the current state of environmental conflicts in Doi Tam village, and from there proposed measures to address environmental pollution through the identification and resolution of environmental conflicts. Environmental conflicts in Doi Tam village manifest in three forms: conflicts of objectives, conflicts of interests, and conflicts of perception. Conflicts of perception in Doi Tam village are relatively subtle because both those engaged in the occupation and those not engaged in the occupation are clearly aware of the causes of environmental pollution. Conflicts of objectives and conflicts of interest are the two main causes, mainly occurring within the craft village. Social groups in the village have different objectives and interests regarding the exploitation, use, and protection of natural resources, leading to environmental conflicts (issues of economic objectives, interests, and income conflicting with objectives and interests regarding health protection and environmental protection among social groups). The parties involved in the environmental conflict in Doi Tam craft village include households engaged in traditional crafts, households not engaged in crafts, and the local environmental management authority. Current environmental pollution in the craft village is recorded as water pollution, noise pollution, and air pollution. Environmental pollution is the main cause of environmental conflicts and affects the health of the people. In this thesis, the author analyzes the level, forms of manifestation, and measures to resolve environmental conflicts that have been and are being implemented in the locality. The methods chosen by the people to resolve environmental conflicts are mediation, avoiding intervention with the local government acting as an intermediary. When conflicts arise, most people express strong opinions, report to village officials, notify and request the commune to resolve the issue. When resolving conflicts, the government mainly mediates between households, followed by households resolving conflicts themselves. To resolve existing conflicts within craft villages, the root causes of these conflicts must be addressed. The first and most crucial solution is environmental pollution. To thoroughly address the causes of this pollution, local authorities have implemented measures such as relocating craft households away from residential areas, establishing small-scale industrial zones, collecting production and household waste in designated areas, and treating wastewater. They have also intensified efforts to disseminate information and knowledge about the harmful effects of pollution on people's health and how to address it. The most important measure for achieving effectiveness and determining the success of these two measures is to strengthen community participation and collaboration among social groups to achieve consensus on environmental protection. Before making a decision or issuing regulations and policies, they must be presented to the people so that they are aware, can contribute additional information and implementation measures, and can effectively apply those regulations based on practical experience. 11. Practical application: The topic has provided a research study on the issue of pollution and environmental conflicts in traditional craft villages today. The most important practical contribution is the proposal of solutions for handling environmental pollution through the identification and resolution of environmental conflicts. The solutions and proposals are not suitable for all craft villages; however, they serve as a reference source for future research on decision-making regarding the management of environmental conflicts in craft villages. 12. Further research directions: None 13. Published works related to the thesis: None
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
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
