Government of Vietnam (GoV) policies have affected the forest-related activities of Khe Tran village. Prior to 1992, the upland forest, one of the last remaining patches of lowland evergreen forest including and adjacent to Khe Tran, was considered a ‘productive forest’ and managed by logging companies under the Department of Forestry at the province level. Then in 1992 this site, ‘dominated by a ridge of low mountains, which extends south-east from the Annamite mountains and forms the border between Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue provinces’, was recognised for its ‘important role in protecting downstream water supplies and reducing flooding.
