Overview
This project aims to support the co-production, by multiple levels of Vietnamese decision-makers, of a realistic vision for mangroves and land-use transitions under climate change in the increasingly inundated coastal zone of the Mekong Delta.
To support a realistic vision, the project will synthesise the current understanding of the biophysical and agribusiness potential for mangrove-based systems under climate trajectories, the ability of mangroves to tackle multiple development challenges and aspirations especially to benefit local people, and the interest from Vietnamese governments in trialling adaptation pathways or climate-resilient development pathways transition processes. The project will also clarify directions for a potential larger research collaboration supported by ACIAR on climate-resilient land-use transitions in the coastal zone of the Mekong Delta.