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Phuc Xuan To is a research fellow at Resources, Environment and Development Group of Crawford School of Public Policy. Phuc received his PhD in environment at Humboldt University (Germany) in 2007. His dissertation project examines the political economy of the forest sector in Vietnam, with a particular focus on the dynamics of access and control over the forest. From 2007 to 2009, Phuc was working as a postdoc fellow at Anthropology Department of University of Toronto (Canada), where he participated in “The Challenges of Agrarian Transitions in Southeast Asia “ (ChATSEA) project. Since 2009, Phuc has been working with Forest Trends as a senior policy analyst. His work has focused on local dynamics of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) and Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) in the Mekong countries, particularly Vietnam.
Research interests
PES/REDD+
Commodity markets
Land tenure
Resource governance
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Researcher's projects
The political ecology of forest carbon – mainland Southeast Asia’s new commodity frontier (2012-2015), supported by an ARC Discovery Grant, this study aims to understand how forest user in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos respond to the complex local, national and regional dimension of the emerging market for forest carbon.
Project webpage: http://www.crawford.anu.edu.au/rmap/project/details.php?searchterm=political_ecology
In this project Phuc works as a research fellow.
Expertise Areas
- ANTHROPOLOGY
- HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
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Research of forest risk commodities in the Mekong Region - Work Assignment -2
21/06/22 → 31/05/23
Project: Research
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Research of forest risk commodities in the Mekong Region - Work Assignment -1
1/06/21 → 30/05/22
Project: Research
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Vietnam's cross-border timber crackdown and the quest for state legitimacy
To, P. & Mahanty, S., 2019, In: Political Geography. 75, p. -Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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When things become property: Land reform, authority and value in postsocialist Europe and Asia
Sikor, T., Dorondel, S., Stahl, J. & To, P., 2017, 1st ed. New York: Berghahn Books.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Defining Illegal Forest Activities and Illegal Logging
Tacconi, L., Cerutti, P. O., Leipold, S., Jacques Rodrigues, R., Savaresi, A., To, P. & Weng, X., 2016, Illegal Logging and Related Timber Trade – Dimensions, Drivers, Impacts and Responses. Daniela Kleinschmit, Stephanie Mansourian, Christoph Wildburger, Andre Purret (ed.). 1 ed. Vienna: International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), p. 23-35Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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'A new landlord' (dia chu moi)? Community, land conflict and State Forest Companies (SFCs) in Vietnam
To, P., Mahanty, S. & Dressler, W., 2015, In: Forestry Policy and Economics. 58, 2014, p. 21-28Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Social Networks of Corruption in the Vietnamese and Lao Cross-Border Timber Trade
To, P., Mahanty, S. & Dressler, W., 2014, In: Anthropological Forum. 24, 2, p. 154-174Research output: Contribution to journal › Article