Over the past two decades, the Central Highlands of Vietnam have undergone rapid social, economic and environmental changes. Deforestation, high rates of migration and increasing commercialization in agricultural production have been observed in many parts of this region. These rapid changes were the result of government interventions over the past 25 years and more recently by institutional and policy reforms and changed market conditions (Kerkvliet and Porter, 1996, Thuy, 2000).
