Impact of Mangrove Ecosystem Service Value on Farmers' Livelihood Choices – An Empirical Study in the Southern Region of Vietnam

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the impact of mangrove ecosystem service value on farmers' livelihood choices in the southern region of Vietnam. Based on 197 survey samples for farmers in the Southern region and quantitative analyses such as reliability testing, exploratory factor analysis and Binary Logistics regression analysis. The results show that the value of mangrove ecosystem services has a positive impact on farmers' livelihood choices, in which provisioning services are the ecosystem services with the greatest impact, followed by regulating services and finally cultural services. Based on the above findings, the study offers a number of governance implications to help state management agencies, local authorities and development organizations in formulating mangrove conservation policies associated with sustainable livelihood development, raising public awareness of the importance of mangrove ecosystems, thereby promoting the active participation of people in forest protection and rational exploitation of natural resources.