Dr Ho Ngoc Son is currently a Professor in Climate change and Indigenous knowledge at Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry. He obtained a PhD in Global Environmental Change (2013) from the Australian National University. In addition to research and teaching for university students, Dr Son worked as a Deputy Director of the Agriculture and Forestry Research and Development Centre for Mountainous Region where he has led many development projects. All these projects aim at promoting the equality, the rights and voices and empowerment for ethnic minority women in remote areas of Vietnam.
Projects
Regional partnership for localisation of NDC through community-led “local adaptation innovation hubs” in the Asia-Pacific region
Promoting nature-based solutions for food security and climate change resilience among ethnic minority people in the Northern Mountainous Region of Vietnam
Citizen science and co-experimentation for scaling up climate smart agriculture (CSA) in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam
Using indigenous knowledge to enhance community resilience to climate change in the mountainous region of Vietnam
Recent work
Promoting nature-based solutions for climate resilience and low carbon economy among ethnic minorities: A case study of Son La province, Vietnam
Agroecological rice farming: An approach for economic benefit and energy efficiency in the Northern mountainous region of Vietnam
The role of Tay indigenous knowledge in climate change adaptation in the Northern Mountainous Region of Vietnam
Indigenous knowledge and the enhancement of community resilience to climate change in the Northern Mountainous Region of Vietnam
