Pu Huong Nature Reserve Management Board received Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister

In 1986, to protect two rare timber species, Po Mu and Sa Moc, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers (now the Prime Minister) signed a decision to officially recognize Pu Huong as a national park.Nature Reservewith an area of ​​5,000 hectares, but after a long time the Management Board has not been established.

In 1995, the Forest Planning and Investigation Institute under the Ministry of Forestry coordinated with the Nghe An Forest Protection Department to conduct a re-survey of natural and social factors. The results showed that Pu Huong had sufficient conditions to build a larger nature reserve because it still retained a large area of ​​natural forest, was less affected by humans and had high biodiversity value.

Comrade Vo Thi Nhung - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development spoke at the ceremony. Photo: Phan Giang

Currently, Pu Huong Nature Reserve Management Board manages 40,223.55 hectares of special-use forest, 6,080.9 hectares of protective forest and 207,813 hectares of production forest, spread across 5 districts (Quy Hop, Quy Chau, Con Cuong, Tuong Duong and Que Phong).

Of the total 1,806 recorded plant species, 76 are listed in theVietnam Red BookForest protection work over the past 20 years has always been identified as one of the top priority tasks.

The Management Board of Pu Huong Nature Reserve solemnly held a seminar to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Photo: Phan Giang

In 20 years, Pu Huong Nature Reserve has organized 1,690 legal dissemination sessions for local people and held 70 buffer zone conferences to discuss forest protection and management. Patrolling, inspecting, detecting and handling violations of the lawforest protection managementThrough patrolling, checking forests and receiving reports from the people, Pu Huong Forest Protection Department has discovered and handled 858 violations of illegal exploitation, transportation of forest products and deforestation for farming.

Thereby, confiscating more than 2,570 m³wood of all kinds and many tools, machines, means of exploitation, hunting, transporting forest products, wild animals such as chainsaws, motorbikes, ox carts, hunting traps, hunting guns. Administrative fines and sale of confiscated forest products paid to the State budget more than 9.8 billion VND, criminal prosecution of 3 cases including 5 subjects.

Pu Huong Nature Reserve Management Board received a Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister. Photo: Phan Giang

Over the past 20 years, the Management Board of Pu Huong Nature Reserve has organized the allocation of 114,227 hectares of forest to people in the buffer zone, with a total budget of more than 29.74 billion VND to support people assigned to protect forests and implemented the policy of supporting production forest planting according to Decision 147/2007/QD-TTg for 2,329 hectares with a total budget of 5.34 billion VND.

Pu Huong Nature Reserve Management Board receives the flag of the Provincial People's Committee. Photo: Phan Giang

6 individuals were awarded Certificates of Merit by the Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee. Photo: Phan Giang

On this occasion, the Management Board of Pu Huong Nature Reserve was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Prime Minister and the Provincial People's Committee awarded a banner "Management Board of Pu Huong Nature Reserve 20 years of construction and development (2002 - 2022)".

6 individuals were also awarded Certificates of Merit by the Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee and 16 individuals were awarded Certificates of Merit by the Director of Nghe An Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for their outstanding achievements in managing, protecting and conserving forests in the Western region./.