Land and forest allocation associated with forest fire prevention and control
(Baonghean.vn) - The need to speed up the implementation of the project on forest allocation associated with forestry land allocation and forest fire prevention in Nghe An province is the content that the Provincial People's Committee discussed solutions for implementation at the meeting on the afternoon of June 12.
On the afternoon of June 12, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to review the performance of the Steering Committee of the Sustainable Forestry Development Target Program of Nghe An province for the period 2016 - 2020, deploy the report on the first 6 months of the year and tasks for the last 6 months of the year. Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee chaired.
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| Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting. Photo: Van Truong |
Improve forest quality
The target program for sustainable forestry development in the period of 2016 - 2020 is determined to improve forest productivity and quality, contribute to mitigating natural disasters, and protect the ecological environment; respond to climate change and rising sea levels associated with the tasks of forest protection, new forest planting, reforestation, forest protection and conversion of small timber plantations into large timber plantations, and strictly control forestry varieties.
Since the beginning of 2019, the Steering Committee has coordinated and organized thousands of patrols, arrested and handled 229 cases of forestry law violations, contributing more than 2.1 billion VND to the State budget. The whole province has planted 7,191,000 hectares, well protecting over 965,705 hectares of forest. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has completed the review of forestry land funds associated with the planning of 3 types of forests submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on May 10.
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| In the mountainous districts of Nghe An, forest cover density is quite large. Photo courtesy |
Forest allocation work is associated with forestry land, completing the establishment of provincial and district level forest land allocation working groups, promulgating the working group's regulations. Up to now, the whole province has allocated 32,000 hectares of forest and forestry land in the districts of Tuong Duong, Que Phong, Con Cuong...
In 2019, Nghe An plans to allocate 109,609 hectares of forest in 19 districts, cities and towns in the province. However, the progress of forest allocation and forestry land allocation is still slow compared to the requirements.
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| Comrade Nguyen Khac Lam - Director of Forest Protection and Development Fund spoke at the meeting. Photo: Van Truong |
Strengthening forest fire protection and prevention
Also in the meeting, the Steering Committee chairing the Sustainable Forestry Development Target Program also listened to and commented on the following contents: Draft detailed regulations on authority, scope of responsibility, forest protection and development management for organizations when violations related to forest management and protection occur in the area; Listened to and commented on the draft document providing temporary guidance on the order and procedures for land allocation and land lease associated with forest allocation and lease for investment projects in the area; Listened to the draft plan to strengthen the work of planting, managing, protecting and developing forests in the Nghe An border area.
Concluding the meeting, Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed: Although the implementation of the program has achieved many remarkable results, there are still limitations. There is still a situation of illegal forest exploitation on a small scale, land allocation associated with forest allocation is still slow, seed management work according to the new regulations of the Forestry Law is still confusing, and efficiency is not high...
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| Checking forest fire prevention and control work in Nam Dan. Illustration photo: Van Truong |
Deploying tasks in the coming time, comrade Dinh Viet Hong suggested: The Forestry sector needs to implement and thoroughly resolve the situation of encroachment on production forest land and protective forest land; Review and cancel raw material area planning for factories that do not implement the planning, do not organize joint ventures and partnerships with the people.
Strengthen forest protection and management, pay special attention to forest fire prevention and fighting, speed up the progress of forest allocation associated with forestry land... Prepare a report and submit to the Provincial People's Council on the results of reviewing the forestry land fund associated with adjusting the boundary area of 3 types of forests, submit to the council for comments and integrate into the provincial planning according to the direction of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Exploiting revenue sources well to protect and develop forests
(Baonghean.vn) - That was the opinion of Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong at the working session of the National Assembly delegation's supervision delegation at the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on the implementation of policies and laws on management and use of extra-budgetary state financial funds in the period 2013 - 2018 for the Provincial Forest Protection and Development Fund, on the morning of March 20.
Comrade Truong Dinh Tuyen worked in Con Cuong on developing rich forests.
(Baonghean.vn) - In order to prepare for the Workshop on Orientation for rapid and sustainable development of the wood and non-timber forest products processing industry in Nghe An province until 2025, with a vision to 2030, on the afternoon of February 26, the provincial working delegation and experts had a working session with the leaders of Con Cuong district.
