Disciplinary action against 3 officials for allowing illegal logging of samu wood
(Baonghean.vn) - Three officers of the Na Ngoi - Nam Can Forest Protection Management Station (Ky Son) received disciplinary action for their involvement in the case of 36 illegally exploited Sa mu dau trees in February 2017.
Previously, on February 22, 2017, authorities discovered 36 sa mu dau trees (group 1 in the List of Vietnamese timber groups) equivalent to about 139 cubic meters of wood, illegally exploited in Huoi Nhao village, Nam Can commune, Ky Son district. The incident occurred in the forest area managed by the Nam Can - Na Ngoi Forest Protection Management Station under the Ky Son Protective Forest Management Board.
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| The evidence is being gathered at the yard of the Ky Son Protective Forest Management Board. -Photo: Thanh Cuong |
Immediately after discovering the incident, the Ky Son Protective Forest Management Board held a meeting and disciplined three officers of the Nam Can - Na Ngoi Forest Protection Management Station for allowing deforestation in the forest area they were assigned to manage, said Mr. Cao Van Quynh - Head of the Ky Son District Protective Forest Management Board.
Accordingly, the disciplinary council dismissed Pham Van Tinh, Head of the Nam Can - Na Ngoi Forest Protection Management Station; two officers, Luong Vinh Phuc and Truong Van Sang, received disciplinary action of reprimand.
"After the working group of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development inspected the situation, they found that the disciplinary measures of Mr. Phuc and Mr. Sang were too light compared to the level of violation, so they raised the disciplinary level from reprimand to warning. Mr. Cao Van Quynh - Head of the Ky Son Protective Forest Management Board, is jointly responsible, so he is waiting for the disciplinary measure from the Disciplinary Council of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in early April," added Mr. Trinh Van Thanh, Head of the Department of Organization and Personnel of the Nghe An Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
It is known that Nam Can - Na Ngoi forest protection management station has 5 officers, managing 40,000 hectares of forest. After Mr. Pham Van Tinh was dismissed, Ky Son protective forest management board transferred an officer from the Technical department to replace him.
| Cunninghamia konishii Hayata, scientifically known as Cunninghamia konishii Hayata, belongs to the Taxodiaceae family and is currently only recorded in Nghe An, Thanh Hoa and Son La provinces. Cunninghamia konishii is a rare genetic resource classified at VU A1adC1 level in the Vietnam Red Book in 2007 and ranked in group 2 in the list of rare and endangered forest plants and animals of Decree No. 32 of the Government. This plant species is not only of scientific significance but also of very high economic value. |
Thanh Cuong
