Quy Chau district leaders dialogue with people after deforestation incident

Attending the event were the District People's Council, leaders of the Mass Mobilization Committee, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; the Protective Forest Management Board, and the Land Use Registration Office. Photo: Ke Kien

At the meeting, there were 22 direct comments and 24 general comments from local people to the departments and leaders of the District People's Committee, focusing on prominent issues such as: Degraded traffic system; granting of forest land use right certificates associated with forest allocation; unfair forest land allocation, issues related to deforestation, illegal conversion of forest purposes...

People directly reported many prominent issues that have occurred in Chau Thuan commune in recent times. Photo: Ke Kien

During the dialogue, Mr. Ngo Duc Thuan - Chairman of the District People's Committee affirmed: The people's desire to receive forestry land use right certificates associated with forest allocation is legitimate. Therefore, the local government must promptly implement the issuance of land use right certificates to the people. However, the people must also be responsible for protecting the forest. If there are any violations in transferring or selling, it is recommended to the District People's Committee to revoke the land use right certificates.

People of Chau Thuan commune wish to receive forest land use rights certificates associated with forest allocation. Photo: Ke Kien

In addition, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Quy Chau district also requested the Chau Thuan commune government to review the commune's land fund to consider giving priority to land allocation to poor households and households with purely agricultural production. For households that exploit small fields, dig ponds to raise fish, grow rice, cassava, and bananas at the foot of the protective forest, they are allowed to cultivate, but must maintain the current status of the protective forest and not encroach.

Nghe An Newspaper reporters investigated the deforested area in Men village, Chau Thuan commune. Photo: Green lim wood was cut down.

At the dialogue, Chairman of Quy Chau District People's Committee Ngo Duc Thuan also spent a lot of time clarifying the recent outstanding issue, which is the illegal deforestation that has been happening in Chau Thuan commune for a long time, causing resentment among the people.

Quy Chau: 'Forest blood' flows again

(Baonghean) - More than 3 months ago, in Chau Phong commune (Quy Chau), there was a deforestation case involving the Vice Chairman of the Commune People's Committee. This case is "waiting" for the conclusion of the investigation, but the forest area of ​​Chau Thuan commune was destroyed in many places. Is the problem of deforestation in the mountainous district of Quy Chau "heating up" again?

Chairman of Quy Chau District People's Committee Ngo Duc Thuan requested to attach responsibility to members of the Party Executive Committee of Chau Thuan Commune and officials in charge of villages in forest protection and development work. Photo: Ke Kien

The Chairman of the People's Committee of Quy Chau district requested the Standing Committee of the Chau Thuan Commune Party Committee to strengthen inspection and supervision work, and direct the Commune People's Committee to thoroughly handle the above-mentioned situation of deforestation, absolutely not allowing violations to recur. Attaching the responsibility of the members of the Commune Party Committee Executive Committee and the cadres in charge of the villages in the work of forest protection and development, if any village allows illegal deforestation to occur, the cadres in charge of that area must be held responsible.

At the same time, the Forest Protection Department is assigned to coordinate with the District Police and relevant agencies to conduct inspections and prepare records to handle households that violate the law. Avoid illegal logging and conversion of forest land after people are allocated forest land, which becomes an "effect", causing difficulties in forest management and protection.

Chau Thuan Commune, Quy Chau District - where the deforestation incident recently occurred. Photo from Google Map