Disciplined 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 Sa mu dau trees being illegally exploited in February 2017.
Previously, on February 22, 2017, the 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 exhibits are being gathered at the yard of the Ky Son Protective Forest Management Board. -Photo: Thanh Cuong |
Immediately after discovering the incident, the Ky Son Forest Protection 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 Forest Protection Management Board.
Accordingly, the disciplinary council dismissed Pham Van Tinh, Head of 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 Personnel Organization of 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.
| Sa mu dau or Sa moc dau has the scientific name Cunninghamia konishii Hayata) belonging to the Taxodiaceae family, currently only recorded to be distributed in Nghe An, Thanh Hoa and Son La provinces. Sa mu dau is a rare genetic resource classified at level VU A1adC1 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 tree species is not only of scientific significance but also has very high economic value. |
Thanh Cuong