Quy Chau handles 247 hectares of acacia trees broken by storms

A collapsed tent in Chau Hanh commune, Quy Chau, caused heavy damage. Photo: Van Truong

Acacia forest in Ke Ninh village, Chau Hanh commune,Quy ChauThere are many areas of acacia trees that have fallen and are lying haphazardly along the hillsides. Mr. Le Trong Thin in Ke Ninh village shared: "My family has 1.3 hectares of acacia trees, which are nearly 4 years old and are taking care of them for more than a year before they can be harvested. Unexpectedly, just a storm has broken almost all of them. Now we have to cut the acacia trees for firewood, and some of them are sold as young acacia trees."

Glue trees were broken and scattered in Chau Hanh commune, Quy Chau. Photo: Van Truong

Mr. Vi The Long - Chairman of Chau Hanh Commune People's Committee said: The impact of heavy rain and storms from May 7th has caused 247 hectares of acacia trees to fall (mainly 3-5 years old), causing damage of over 10 billion VND. The large areas of acacia trees that fell are mainly concentrated in Minh Tien, Ta Lanh, Ta Soi, Dong Minh, Ke Ninh, Dinh Tien, and Ke Bang villages.

Many areas of 3-4 year old acacia trees were broken due to strong winds. Photo: Van Truong

Faced with the above situation, in recent days, the People's Committee of Chau Hanh commune has mobilized militia and self-defense forces and organizations to help people clean up fallen acacia trees. Regarding the handling direction, currently, 2-3 year old acacia trees that have fallen down must be destroyed and replanted.

Trees that are 4 years old or older can be harvested. However, the current difficulty is that over timeglue price dropThe output is "blocked", so even though the glue area is broken and sold at a cheap price, it is still very difficult to sell.

In recent days, the People's Committee of Chau Hanh commune has mobilized militia and self-defense forces and organizations to help people clean up fallen acacia trees. Photo: Van Truong

A representative of the Department of Agriculture of Quy Chau district added: In the whole district, only Chau Hanh commune suffered damage due to broken acacia trees. Currently, the relevant departments and the People's Committee of the commune are conducting inspections, assessing the damage and guiding people to complete documents to request superiors to consider supporting a part of the cost to have conditions to invest in replanting the damaged acacia area, soon stabilizing life.

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