Nghe An forestry planning must be consistent with the socio-economic development strategy.

On the afternoon of September 8, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to discuss the forestry development strategy of Nghe An province for the period 2021-2030. Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee chaired the meeting.

Forest cover reached 58.5%

According to the report of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in recent years, Nghe An has done a good job in protecting forest capital, currently having 965,056 hectares of forested land, with forest coverage reaching 58.5%. On average, the whole province plants 15,000 hectares of raw material forests every year.Export turnover of timber and non-timber forest productsincreased from 30 million USD in 2010 to 221.2 million USD in 2019. The basic forestry company system was transformed and arranged to suit its functions and requirements.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting. Photo: Van Truong

Nghe An actively cooperates internationally, exploits capital from ODA, World Bank... to implement a number of urgent issues in forestry development such as land issues, capital for natural forest restoration, forest product processing and poverty reduction. In the period 2010-2020 alone, the whole province attracted 161,580 million VND in forestry investment.

However, Nghe An forestry industry still has shortcomings and difficulties. For example, the innovation and development of forestry production organization forms are still slow, small-scale household economy. Forestry land fund is large, but planning and division work3 types of forestsAdjustment is still slow. Land allocation and forest allocation are still slow, forest quality is declining (currently 60% of natural forest area is poor forest). Enterprises have not been attracted to invest in the forest planting sector.

Mr. Nguyen Tien Lam, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, spoke about solutions for sustainable forestry development. Photo: Van Truong

Forestry development in line with industry restructuring

At the meeting, representatives of relevant departments and sectors contributed ideas towards the goal of developing the Forestry sector in the 2020-2035 period.

In the period of 2020-2035, Nghe An forestry sector sets the following goals: Stabilize forest cover at 58.5%, ensure forestry land fund of 1.5 million hectares. Ensure that the area of ​​planted forests is always 20,000 hectares/year.

To achieve the set goals, the province will have policies and investment resources for management, protection, and restoration of natural forests. Forming industrial zones and clusters for processing wood and non-timber forest products with large enough areas to attract investors. At the same time, focusing on promoting and applying technical advances in high-quality forestry plant varieties...

Acacia nursery profession in Tan Ky. Illustration photo: Van Truong

Concluding the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu acknowledged the efforts of the forestry sector in recent times, and emphasized that the general goals and vision of forestry planning must be consistent with the province's socio-economic development strategy for the 2021-2030 period, in line with the development orientation.wood processing industryand non-timber forest products.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also requested the forestry sector to continue planning 3 types of forests, socialize forestry, effectively implement the forestry restructuring project so that people can enjoy the policy, create livelihoods and jobs for people, reduce the pressure of negative impacts on natural forests. Focus on accelerating land and forest allocation, the management boards of protective forests need to review the boundary markers, land management funds, and unify data with localities to have a plan to return forests to localities.

To exploit potential advantages, it is necessary to develop sustainable forestry economy according to ecological zones, linking social security, national defense and security, environmental protection, and biodiversity conservation. Forestry development is in line with industry restructuring, with the general trend of the world with the goal of green growth, responding to climate change...

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