Prioritize land and forest allocation to poor households and ethnic minorities

(Baonghean.vn) - Regarding the allocation of forest land, working with Quy Chau district on the afternoon of September 6, Ms. Cao Thi Xuan - Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council requested priority for poor households and ethnic minorities.

From 2006 to 2016, Quy Chau district assigned 78 village communities to manage 1,418.31 hectares of forest land, reaching 100% of the plan. This entire area has not been granted land use right certificates.

During the same period, the district also allocated 8,335 households with a total of 40,023 hectares of forest land. Currently, 4,250 households with 20,516.728 hectares have been granted land use rights (accounting for 51%).

Ms. Cao Thi Xuan noted that Quy Chau district needs to speed up the work of land and forest allocation and procedures for granting land use rights, giving priority to poor households and ethnic minorities. Photo: Cong Kien

After being allocated land and forests, communities and households have organized management and protection in accordance with regulations. The area of ​​planted forests increased from 815.5 ha (2006) to 1,623.1 ha (2016); forest cover increased from 70.4% to 74.6% respectively. The rights of communities and households have been implemented relatively fully and promptly. Forest planters, forest protection and protection workers benefit from forest products and payments for forest environmental services.

Working session scene. Photo: Cong Kien

From the above facts, the People's Committee of Quy Chau district assessed that the policy of allocating forests to communities and families is suitable for practical requirements and is supported by the people. Thanks to that, it contributes to solving employment and improving living standards, while forest management and protection are carried out quite seriously.

On that basis, the District People's Committee recommends that the Government and ministries and branches have policies and mechanisms to support funding sources and convert some areas of natural forests so that people have land for production. Create conditions for preparing dossiers to issue certificates of forest land use rights for people, continue to review the area of ​​forest farms in the area, and transfer important protective forest land to localities to allocate to poor households and ethnic minorities who lack land for production.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hien - Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province discussed the management of forestry land funds of forestry farms in Quy Chau area, which has caused difficulties for people in the production process. Photo: Cong Kien

Members of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council's Supervisory Delegation and Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hien - Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province questioned a number of related issues such as: Clarifying the use of 16,000 hectares of forest land; responsibility for the delay in granting Forestry Land Use Rights Certificates; specifying the entities managing the forest area; income from forest protection and conservation; the relationship between people and Quy Chau Forestry Enterprise, Co Ba Forestry Enterprise and solutions to solve the problem of lack of production land.

Mr. Lang Van Chien - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Quy Chau District Party Committee discussed the difficulties and solutions to further promote policies and guidelines on land and forest allocation to poor ethnic minority households. Photo: Cong Kien

On behalf of the monitoring delegation, Ms. Cao Thi Xuan noted that the locality needs to speed up the work of land and forest allocation and procedures for granting land use rights, giving priority to poor households and ethnic minorities. Regarding the large amount of land that the forestry farms are managing but not promoting efficiency, there is still a need for solutions to recover and hand over to the people./.

Cong Kien