Continue to reorganize the organization and apparatus, improve the capacity and effectiveness of forestry management, especially the forces assigned with direct tasks, localities with large forest areas to meet the requirements and tasks. Along with that, ensure the necessary conditions for the activities of forest rangers and specialized forest protection forces; have specific policies to attract staff to work in forestry. This is one of the requirements of the Central Party Secretariat to Party committees, Party organizations, and authorities at all levels to focus on promoting the implementation of Directive No. 13-CT/TW.
Staff responsibility, key link
From the bottlenecks, limitations, and problems in forest management and protection in recent times, all levels from the central to local levels have proposed drastic solutions to create a strong change in awareness, role, and importance of forests.
In Binh Thuan, Ta Kou Nature Reserve (BTTN Ta Cu) is located in the south of Ham Thuan Nam district, with a total area of forest land and forestry land of 10,447.62 hectares. In recent times, with the attention of the leadership and direction of the Party cell, the government, the coordination of mass organizations... the work of forest management and protection is being focused on. In which, the goal is to protect the entire existing forest land area, control, prevent and basically stop all activities that encroach, reduce forest resources and biodiversity. Towards the unit, it promotes extensive propaganda and education on forest management, protection and development, and biodiversity conservation. The purpose is to create a strong change in awareness and sense of responsibility of cadres, party members, and communities.
With My Thanh, a purely ethnic minority commune of Ham Thuan Nam district, there are currently two forest owners, the Song Mong - Ka Pet Forest Management Board and the Nui Ong Nature Reserve Management Board, in which 137 households are contracted to protect the forest. Determining the responsibility of cadres as the key step in forest management and protection, in recent years, the Party Committee and the People's Committee of the commune have effectively implemented propaganda and mobilization to raise people's awareness and understanding of the importance and values brought by forests, as well as violations prohibited by law as stated in the Law on Forest Protection and Development.
According to the assessment of the People's Committee of My Thanh commune, in the past 5 years, forest management and protection in the locality has been relatively stable, with no complicated hot spots. In addition, people's awareness and the responsibility of contracted households have been significantly improved...
The important task of forest management, protection, and forest fire prevention and fighting was also emphasized by Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee - Chairman of the People's Committee of Binh Thuan Province Doan Anh Dung during a field inspection trip to Ham Thuan Nam in April 2024. Accordingly, the provincial leaders requested that the locality consider this an important task, need to consolidate plans, and create fire prevention and fighting maps. Ham Thuan Nam District People's Committee and relevant functional agencies must specifically identify key areas according to the forest fire forecast level; promptly deploy forest fire prevention and fighting solutions with the main goal of prevention. Along with that, regularly patrol and control areas at high risk of fire, monitor and promptly notify the forest fire forecast level in the district...
Forest protection, people's responsibilities and rights
Mr. Nguyen Van Thuan (born in 1958) is a resident of Hong Phong commune, Bac Binh district. He is one of many households that have been contracted to work as BVR at Le Hong Phong Forest Protection Management Board since 2010 with an area of 80 hectares. Mr. Thuan said that although he knows that this job is very hard and dangerous, because of his life, love for the forest, and responsibility to protect his homeland's forest, he and his colleagues at the station are determined to stick with the forest and not be negligent.
Mr. Thuan is an example of the people of Binh Thuan who have benefited and taken responsibility for forest protection. On the part of the Party and the State, drastic solutions related to forest protection are also clearly demonstrated. On March 8, 2024, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang signed a Resolution promulgating the Action Program to implement Conclusion No. 61-KL/TW of the Secretariat on continuing to implement Directive No. 13/TW dated July 12, 2017 of the Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership in forest management, protection and development. One of the goals is to overcome the limitations and weaknesses in forest management, protection and development in the past, ensuring the implementation of the goals of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress on agriculture and rural development, including forestry. At the same time, it contributes to job creation, poverty reduction, livelihood improvement, environmental protection for sustainable development...
The Government requires clearly defining the roles and responsibilities of sectors, authorities at all levels, heads of Party committees, authorities at all levels and heads of agencies and units in the management, protection, development of forests and sustainable forestry economic development. In particular, the proposed tasks and solutions are to innovate, diversify, improve the effectiveness of propaganda, education and mobilization, raise awareness and responsibility for the management, protection and sustainable development of forests. There are policies to ensure harmony between the responsibilities and interests of forest owners assigned forests by the State. Create motivation to attract people's participation, mobilize social resources to invest in forest management, protection, development and sustainable forestry economic development; policies on forest protection, protection and development must be associated with stabilizing and improving the lives of ethnic minorities and people in forested areas; increase forest protection norms and forest protection contracts to suit reality. Along with that, build mechanisms and policies to ensure necessary conditions for the activities of forest rangers and specialized forest protection forces; specific policies to attract and retain workers in the forestry sector...
On the Binh Thuan side, in order to drastically implement forest protection solutions, on April 26, 2024, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Hong Hai signed and issued Directive No. 04/CT-UBND on strengthening the management and protection of forests and forest land in the province. In particular, it is requested that localities direct commune-level authorities to enhance their role and responsibility, strictly implement State regulations on forest and forest land management and protection. At the same time, review and count the entire area of encroachment, occupation, and illegal use of forest land for handling according to regulations...
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in 2023, nationwide, authorities detected 3,327 violations affecting forests, a decrease of 5,790 cases compared to 2022. The affected forest area was more than 1,000 hectares. In the first 4 months of 2024, 650 cases of deforestation were detected nationwide, with an affected area of 182.2 hectares, a decrease of 75.7 hectares compared to 2023. However, there were 10 cases of resisting law enforcement officers, resulting in 13 injuries and deaths. In Binh Thuan alone, in 2023, the BVR management force detected and filed 289 cases of violations of the Forestry Law; handled 217 administrative violations, and confiscated 194.43m3 of various types of timber. In the first half of 2024, the province detected and processed 136 cases of violations of the Forestry Law, confiscating 105.66 m3 of various types of wood and 115.7 kg of wild animals; there were 13 cases of encroachment and occupation of forest land with an area of 2.61 ha...
Lesson 1: Live or die to protect the forest
Lesson 2: Untie the knot, break through to protect the forest
Lesson 4: Getting rich from the forest
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