Nowadays, in many places, people have not protected forests well, still cut down trees indiscriminately, causing forest resources to be slowly restored and gradually depleted. In many places, forests can no longer regenerate, the land becomes barren hills, leading to climate change. Storms, droughts, floods, etc. are consequences caused by natural disasters that have been and are becoming increasingly unpredictable, causing immeasurable loss of people's lives and property.
Meanwhile, if well protected, forests are not only individual values but also integrate multi-layered values, then the forest protection community will have more jobs, livelihoods, and income.
Forest preservation goes hand in hand with forest development
“… The most important thing is still the way of thinking and approaching, besides the task of protecting forests, there must be a plan to create more jobs and long-term livelihoods under the forest canopy to gradually improve people's income for sustainable development” – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan emphasized at a seminar in July 2023. Accordingly, our country is currently promoting the development of multi-use forests and benefiting from forests.
By the end of 2023, Vietnam had transferred 10.3 million tons of CO2 to the World Bank, earning more than VND 1,250 billion. At the same time, it built a roadmap for developing a domestic carbon market, including issues of legal framework, capacity and infrastructure for carbon credit trading. The development of the carbon market opens up opportunities to create additional financial resources for forestry through carbon credit exchange and trading mechanisms.
These directions, right in Binh Thuan in recent years, have been effectively promoted. With a relatively large area of natural forest (nearly 297,000 hectares), the province has recently implemented programs and projects to conserve, increase carbon stocks and sustainably manage forest resources, and develop carbon credits. Since then, certain results have been achieved through the UN-REDD Program Phase II - the United Nations Collaborative Program on Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Efforts to Reduce Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in developed countries.
On the part of the Provincial People's Committee, according to the plan to implement Resolution No. 29/NQ-CP dated March 8, 2024 of the Government, the province emphasizes the development of forestry economy, including promoting economic development under the forest canopy such as ecotourism, developing non-timber forest products, focusing on product groups with strengths such as medicinal herbs and food. Along with that, promoting the implementation of policies on payment for forest environmental services and carbon absorption and storage services and rapidly developing the forest carbon credit market.
At the same time, it affirmed that participating in the purchase and sale of carbon credits will bring funding to the province to continue investing in forest management, protection and development. Contributing to improving the lives and economy of ethnic minority households in particular, households living in and near forests in general, sharing and reducing the pressure on local investment costs in forest management, protection and development. The Provincial People's Committee also assigned the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to focus on developing a project to develop sustainable wood raw material and processing areas in the province. Effectively implement the project "Planting 1 billion trees in the period of 2021 - 2025" in the province. Strive for the whole province to plant more than 2 million trees, including planting 133,000 new production forests and planting 1.92 million scattered trees.
In addition, according to the orientation of developing the exploitation of indigenous medicinal plants, from 2023, the Provincial Forest Protection Department will build models of growing medicinal plants under the forest canopy for high-value plants with a consumer market. These are models of green lim mushrooms, ginseng, yams, and yellow camellias under the natural forest canopy in the forest areas of Phan Dien, Song Mong - Ca Pet, Duc Linh Forest Protection Management Boards and Ta Cu Nature Reserve Management Board. Thereby, contributing to restructuring production in the forestry sector in accordance with advantages, market demand, and adapting to climate change in the spirit of Resolution No. 05 of the Binh Thuan Provincial Party Committee...
Responsibility of the whole society
It must be affirmed that the important factor that greatly affects the climate is the forest, which determines the survival of the environment and ecology. The role of forests in environmental protection is becoming a topical topic and requires the cooperation of all mankind.
The Government, ministries and branches have focused on completing the draft Decree amending and supplementing Decree 156 detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Forestry Law, the draft Decree amending Decree 01/2019 on forest rangers and specialized forest protection forces, and the draft Decree on a number of investment policies in forestry to remove difficulties and obstacles for localities. At the same time, it is recommended that localities pay more attention and care to specialized forces in forest management and protection. Promote the application of science and technology in patrolling, controlling and monitoring forest developments to improve the effectiveness of forest management and protection, and reduce pressure on specialized forces...
At the time this series of articles was published, the mountainous province of Cao Bang was suffering from the most historic flood since 1986. The media reported images of the river flowing rapidly, causing flooding, damaging countless properties, and severely affecting people's lives. In Binh Thuan, one of the driest provinces in the country, it was also suffering from heavy rains, landslides, and whirlwinds that caused loss of life and property, especially during the rainy season. Many people asked the question: Natural disaster or man-made disaster?
Obviously, when countries strive for rapid economic development, they put pressure on the exploitation of natural resources and the environment, which will change the laws of nature... The consequences of climate change on the planet are increasingly evident, notably drought, water scarcity, severe forest fires, rising sea levels, floods and biodiversity loss... Emissions causing climate change come from everywhere in the world and affect everyone. Therefore, the fight against climate change requires the cooperation of all mankind. This means that the act of protecting forests is vital to protect the "green lungs" of the earth, the source of human life. In Vietnam, the Party, the State and local authorities have been and will overcome difficulties and limitations, constantly striving to find solutions to improve the income of forest rangers, create livelihoods, and enrich themselves from forests to best protect forests. Our Party has determined: Protecting and developing forests is both a right and an obligation, a responsibility of the entire political system and the whole society. Protecting forests - Preserving forests - Simultaneously developing forests is the noble task of every citizen, the survival of every person, every family, of the country and the nation!
Carbon credit is a general term for a tradable credit or permit representing 1 ton of CO2 or an amount of other greenhouse gas equivalent to 1 ton of CO2 . The trading of CO2 emissions or carbon trading on the market is done through credits.
Lesson 1: Live or die to protect the forest
Lesson 2: Untie the knot, break through to protect the forest
Lesson 3: Resolute solutions
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