Review and guide the implementation of environmental criteria
After more than 12 years of implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Construction, up to now, the construction of New Rural Construction in Son La has entered phase III. The whole province has 59/188 communes meeting New Rural standards, 5 communes with advanced New Rural standards; Son La City has completed the construction of New Rural Construction, Quynh Nhai District is striving to meet New Rural standards by 2025. The rural appearance of many localities has changed comprehensively in the direction of modernity, bright - green - clean - beautiful.
Contributing to localities in implementing environmental criteria, in recent years, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has issued guiding documents including: Instruction No. 118/HD-STNMT dated May 10, 2022 on implementing a number of environmental criteria and indicators under the National Criteria Set for New Rural Communes and Advanced New Rural Areas for the period 2021 - 2025; Instruction No. 156/HD-STNMT dated June 13, 2022 on implementing a number of environmental criteria and indicators under the National Criteria Set for New Rural Districts for the period 2021 - 2025;
Instruction No. 376/HD-STNMT dated December 5, 2022, on implementing a number of environmental indicators in criterion No. 14. Spatial landscape and quality of living environment under the criteria set for villages and sub-areas of the new rural area in the period 2022 - 2025; Instruction No. 122/HD-STNMT dated May 4, 2023, on implementing criteria (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9) on landscape and quality of living environment for villages and sub-areas meeting model new rural standards under the criteria set for villages and sub-areas of the new rural area in the period 2022 - 2025.
Every year, the province has developed a plan to propagate and disseminate laws on environmental protection, in which it has proactively promoted propaganda and training on environmental protection in building new rural areas for delegates who are officials of departments, branches and sectors; People's Committees of districts, cities and People's Committees of communes, wards and towns to carry out the task of building new rural areas.
In 2023, 37 documents were issued to guide, direct and urge the implementation of environmental criteria under the National New Rural Criteria Set for the period 2021 - 2025. Inspections were organized and instructions were given to 4 communes to register to meet the New Rural Commune standards; 3 communes to register to meet the Advanced New Rural Commune standards in 2023.
Direct specialized departments to urge and guide the People's Committee of Quynh Nhai district to organize and implement environmental indicators and criteria; survey and evaluate investment proposals for 2 environmental construction projects under the environmental criteria of Quynh Nhai district; coordinate with the Department of Construction, the Management Board of civil and industrial projects and Urban Development to work with the People's Committee of Quynh Nhai district to remove difficulties and obstacles in the process of investing in wastewater and solid waste treatment facilities in the district.
Building models and movements on environmental protection
Based on the guidance of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the People's Committees of districts and cities have directed the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to develop plans and forms to guide each indicator in the environmental criteria. In coordination with relevant departments and units, the People's Committees of communes have strengthened propaganda and mobilized people to raise awareness of rural environmental protection, gradually changing the awareness, habits and customs of the community about the necessity of implementing environmental criteria.
Environmental protection criteria have been included in the village's conventions and covenants; associated with the emulation to implement cultural families. Initially, a number of models of preserving the ecological environment associated with community tourism have been formed in the city and the districts of Moc Chau, Van Ho, Mai Son...
Many models of environmental protection have been built and maintained effectively such as: Environmental sanitation of village roads and alleys, the movement "My house is green, clean, beautiful", "building a family of 5 no's, 3 cleans" with the Women's Union as the core; "Farmers collect, classify, and treat waste and rural waste into fertilizer at the source", "Farmers self-manage to protect the environment" with the Farmers' Union as the core; On the 7th day, the delegation went to the new rural construction base of Mai Son, Thuan Chau, Phu Yen districts to bring cadres to help people renovate and decorate their houses and gardens, collect and treat waste, plant trees...
Continue to improve the quality of rural environment
However, from 2022 to present, implementing the set of criteria for new rural and advanced new rural communes in the period of 2021 - 2025, some environmental indicators and criteria have increased in standard level compared to the previous period, so many localities still face difficulties in the implementation process. The quality of reviewing and evaluating the results of environmental indicators and criteria in communes is still weak, not accurate and complete according to the instructions of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
In some localities, the involvement of local Party committees and authorities and the response and participation of the people are still low; communes have not done a good job of propaganda and mobilizing people to participate in building new rural areas. Rural environmental landscapes have not received due attention, there is still a situation of keeping livestock under floors, production and business establishments implementing environmental protection regulations, planting flowers and trees along traffic routes; there is still a situation of solid waste collection and treatment not in accordance with regulations...
In addition, some districts have not allocated sufficient funding for communes to organize the collection, transportation and treatment of solid waste in accordance with regulations. Production, business and service establishments in many communes are mostly small-scale, scattered, and have not focused on investing in environmental treatment systems.
In Quynh Nhai alone, according to the criteria for a new rural district, there must be a solid waste collection and treatment system that meets environmental requirements; the proportion of solid waste directly buried = 50% of the total amount generated. However, Quynh Nhai does not have a centralized solid waste treatment area, and is currently collecting it at a temporary landfill in Ai village, Muong Giang commune, and treating it by direct burial. Therefore, investing in a centralized solid waste treatment area using advanced technology requires large investment costs and a long implementation time.
According to the leader of the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment, to remove obstacles for localities, since the beginning of the year, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has continued to promote inspection, urging, and guiding communes to implement environmental indicators and criteria. Innovate and diversify propaganda and dissemination of policies and laws on environmental protection, mobilize people to enhance their role and responsibility in maintaining environmental hygiene, and create rural landscapes.
Regularly organize training courses for state management officials on environmental protection at district and commune levels. Continue to urge and guide Quynh Nhai district to promote the implementation of environmental protection work. Organize the launching ceremony to respond to the Campaign to Make the World Cleaner in 2023 in Quynh Nhai district, attracting a large number of people to participate in the response...
In the coming time, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment recommends that localities focus on directing the maintenance and improvement of environmental criteria for new rural and advanced new rural communes. Develop plans and roadmaps to complete environmental indicators each year to focus on directing, allocating support resources, and striving to complete the goals of the New Rural Development Program.
Assign tasks and assign specific responsibilities to members of the Steering Committee for New Rural Construction, the commune's associations and unions in charge of the villages to directly propagate, mobilize and guide people to decorate their gates, fences, and clean, beautiful and tidy houses. Build and take care of flower and tree roads, create a bright - green - clean - beautiful environmental landscape. Maintain and replicate self-management models on environmental protection, waste collection and treatment, and implement waste classification at source...
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