With a rich forest ecosystem, stretching all the way to the Vietnam - Laos - China border junction, located in 5 buffer zone communes: Sin Thau, Leng Su Sin, Chung Chai, Muong Nhe and Nam Ke (Muong Nhe district), the special-use forest of Muong Nhe Nature Reserve (NR) plays a very important role in shielding and protecting people from natural disasters, bringing a clean ecological atmosphere; at the same time, bringing income and benefits to forest owners, village communities participating in forest protection. With that important meaning, 7 months ago, the Muong Nhe NR Management Board coordinated with the Center for Natural Resources and Environment Communication (TN and MT), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to plant 40,000 trees in plot 14, sub-zone 61, Sin Thau commune (Muong Nhe district). Thanks to good care and protection, the area of planted trees has now become greener, contributing to increasing forest coverage, creating a habitat for rare animals and plants and developing forests.
Talking to us, Mr. Dao Cong Tien, Deputy Director of Muong Nhe Nature Reserve Management Board shared: Currently, Muong Nhe Nature Reserve has The total area is over 46,700 hectares. In order to contribute to the regeneration, restoration and regeneration of forests and ecosystems, members of the Center for Communication of Natural Resources and Environment as well as the unit's staff, local authorities and people have contributed to bringing tens of thousands of medicinal giổi and vối trees to the forest to green the bare hills. For the program to be effective, the unit has assigned staff and closely coordinated with the authorities and people of Sin Thau commune to protect the planted areas of medicinal giổi and vối. Thanks to that, the planted areas are now strictly protected and growing well to soon cover the special-use forests with green... contributing to multiplying the green color of the forests.
Nam Po has a total natural area of 149,559.11 hectares; of which the planned land area for forestry is 120,664.66 hectares, the forested land area is 64,567.28 hectares with a coverage of 43.17%. To increase the green color of the forest, from 2021 to present, Nam Po district has newly planted over 70 hectares of crops of various economic value, bringing the total crop area of the district to more than 330 hectares, including trees such as: Cinnamon, Macadamia, and Gổi... In addition to focusing on "planting trees and afforestation", Nam Po district also focuses on developing areas of protected regeneration to increase forest cover in the area. Mr. Nguyen Dinh Luong, Head of Nam Po District Forest Protection Department, said: Since the beginning of the year, the Forest Protection Department has focused on directing specialized departments and local forest rangers to coordinate with the People's Committees of communes to review the area of natural forest regeneration and afforestation. Complete the documents and receipts for forest regeneration without additional planting from 2019 to 2021 and pay the contract recognition to the forest owners assigned to manage and protect. Continue to sign contracts with forest owners assigned to natural forest regeneration without additional planting from 2019 to 2021 according to regulations.
contribute to bringing green to the forests.
In the first 9 months of this year alone , localities and units in the province have organized and implemented forestry activities with many positive results. Including natural forest protection of 415,361.35 hectares ( estimated to reach 100% of the plan ) ; forest regeneration: 17,918 hectares ( 100 hectares of new forest; the remaining area is transitional forest protection of 17,818 hectares) , reaching 111% of the plan; care for transitional forests of 626.11 hectares; site preparation for forest planting of 175 hectares/415 hectares (reaching 42.17%); development of non-timber forest products has been surveyed and designed on 54 hectares/100 hectares (reaching 54%); planting of non-timber forest products of 5 hectares/100 hectares (reaching 5%). Organized the sowing of over 1.5 million seedlings of various types for afforestation and scattered tree planting in the area .
Mr. Nguyen Manh Toan, Deputy Head of the Provincial Forest Protection Department said: Implementing silvicultural activities and macadamia planting projects , the Department has advised the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to coordinate with relevant departments to advise the Provincial People's Committee to allocate public investment capital for the Sustainable Forest Protection and Development Project and replacement forest planting capital for units. Proactively advising , directing and guiding localities and units to implement forestry plans according to the planning targets assigned by the Provincial People's Committee. Based on the situation and progress of implementing the targets, issue documents and urge relevant localities and units to urgently speed up the implementation progress to ensure the completion of the assigned forestry plan targets. Promptly guide and respond to problems of localities and units in the process of implementing forestry targets; appraise and submit for approval 03 forestry projects under the authority of the Department. For macadamia planting projects, the unit regularly monitors the development of macadamia trees in the province. Coordinates with assigned districts to monitor and work with enterprises with macadamia planting projects to grasp the implementation status, difficulties and obstacles encountered to guide investors to adjust project contents in accordance with actual implementation conditions and recommend competent authorities to remove difficulties and obstacles for investors. Thanks to that, in the first 9 months of the year, the whole province has organized the planting of 157 hectares of macadamia trees (enterprises implemented: 145 hectares; people implemented: 12 hectares); prepared the site for 1,333 hectares; gathered 63,894 macadamia seedlings.
With the goal of increasing the forest coverage rate in the whole province to 44% by the end of 2023, localities and functional forces are currently synchronously implementing many solutions to strictly protect the existing forest area and the annual increase in forest area. At the same time, gradually build the province's forestry sector into an economic sector, making an increasing contribution to the socio-economic development process, contributing to hunger eradication and poverty reduction, stabilizing people's lives; managing, protecting, developing and sustainably using forest resources and forestry land.
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