Quang Ninh province has nearly 423,000 hectares of land planned for forestry, of which more than 370,000 hectares are forested. Mangrove forests are a "common home" for aquatic species to grow and develop. Terrestrial forests are where production activities are organized to supply raw wood, protect and cultivate medicinal plants under the canopy, develop economic models of farms, ranches, and tourism based on forest capital... All of these are the livelihoods of the people, allowing people to rely on forests to get rich, increase income and improve their lives.
96 hectares of newly planted mangrove forests in Hamlet 1, Hai Tien Commune (Mong Cai City) are part of the Forestry Modernization and Coastal Resilience Enhancement Project that Quang Ninh Province has been implementing since 2020. Compared to before, the way this project is organized and implemented has many innovations, in the direction that local people are the ones who directly plant, care for and protect the trees instead of assigning it to any intermediary contractor.
Each hectare of mangrove forest in Hai Tien, from planting until it becomes a forest, usually costs 220-300 million VND, 3 times more than planting forests on land. All of these costs are calculated for the people participating in the forest planting activities. Thus, right from the beginning of the mangrove planting project, the people of village 1 of Hai Tien commune have benefited from jobs and working days, thereby increasing their income.
Since 2020, the entire Quang Ninh province has planted 560 hectares of mangrove forests, bringing the total number of mangrove forests in the province to over 19,000 hectares, the highest among the northern provinces. From these rich mangrove forests, which are the home to the growth and development of aquatic products, people have also exploited them to increase their income and improve their lives.
In fact, under the mangrove canopy are countless valuable natural seafood such as: cockles, crabs, shrimp, clams, sea worms, earthworms, etc., of which cockles and sea worms are considered endemic aquatic products of Quang Ninh, thriving in alluvial areas with mangrove forests. In many localities, from mangrove forests, people can combine to exploit and cultivate aquatic products, in which the most effective are extensive shrimp farming, hanging oyster farming, etc. Here are some ideas and projects on developing community tourism associated with mangrove forests.
Along with mangrove forests, the area of terrestrial forests in Quang Ninh is also very large. According to calculations by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, currently forest land and forestry are providing jobs and income for about 60,000 workers.
In Ba Che district, the forestry center of the province, every year thousands of households exploit production forests. The exploited forest area of Ba Che is estimated at nearly 3,000 hectares, with an exploited wood output of over 154,000m3, equivalent to a revenue of over 300 billion VND. The economic movement of Ba Che forest is also the common economic movement of forests in localities with forests throughout the province. Statistics show that in 2022, the output of exploited wood from Quang Ninh's planted forests will reach over 839,000m3, an increase of 19.2% compared to the adjusted plan. The output of exploited non-timber forest products, including pine resin is 3,300 tons, cinnamon bark is 5,600 tons, star anise is 925 tons, and sophora seed is 600 tons... Bringing in thousands of billions of VND in revenue for forest planting households and forestry enterprises.
The green forests of Quang Ninh are also the foundation for many economic sectors to develop. In Yen Tu National Forest, there is a rich and diverse ecosystem of flora and fauna. Especially the giant resin pine trees, the hundred-year-old yellow apricot trees... in Yen Tu forest associated with the legend of King Tran Nhan Tong, contributing to making Yen Tu a key tourist area. This means that many households at the foot of the mountain develop the service economy. They have jobs, income, improve their lives, many people are getting rich thanks to Yen Tu tourism.
It can be seen that forests are creating livelihoods for people to increase their income and improve their lives. Forests in Quang Ninh are well protected and developed, and are one of the resources that will help Quang Ninh basically have no poor households by the end of 2022, reaching the goal 3 years ahead of schedule of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the period 2021-2025.
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