Afforestation to cover bare land associated with sustainable forestry economic development

Realizing that forests are a valuable resource, contributing significantly to local socio-economic development, security and defense protection, and having great ecological and environmental value, the Party Committee, the government, relevant sectors, forest owners and people of Nhu Thanh district have implemented many synchronous solutions to protect forests associated with sustainable forestry economic development. The focus is on propagating and mobilizing people to exploit the potential and advantages of afforestation to cover bare land, contributing to restructuring investment in the forestry sector.

Large timber forest planted in Xuan Thai commune (Nhu Thanh).

As a result, the annual forest planting area in Nhu Thanh district has increased. By August 2024, Nhu Thanh district has nearly 34,000 hectares of forest. From 2016 to August 2024, communes, towns, and state forest owners in the district have newly planted 3,782.5 hectares of large timber forests; converted 448.5 hectares of small timber forests to large timber forests; and protected and restored 92.9 hectares of green lim forest. Every year, it provides raw wood and other forest products for the processing and construction industries; creates more jobs for people and increases income, improving the lives of households working in forestry. In 2024, Nhu Thanh district has implemented a plan to plant and replant 1,500 hectares of production forests after exploitation. By early August 2024, the whole district has newly planted nearly 1,200 hectares of production forests. Many households that have contracted forests and forestry land have built integrated farms, organized production forest planting and raised livestock and poultry under the forest canopy, creating more jobs on the spot and improving their lives.

In 2024, Thanh Hoa province will implement the goal of planting and replanting 10,000 hectares of forest after exploitation, including 1,500 hectares of forest using tissue culture trees. In order to green bare land and hills associated with improving productivity and quality of planted forests, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has focused on directing localities and forest owners to proactively use high-quality varieties in forest planting (tissue culture trees). In nurseries in the province, more than 1 million tissue-cultured trees have been prepared to serve the expansion of forest planting area using tissue culture trees. Functional units and localities have provided guidance on new forest planting techniques; directed the completion of technical design of silvicultural works; and prepared the forest planting site.

In the first 7 months of 2024 alone, individuals, families and organizations in the province have newly planted and replanted 7,500 hectares of forest after exploitation, of which about 1,250 hectares were planted with tissue-cultured trees, mainly acacia. From 2021 to present, the whole province has newly planted and replanted more than 6,250 hectares of concentrated forest with tissue-cultured trees. As a result, by August 2024, the total forest area of ​​the province had increased to 647,737 hectares. Of which, the whole province has stably developed a large-scale timber forest business area of ​​56,000 hectares.

To improve the efficiency of afforestation associated with sustainable forestry economic development, functional sectors and localities should strengthen management and use of high-quality forestry varieties in large-scale timber plantations (tissue cultured trees) and apply intensive afforestation measures to improve productivity and quality of planted forests. Attract businesses to invest in afforestation projects along the chain from production to processing, and build raw material areas through supporting forest growers in purchasing products.

Article and photos: Thu Hoa

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