To specify Clause 2, Article 6 of Decree No. 140/2024/ND-CP of the Government "Regulations on liquidation of planted forests", the Provincial People's Council issued Resolution No. 50/2024/NQ-HDND "Regulations on authority to decide on liquidation of planted forests in Quang Ninh province". Reporters from the Provincial Media Center interviewed Mr. Vu Duy Van, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (photo) on the implementation of Resolution No. 50/2024/NQ-HDND.
 - How did Resolution No. 50/2024/NQ-HDND remove difficulties for organizations, localities, and enterprises related to the liquidation of planted forests? + In September 2024, typhoon Yagi made landfall in the northern provinces of our country, causing hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest to collapse, causing very heavy damage. In Quang Ninh, the damaged planted forest area was 3,364.13 hectares, mainly concentrated in forestry companies and protective forest management boards in the province. These forest areas need to be liquidated to collect timber to recover capital for the State or to liquidate the forest to have a basis for clearing vegetation, cleaning the forest to prevent the risk of forest fires and quickly create areas for reforestation, especially in upstream protective forests, which have the function of creating water sources for irrigation reservoirs. While people's planted forests can decide to handle them such as clearing and selling them, forests under State management are subject to regulations on public property management and the Forestry Law. |
Immediately after the Government issued Decree No. 140/2024/ND-CP to remove regulations on forest liquidation for forest areas planted with the state budget, the Provincial People's Council issued Resolution No. 50/2024/NQ-HDND stipulating the authority to decide on liquidation of planted forests in the province. The Resolution with simplified procedures and processes and assigns People's Committees at all levels to decide on liquidation of planted forests under their management and responsibility according to decentralization. Thereby helping to reduce damage to planted forests caused by natural disasters that do not meet national standards on planted forests, do not meet acceptance criteria after planting forests for investment in silvicultural works.
- How has the progress of liquidating planted forests using state budget capital been implemented, sir?
+ According to the Resolution, the Provincial People's Committee decides to liquidate planted forests owned by the entire people for programs, projects, and scientific tasks invested by the province. The District People's Committee decides to liquidate planted forests owned by the entire people for programs, projects, and scientific tasks invested by the district.
Up to now, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has received a dossier requesting liquidation of planted forests from Hoanh Bo Forestry One Member Co., Ltd., with a total proposed liquidation area of 207.76 hectares of protective planted forests. The working group assisting the Forest Plantation Liquidation Appraisal Council has reviewed the dossier, verified, and inspected the site of the planted forests according to the liquidation request of Hoanh Bo Forestry One Member Co., Ltd. In addition, it is expected that in February 2025, Tien Yen Forestry One Member Co., Ltd. will complete the liquidation dossier for 582.83 hectares of planted forests (227.53 hectares of protective planted forests, 355.3 hectares of production planted forests) in accordance with the provisions of law, submit to the Appraisal Council, synthesize and report to the Provincial People's Committee for liquidation according to regulations.
To speed up the progress of forest liquidation, on February 13, 2025, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to listen to reports and direct the removal of obstacles for forest owners and requested units, forest owners, and localities to urgently complete procedures and documents to request liquidation of planted forests for areas of planted forests damaged after storm Yagi, focusing on the following units: Yen Lap Lake Protection Forest Management Board, Ba Che Forestry One Member Co., Ltd., Dong Trieu Forestry One Member Co., Ltd.... The Provincial People's Committee requested that in February 2025, units and forest owners complete and submit documents requesting liquidation according to regulations.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development requested units and localities to continue implementing Plan No. 42/KH-UBND (dated February 11, 2025) of the Provincial People's Committee on implementing a number of key tasks to implement Resolution No. 19-NQ/TU (dated November 28, 2021) of the Provincial Party Committee on sustainable forestry development in the province in 2025. The focus is on liquidating broken and fallen forests after storm Yagi, planting 2,724 hectares of protective forests and 29,123 hectares of production forests in 2025, striving to ensure a forest cover rate of 42% and improve forest quality. Thereby ensuring effective implementation of the goal of synchronizing solutions on forest protection and management, forest use and development, and forest product trade to promote sustainable forestry development in conjunction with green growth. At the same time, enhance the role and responsibility of all levels, sectors, organizations, individuals and households in the management, protection and sustainable development of forests, associated with socio-economic development activities in the province.
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