In recent years, the work of forest management, protection and development in Vinh Linh district has had many positive changes. In particular, in the past 5 years, the situation of illegal exploitation, trading and transportation of forest products has significantly decreased. To achieve this result, one of the important solutions identified by Vinh Linh district is to synchronously and effectively implement coordination and combination in forest management and protection.
Vinh Linh District Forest Protection Department strengthens coordination to ensure increasingly effective forest management and protection - Photo: NT
Currently, the area of forest land and non-forest land planned for forestry in Vinh Linh district is 37,951.37 ha, accounting for 61.21% of the total natural area. The area of forest land is 33,646.95 ha, of which natural forest is 13,143.90 ha; planted forest is 20,503.05 ha.
The forest area spreads across most communes, including mountainous, midland, plain and coastal sandy areas.
The natural forest area is mainly concentrated in Vinh Ha and Vinh O communes, which are localities with a large population of ethnic minorities. The area is large, while the Vinh Linh District Forest Protection Department has a force of only 11 people, with some people in charge of 1-3 communes.
On the other hand, deforestation and encroachment on forests and forest land are becoming increasingly complex. The area of natural forests bordering Quang Binh province and the two districts of Huong Hoa and Gio Linh is quite large, and the rugged terrain has a significant impact on patrolling, checking and detecting forest encroachment.
A large area of natural forest has been assigned to communities and households for protection, but the benefit-sharing policy has not linked the responsibility to the rights of forest owners, so it has not really been effective in forest protection... Therefore, forest management and protection in Vinh Linh district faces many difficulties and challenges.
Faced with this situation, upholding the core role in forest management, protection, fire prevention and fighting, Vinh Linh District Forest Protection Department has proactively advised superiors to develop a plan that is close to reality, proposing appropriate groups of tasks and solutions. Special attention is paid to coordination between units: police, military, forest owners, forest protection departments in border areas...
The implementation process regularly exchanges information to seriously implement the signed regulations. The forest rangers, police, military, and forest owners promote the combination of propaganda and dissemination to the people of the Party's guidelines, policies, and laws of the State on forest protection and development, specifically: Forestry Law; Directive 13-CT/TW of the Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership in forest management, protection, and development; Sustainable Forestry Development Program; Socio-economic Development Program for mountainous areas and areas with special difficulties; directives and regulations of People's Committees at all levels on forest protection, forest development, and forest fire prevention and fighting...
This has contributed to raising awareness and responsibility in the community about forest management, protection and development, clearly showing the particularly important role of forests in socio-economic development and ecological environment protection.
At the same time, strengthen the supervision of people, communities, and social organizations on forest management, protection, and development. Promote the movement of all people participating in forest management, protection, and development in many different forms, especially through the establishment of grassroots forest protection groups and teams.
Currently, Vinh Linh district has 11 commune-level forest protection and development steering committees with 190 members; 2 forest fire prevention and fighting command committees of 2 large forest owners, Ben Hai Forestry One Member Co., Ltd. and Ben Hai River Basin Protection Forest Management Board with 26 members.
Since early 2023, the units have broadcast nearly 370 news and propaganda articles through the loudspeaker system; conducted more than 15 mobile media campaigns in residential areas. In addition, 75 forest protection commitments have been signed with the participation of organizations, unions and people.
In particular, the Vinh Linh District Forest Protection Department and other forces regularly organize patrols, sweeps, and prevent deforestation, forest encroachment, and illegal logging; focus on eliminating hot spots of deforestation, forest encroachment, and illegal logging; investigate to clarify the causes and violators, and resolve them thoroughly according to the provisions of law.
For key border areas with high risk of illegal logging, Vinh Linh District Forest Protection Department proactively researches and establishes interdisciplinary teams or checkpoints to prevent subjects from taking advantage of the forest to illegally exploit forest products...
Thanks to good coordination between forces, in recent years, natural forests in Vinh Linh have been well managed and protected, with no signs of encroachment. Currently, Vinh Linh has an area of concentrated plantation exploitation of about 2,159 hectares; volume of about 259,080 m3, estimated income of over 3,821.1 billion VND.
The output of planted forest wood meets the raw wood demand of wood processing factories, creates jobs, and increases income for forest growers. The active and effective coordination of the Vinh Linh District Forest Protection Department and related units not only ensures that forest management, protection and development are in order, but also contributes to affirming the strengths of the forestry sector as well as the forestry economy gradually becoming an important field in local agricultural production.
Nguyen Trang
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