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99 percent of forestland covered by protection contracts in Bac Giang

The northern province Bac Giang has signed forest protection or lease contracts with individuals or organisations for approximately 99 percent of its forests and forestland with a view to boosting provincial forest management and protection.
The northern province Bac Giang has signed forest protection or leasecontracts with individuals or organisations for approximately 99 percentof its forests and forestland with a view to boosting provincial forestmanagement and protection.

The province has so far transferredover 30,000 ha of forests to the management boards of protective andspecial-purpose forests, while nearly 97,500 ha of forests andforestland were allocated to households and communities for care andprotection. Meanwhile, almost 17,000 ha were entrusted to the care ofbusinesses and around 7,600 ha were rented out.

The move is inline with the national policy to get all economic sectors andcommunities to involve in looking after and making good use of forestand forestland, with the aim of enhancing forest protection whilegenerating more income for local residents.

Duong Xuan Banh,Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, said at the same time, Bac Giang has closely monitored themanagement and use of forest and forestland by contractors. He stressedthat those who are found to violate the law or the original agreementsmade on the contracts’ purpose and area will lose their licence.

By the end of 2013, the province had 163,100ha of forestland, with a forest coverage of 36.5 percent.-VNA
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