Ben Tre develops forests in climate change response
Ben
Tre (VNA) – The People’s Committee of southern Ben Tre province
has issued a plan to carry out a project on coastal forest protection and
development in adaptation with climate change and green growth promotion for
the 2021-2030 period.
Vice
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Minh Canh said the plan
aims to sustainably manage, protect and use 4,368ha of coastal forests while
effectively promoting their role and function in environmental protection,
biodiversity preservation, contributing to socio-economic development, national
defence-security in coastal areas, and disaster mitigation.
The province
also looks to increase forest coverage to 2 percent by 2025 from 1.77 percent
in 2020.
During
2021-2025, Ben Tre will plant 416ha of new forests and replant 453ha to achieve
a forest coverage of 2 percent. Later from 2026 to 2030, the province will plant
60ha of new forests, replant 363ha after exploitation, restore 10ha and gain a
forest coverage of 2.1 percent.
To
such end, the province will embark on aquaculture models in mangrove forests,
pool the involvement of enterprises in forest plantation and livelihood models
based on environment services, and strictly deal with violations regarding
forests and forestry land.
It
will also raise public awareness of the role of coastal forests in climate change
response, as well as legal regulations in forest protection and management.
Ben Tre
is now home to over 4,300ha of forests, mostly mangrove forests in the coastal
districts of Thanh Phu, Ba Tri and Binh Dai./.