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Dong Thap: three forests face highest fire risk

Three forests in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap are facing the highest level of fire risk, the fifth, according to its Forest Protection Sub-department.
Dong Thap: three forests face highest fire risk ảnh 1The Tram Chim National Park in Dong Thap province’s Tam Nong district. The park’s management board has installed cameras at key sites to monitor fires this year. (Photo: VNA)
Dong Thap (VNA) - Three forests in the Mekong Delta province of DongThap are facing the highest level of fire risk, the fifth, according to itsForest Protection Sub-department.

They include the protective forest in Tan Hong district, Dong Cat Station andthe forest and grassland at the Go Thap Heritage Site in Thap Muoi district.

Nguyen Tan Thanh, head of the sub-department, said the places could catch fireon a large scale and the blaze could spread rapidly.

They mostly have cajuput and eucalyptus trees and are close to farming areas,he said.

During the ongoing dry season forest managers have taken various preventionmeasures, including preparing firefighting facilities and equipment inhigh-risk areas.

Inflammable materials have been cleared from nearby forests and fire breakshave been created.

They have dredged water bodies inside forests to ensure boats with equipmentcould sail to prevent and control fires, pumped water into forests to reducethe dryness and stored water for firefighting.

In the protective forest in Tan Hong district, which the district’s Defence –Economic Unit 959 manages, it has dredged canals and ponds to store morewater. 

At the Tram Chim National Park in Tam Nong district, the management hasinstalled cameras at key sites to monitor fires.

The 7,313ha park has mostly cajuput trees and is a Ramsar wetlands site ofinternational importance.

In the Xeo Quyt cajuput forest in Cao Lanh district, the management board hasinstalled pumps and regularly sprays water to reduce dryness in places visitedby tourists.

Thanh said during high tides forest managers should pump water into forests toincrease the humidity and store water for possible firefighting.

They should step up patrols and monitor the forests around the clock topromptly discover and control fires, he said.

Dong Thap has more than 12,000ha of mostly cajuput and eucalyptus forests.

The sub-department has trained 1,746 people in the province in combating forestfires, and issued hundreds of booklets on it this year.

It has undertaken advocacy activities on radio and TV, and bought equipment forpreventing and fighting forest fires, including a fire truck and hoses./.
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