The production of forest tree seedlings by the Hamlet 8 Forest Tree Seedling Producing Cooperative Group in Hon Dat district’s Son Kien commune in Kien Giang province (Photo: VNA) Kien Giang (VNA) - The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang istaking measures to retain its forest coverage rate at 11 percent, according toits Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Hoang Van Tuan, Deputy Director of the department, said the province ispromoting forest protection and forest fire prevention to relevant individualsand organisations.
It has strengthened inspections of violations of forest protection regulations,especially in important localities like the island districts of Phu Quoc and KienHai and protective forests along coastal areas, he said.
Kien Giang has more than 82,650ha devoted to growing forests. Of the figure,46,230ha are natural forests, while 14,678ha are man-made forests. Theremaining area has no forests.
The province, which has the largest land area in the Delta, has adjusted itszoning for special use forests, protective forests and production forests. Ithas turned a part of ineffective production forest areas into agriculturalproduction areas.
The province has achieved its target of growing forests every year, focusing onplanting protective forests along coastal areas to prevent erosion and copewith climate change.
It has also allocated about 4,000ha of forested lands in coastal areas forlocal households and organisations to protect. The forest-allocated householdshave improved their incomes by exploiting forest resources and breeding aquaticspecies in forested land./.
VNA
