Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decision approving the project on protecting and developing coastal forests to respond to climate change and promote green growth in the 2021-2030 period.
Vietnam aims for a growth at 5-5.5 percent each year in forestry production in the 2021-2025 period, according to a Government resolution approving the investment policy for the sustainable forestry development programme in the next five years.
The coastal forest area in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu has declined in recent years because of climate change and improper fishing which has damaged protective mangrove trees.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is striving to conserve coastal protection forests that have been seriously eroded by sea encroachment triggered by climate change.
The central province of Quang Tri is focusing on protecting and developing coastal and estuary mangrove forests in order to safeguard dykes, production land, and residential areas amid negative impacts of climate change.
Authorities in the southernmost province of Ca Mau have taken emergency measures to protect coastal forests against climate change and destruction caused by humans.
Close to 40km of a 200 km sea dyke stretching from Mui Nai in Ha Tien Commune to Tieu Dua in An Minh District of the southern coastal province of Kien Giang is facing serious erosion.
Twenty-eight centrally-run coastal cities and provinces have planted 4,486 hectares of forests along their shores since the beginning of 2016, falling short of the quota set in a nationwide project to
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