Forested areas in Vietnam’s central region increased by 373,887 ha in the 2015-2019 period, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
The Government of Vietnam has been implementing drastic measures to increase forest coverage in the Central Highlands region, while improving output of coffee and high value crops in easing deforestation.
A consultative workshop on the draft Decree detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Forestry took place in the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 31.
The Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Dak Nong and Lam Dong are taking many precautious measures to prevent forest fires as the region is in the peak of the dry season.
Central Highlands provinces have planted 4,811 hectares of forests, including 101 hectares of protective forests, accounting for 59.4 percent and 24.2 percent of their plans.
Tuyen Quang province plans to have an additional 866 hectares of forest granted with sustainable forest management certificates in line with the Forest Stewardship Council standards by the end of 2016
Authorities in southernmost Ca Mau province are taking drastic
measures to relocate residents living in a protected forest along the
coast as many of them refuse to leave.
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