Tien Giang loses protective forests to sea
The southern coastal province of Tien Giang is losing large areas of protective forest due to coast erosion, which threatens the safety of the Go Cong sea dyke.
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The southern coastal province of Tien Giang is losing large areas of protective forest due to coast erosion, which threatens the safety of the Go Cong sea dyke.
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Quy Kien has stressed the need to continue reviewing, evaluating and improving policies, regulations, strategies and planning schemes involving the management of natural resources and protection of marine environment.
The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has instructed inspection teams to impose severe fines on violators of laws on construction, land subdivision, and illegal deforestation.
Two illegal logging cases were discovered in the central province of Quang Nam’s Dong Giang and Nam Giang districts in March, with 77 big trees chopped down.
Provinces in the Mekong Delta have stepped up efforts to prevent forest fires as the region is entering the highly risky dry season.
The Government has issued a resolution to adjust the land use planning of northern Quang Ninh province until 2020.
The daily lives of some 500 households have been disrupted and 600ha of protective forest lost due to landslides on the nearly 70km seashore of the Mekong Delta’s Kien Giang Province in recent years.
A red-shanked douc langur (pygathrix nemaeus) was handed over to the Cuc Phuong national park in the northern province of Ninh Binh by forest rangers in Phu Loc district, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on August 14.
Nearly 200 scientists, biologists and conservationists, have unanimously agreed that the construction of all buildings in the Son Tra Nature Reserve should be stopped immediately.
NA deputies said the Law on Forest Protection and Development had not clearly identified responsibility for forest protection nor encouraged people to participate in protecting the country’s trees.
A fire broke out in the protected pine forest in Hanoi’s outlying district of Soc Son on June 5, resulting in the destruction of 100 hectares.
Locals in the Central Highlands have planned to plant 12,559 hectares more of forests and over 4.57 million scattered trees in this raining season.
Leaders of parliaments in the Asia-Pacific region and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) made fact-finding trips to some areas in Ho Chi Minh City on May 12 to learn about climate change impacts.
There is great potential for organic food production in Vietnam, but the industry faces a number of challenges, experts said.
Dien Bien province has commenced criminal proceedings against 15 cases of destroying 18.6 hectares of forest in Muong Nhe district, a hotspot of illegal deforestation and migration.
Hundred metres of land along rivers and coastlines have been destroyed by unusually strong winds and waves, combined with rising tides in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.
Youngsters should actively participate in planting and caring trees in their localities, contributing to protecting the environment and preventing land erosion, saltwater intrusion and dust storms.
Tam Hai island commune in Nui Thanh district, the central province of Quang Nam has faced an increasingly serious landslides, forcing many people to leave their houses.
