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Vinh Phuc faces difficulties in planting alternative forests

The northern province of Vinh Phuc has seen only one out of 73 projects that were approved to shift forest planting to other land use purposes planting alternative forests on an area of nearly 60 ha.
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Vinh Phuc (VNA) - The northern provinceof Vinh Phuc has seen only one out of 73 projects that were approved to shiftforest planting to other land use purposes planting alternative forests on anarea of nearly 60 ha.

According to the province’s Forest Management Department, since 2016, Vinh Phuchas had over 460 ha of forest land approved to shift land use purposes to servepublic works and business projects, mostly in Tam Dao, Lap Thach and Song Lodistricts.

Two other projects have built plans for growing alternative forests on an areaof over 10 ha while the remaining 70 projects, covering nearly 400 ha, need tomake alternative forest planting plans.

In order to promote alternative forest planting,the department will advise the provincial People’s Committee to instruct relevantagencies to hurry project owners to either perform their afforestationresponsibility or pay money to the forest protection and development fund, said Hoang Van Hao, deputy director of the department.

The department is reviewing areas for growing alternative forests by projectowners to make the province’s afforestation plan, he said.

It will coordinate with the Northeastern Forestry Centre under the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development to plant over 20 ha of alternative forests,he added.-VNA
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