Forest management board files lawsuit against many households for destroying protective forests

On May 11, the Ben Hai River Basin Protective Forest Management Board confirmed that this unit had requested the People's Committee of Linh Truong Commune and the Linh Truong Commune Police (Gio Linh District, Quang Tri ) to handle the case of destroying the protective forest.

According to Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hung, in 2019, this unit organized protective forest planting in sub-area 598T (Linh Truong commune) on an area of ​​50 hectares. By 2020, people in Vinh O commune (Vinh Linh district) came to destroy the protective forest in the above sub-area, then encroached to plant acacia with a total area of ​​6.8 hectares, causing damage of about 136 million VND. Although the detection was quite timely, the handling by the authorities was not drastic, so it could not be prevented.

Many households destroy protective forests of Ben Hai River Basin Protective Forest Management Board to plant acacia.

Then, on May 13, 2020, the Forest Protection Management Station of Sub-area 604T under the Ben Hai River Basin Protection Forest Management Board inspected the forest at Lot 3, Block 4, Sub-area 598T. Here, it was discovered that 2 protective forest plantations had been cut down with an area of ​​0.9 ha. The Forest Protection Management Station made a record of the inspection, maintained the current status and then reported to the People's Committee of Linh Truong Commune, the People's Committee of Vinh O Commune, and local forest rangers. However, during the investigation and verification, the violator planted Acacia auriculiformis cuttings in the above location. In addition to the above location, the destruction of protective forest plantations to plant Acacia auriculiformis also occurred in Lot 5k, Lot 8F, Block 4, Sub-area 598T...

During the investigation, it was determined that 8 households in Xa Loi and Xa Nin villages in Vinh O commune (Vinh Linh district) had cut down protective forests and then encroached on land to plant acacia, but these 8 households did not agree to return the land.

“We request the People’s Committee of Linh Truong Commune and the Linh Truong Commune Police to request 8 households to remove all the acacia trees planted on 6.8 hectares of land, and hand over the land for us to manage and use according to regulations. At the same time, force the households to compensate for the destroyed protective forest area of ​​136 million VND. In case the people still do not comply, the unit will prepare documents to file a lawsuit in court,” said Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hung, Director of the Ben Hai River Basin Protective Forest Management Board.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/quang-tri-ban-quan-ly-rung-lap-ho-so-kien-nhieu-ho-dan-pha-rung-phong-ho-18524051107444649.htm