Continuing to reorganize the structure and improve the capacity and efficiency of forestry management, especially for the forces directly assigned tasks, and ensuring that localities with large forest areas meet the requirements and tasks is crucial. Alongside this, it is necessary to ensure the conditions for the operation of forest rangers and specialized forest protection forces; and to have specific policies to attract personnel to work in forestry. This is one of the requirements of the Central Party Secretariat for Party committees, organizations, and governments at all levels to focus on in order to accelerate the implementation of Directive No. 13-CT/TW.
Official responsibility is a crucial factor.
Based on the bottlenecks, limitations, and shortcomings in forest management and protection over the past period, all levels from the central to local governments have proposed decisive solutions to create a strong shift in awareness of the role and importance of forests.
In Binh Thuan province , the Ta Kou Nature Reserve (Ta Ku Nature Reserve), located in the south of Ham Thuan Nam district, has a total forest and forestry land area of 10,447.62 hectares. Over the past period, thanks to the leadership and guidance of the Party committee and government, and the coordination of various organizations, forest management and protection have been prioritized. The goal is to effectively protect the entire existing forest area, control and prevent, and ultimately eliminate, activities that harm and reduce forest resources and biodiversity. The unit also aims to intensify widespread propaganda and education on forest management, protection, and development, and biodiversity conservation. The aim is to create a strong shift in awareness and sense of responsibility among officials, Party members, and the local community.
In My Thanh, a predominantly ethnic minority commune in Ham Thuan Nam district, there are currently two forest management units: the Song Mong - Ka Pet Forest Management Board and the Nui Ong Nature Reserve Management Board, with 137 households contracted to protect the forest. Recognizing the crucial role of officials in forest management and protection, the Party Committee and People's Committee of the commune have effectively implemented propaganda and mobilization efforts over the years to raise awareness among the people about the importance and value of forests, as well as the prohibited violations stipulated in the Law on Forest Protection and Development.
According to the assessment of the My Thanh Commune People's Committee, over the past five years, forest management and protection in the locality has been relatively stable, with no complex hotspots occurring. In addition, the awareness of the people and the responsibility of the contracted households have significantly improved…
The crucial task of forest management, protection, and fire prevention and control was also emphasized by the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Committee of Binh Thuan Province, Doan Anh Dung, during his field inspection in Ham Thuan Nam in April 2024. Accordingly, the provincial leadership requested that the locality consider this a vital task, strengthening plans and creating fire prevention and control maps. The People's Committee of Ham Thuan Nam district and relevant functional agencies must specifically identify key areas according to forest fire risk forecast levels; promptly implement forest fire prevention and control measures with the goal of prevention being paramount. In addition, they must regularly patrol and monitor high-risk fire areas, and promptly report forest fire risk forecast levels in the district…
Preserving forests: the responsibilities and rights of the people.
Mr. Nguyen Van Thuan (born in 1958) is a resident of Hong Phong commune, Bac Binh district. He is one of many households that have been contracted to manage the Le Hong Phong Forest Protection and Management Board since 2010, covering an area of 80 hectares. Mr. Thuan said that although he knows this job is very hard and dangerous, for the sake of making a living and his love for the forest, and his responsibility to protect his homeland's forest, he and his colleagues at the station are determined to stay and protect the forest without neglecting their duties.
Mr. Thuan himself is an example of a citizen of Binh Thuan who has benefited from and taken responsibility for forest protection. On the part of the Party and the State, decisive solutions related to forest protection have also been clearly demonstrated. Specifically, on March 8, 2024, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang signed a Resolution promulgating the Action Program to implement Conclusion No. 61-KL/TW of the Party Central Committee on continuing to implement Directive No. 13/TW dated July 12, 2017, of the Party Central Committee on strengthening the Party's leadership over the management, protection, and development of forests. One of the objectives is to overcome the limitations and weaknesses in the management, protection, and development of forests in the past, ensuring the achievement of the goals of the 13th National Congress of the Party on agriculture and rural development, including forestry. At the same time, it contributes to job creation, poverty reduction, improved livelihoods, and environmental protection for sustainable development...
The government requires a clear definition of the roles and responsibilities of various sectors, levels of government, heads of Party committees and government at all levels, and heads of agencies and units regarding the management, protection, and development of forests and the sustainable development of the forestry economy . Specifically, the proposed tasks and solutions include innovating, diversifying, and improving the effectiveness of propaganda, mobilization, and education to raise awareness and responsibility for the sustainable management, protection, and development of forests. Policies must ensure a balance between the responsibilities and rights of forest owners entrusted with forests by the State. Incentives should be created to attract public participation and mobilize social resources to invest in the management, protection, and development of forests and the sustainable development of the forestry economy. Policies for forest conservation, protection, and development must be linked to stabilizing and improving the lives of ethnic minorities and people in forested areas; and forest protection quotas and contract rates should be increased to reflect reality. In addition, it is necessary to develop mechanisms and policies to ensure the necessary conditions for the operation of forest rangers and specialized forest protection forces; and specific policies to attract and retain workers in the forestry sector…
In Binh Thuan province, to decisively implement forest protection measures, on April 26, 2024, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Hong Hai signed Directive No. 04/CT-UBND on strengthening the management and protection of forests and forest land in the province. This directive requests local authorities to instruct commune-level governments to enhance their responsibilities and strictly implement State regulations on forest and forest land management and protection. Simultaneously, they are to review and compile a complete list of all areas where forest land has been encroached upon or used for purposes other than intended, in order to take appropriate action.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in 2023, authorities nationwide detected 3,327 violations affecting forests, a decrease of 5,790 cases compared to 2022. The affected forest area was over 1,000 hectares. In the first four months of 2024, 650 cases of deforestation were detected nationwide, affecting an area of 182.2 hectares, a decrease of 75.7 hectares compared to 2023. However, there were 10 cases of resistance against law enforcement officers, resulting in 13 injuries and deaths. In Binh Thuan province alone, in 2023, forest protection forces detected and processed 289 violations of the Forestry Law; 217 administrative violations were handled, and 194.43 cubic meters of various types of timber were confiscated. In the first half of 2024, the entire province detected and processed 136 violations of the Forestry Law, confiscating 105.66 m³ of various types of wood and 115.7 kg of forest animals; there were also 13 cases of encroachment on forest land with an area of 2.61 hectares...
Lesson 1: Protecting the forest with life and death.
Lesson 2: Untangling knots, breaking through to protect forests
Lesson 4: Getting Rich from Forests
Source: https://baobinhthuan.com.vn/bao-ve-rung-su-song-con-bai-3-123508.html
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