At the meeting, after listening to the reports of the meeting participants, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Le Huu Hoang, requested the Executive Board of the Provincial Forest Protection and Development Fund to urgently synthesize the opinions of the members of the Fund Management Board on the results of the review, identify the establishments, organizations and individuals using forest environmental services in the province who must pay for forest environmental services, submit to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration and approval; regularly inspect and review the management and use of forest environmental services of units, localities, enterprises, organizations and individuals in all fields to strictly manage, collect forest environmental service fees correctly and fully, and avoid budget loss. At the same time, review and propose the Provincial People's Committee to complete the members of the Provincial Forest Protection and Development Fund Management Board.
Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Huu Hoang gave a speech at the meeting. |
Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Huu Hoang requested the Department of Agriculture and Environment to regularly establish inspection teams to supervise units and organizations assigned with funds for replacement forest planting, ensuring the progress of forest planting according to plan; continue to monitor, support and guide the Fund's Executive Board in inspecting, supervising and advising on handling organizations and individuals using forest environmental services who are slow or do not pay forest environmental service fees according to regulations.
The Department of Finance shall proactively advise the Chairman of the Fund Management Board in monitoring, supervising, guiding and supporting the Fund Management Board in implementing revenue, expenditure and financial management in accordance with legal regulations. The Provincial Forest Protection and Development Fund Management Board shall proactively coordinate and work with the Ninh Thuan Forest Protection and Development Fund to agree on a plan for merger, payment, reporting and advising the Provincial People's Committee for consideration and decision.
According to the report of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, up to now, 22 projects have converted the purpose of forest use to other purposes that have been approved by the Provincial People's Committee and must pay for replacement forest planting to the fund. The cumulative amount to date is more than 158 billion VND (data calculated as of April 10, 2025), corresponding to the area that must pay for replacement forest planting is more than 1,907 hectares. Currently, no project owner has outstanding arrears for replacement forest planting; disbursement and payment have been made to investors to carry out replacement forest planting with an amount of more than 79 billion VND. The remaining amount will continue to pay for replacement forest planting projects in the basic construction investment phase.
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