Speed up forest investigation

Chi Lang area forest investigation team conducts standard plot investigation in Van Linh commune

Forest surveys are conducted every five years to collect information on forest area, current status, unforested land area, forest owners... to serve forest management, monitoring of forest developments, and building forest development strategies in the area.

Mr. Vu Quang Hung, Head of the Forest Use and Development Division, Provincial Forest Protection Department, said: At the end of May 2025, when the Department of Agriculture and Environment issued a forest survey plan, the unit signed a contract with the contractor according to regulations. At the same time, the unit coordinated with the National Remote Sensing Station to collect remote sensing images for field surveys. Thereby, the unit handed over remote sensing images to the contractor and requested the contractor to perform tasks such as establishing base map layers, designing and establishing a system of image key templates (as a basis for comparing, classifying, and interpreting objects on satellite images to serve the construction of forest status maps) with 475 samples.

In June 2025, the Forest Protection Department coordinated with the contractor to conduct training for the investigation team to understand the plan and investigation methods. Specifically, the units organized 1 provincial-level conference and 11 district-level training conferences (before the end of the district-level activities) for about 500 officers participating in the investigation, local forest rangers and commune-level specialized officers. This included contents such as: using software to compare the current status of forests; how to identify and establish standard plots; methods of investigation, assessment of forest reserves, productivity, quality;... To speed up the progress, the Forest Protection Department thoroughly instructed 100% of the local forest rangers to participate with the contractor in the process of collecting field information.

In the area managed by the Chi Lang Regional Forest Protection Department, forest investigation work has been carried out since June 15. This is one of the earliest areas to carry out forest investigation. Ms. Duong Thi Ut Nham, Deputy Head of the Chi Lang Regional Forest Protection Department, said: In the area, 24 standard plots of planted forests and 4 plots of natural forests were investigated. To speed up the progress, in each commune, the unit assigned 3 local forest rangers to coordinate with contractors and officers in charge of the communes to conduct the investigation. In each commune, the above team will be divided into groups of 4 to 5 people to focus on collecting information and performing related tasks. Currently, the unit has completed the investigation work in 2/6 communes and is striving to complete it in the remaining communes before September 1, 2025.

According to leaders of some forest rangers, the process of collecting forest investigation information encountered many difficulties. Mr. Pham Tuyen, Head of the Trang Dinh Regional Forestry Department, said: After the merger, the unit in charge of forest investigation in 7/7 communes, from mid-June 2025, the investigation team conducted preliminary reconnaissance and surveys. Among them, there were many areas with complex terrain and difficult to move. In addition, the weather often had heavy rain, making the investigation difficult. Therefore, to speed up the progress of information collection, the unit instructed all local forest rangers to work on holidays, focusing on coordinating with contractors and specialized officials at the commune level to collect information from standard plots. Up to now, the area has completed 100% preliminary reconnaissance and is conducting investigations in 2/7 communes, the investigation is expected to be completed in August 2025.

As of mid-July 2025, 11 regional forest rangers in the province have completed preliminary reconnaissance in 100% of the old communes (193 communes) and are actively implementing investigation and collecting information on key image samples in the field to serve remote sensing image interpretation with 50/475 samples.

According to Mr. Nguyen Huu Hung, Head of the Provincial Forest Protection Department, the current weather often has heavy rains, affecting the work of collecting information from the field. In addition, the management scope as well as the forest area in the area is very large, taking a lot of time to investigate. Therefore, to overcome the difficulties, the unit has been mobilizing maximum human resources to collect information regardless of holidays and breaks. At the same time, promoting the application of information technology in data processing, striving to complete the information collection according to the set schedule.

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