Lai Chau: Planning to combat forest degradation

Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee has just issued an action plan to adapt to the European Union's regulations on deforestation and forest degradation (EUDR) in the province.

In particular, Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee requested the Department of Agriculture and Environment to coordinate with the Commune People's Committee to verify information on forest boundaries and land use rights of land users to confirm legal land use, no disputes, no deforestation and forest degradation, the boundary between planted forests and natural forests, as a basis to prove to EU importers that goods are legally produced, do not cause deforestation in case organizations, businesses, households and individuals have requests.

Lai Chau has advantages in forests and forestry products. Photo: Van Tam.

In addition, the Department of Agriculture and Environment coordinates with relevant departments, branches, units, and People's Committees of communes and wards to: Strengthen propaganda work, organize and implement the plan in a timely and effective manner; disseminate EUDR and technical guidance documents to forest owners, organizations, businesses, communities, people and other relevant units for implementation.

Together with relevant departments, branches and units, support the conversion and improvement of livelihoods for people living in forests and adjacent to forests to meet the EUDR. This is also a step to fully prepare the necessary conditions for agricultural and forestry products of Lai Chau province to ensure regulations on product value chains that do not cause deforestation or forest degradation when imported into Europe in particular and the global market in general, closely following the actual conditions of the province, ensuring feasibility, synchronization and close coordination between management agencies at all levels with forest owners, businesses and people...

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