Tram Tau keeps the "green lung"

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Tram Tau district has a total forest area of ​​45,853.84 hectares, of which natural forests account for 35,476.49 hectares and planted forests account for 10,465.13 hectares. This is also one of the key areas for forest fires in Yen Bai province, having suffered a lot of damage. In 2024 alone, the district recorded about 5 forest fires, causing damage to 13.4 hectares of various types of forests. These figures not only sound the alarm bell but also encourage local authorities and people to further strengthen forest fire prevention and control work.

Right from the beginning of the dry season, Van Chan - Tram Tau - Nghia Lo Forest Protection Department has proactively advised the District People's Committee to issue strong directives, and at the same time organized many conferences to thoroughly grasp the spirit and assign specific tasks to each level and each sector. One of the key solutions to improve the effectiveness of forest fire prevention and control in Tram Tau is to promote propaganda, mobilization and raise people's awareness.

The Forest Protection Department has closely coordinated with the Forest Protection Management Board and the People's Committees of communes to review and count the fields that are at risk of spreading into the forest. The construction of a field management map is considered an effective tool to monitor and control people's production activities, thereby proactively preventing the risk of forest fires. To date, 930 fields of 634 households have been reviewed and the households have signed a commitment to strictly implement the safe burning process. This shows the positive response of the community in forest fire prevention and control.

Mr. Nguyen Van Quynh - Deputy Head of Van Chan - Tram Tau - Nghia Lo Forest Protection Department shared: "Reviewing and mobilizing people to sign a commitment to safe burning is an important measure to reduce the risk of fires spreading into the forest. We have closely coordinated with the commune authorities to effectively implement this work, ensuring that people clearly understand their responsibility in forest protection (BVR)".

To achieve the highest efficiency in forest fire prevention and control, Tram Tau has maximized the strength of the "4 on-site" motto (on-site command, on-site forces, on-site means, on-site logistics) at the grassroots level. The district has improved the forest fire prevention and control command system at the commune level and the Forest Protection Management Board, established 12 mobile forest fire prevention and control teams with 266 members and 55 forest fire prevention and control teams in villages and hamlets with 673 people.

Communes and towns also develop a schedule for PCCCR duty, and publicize the contact phone number of each member to ensure timely direction when a situation occurs. Propaganda, mobilization and commitment signing work are also widely deployed in the community. Communes have organized village meetings to propagate and mobilize people to actively participate in the work of PCCCR. The results show that 55/57 villages have done this with 6,395 households participating in signing the commitment. The information and reporting regime is implemented smoothly from the village to the commune and the District Steering Committee, ensuring that information is communicated quickly and accurately.

Despite the encouraging results, the PCCCR work in Tram Tau still faces many challenges. The rugged, fragmented mountainous terrain, bordering many other districts and provinces, causes many difficulties for management and fire fighting. The complicated weather, prolonged dryness, and strong Lao winds increase the risk of forest fires.

Land disputes, encroachment and encroachment still exist in some localities, causing difficulties for forest fire prevention and control work. To overcome these challenges, Tram Tau is continuing to increase investment in modern forest fire prevention and control equipment and means, promoting propaganda work, raising public awareness of forest protection, building a professional and semi-professional forest fire prevention and control force with good skills, and applying information technology to forest fire monitoring and warning.

Fire prevention and control work is a regular, continuous and arduous task, especially in a mountainous district like Tram Tau. However, with the initiative of the government, the active participation of departments and the responsible participation of the people, this work has achieved proud results. These efforts not only contribute to protecting the "green lung" of the district but also create a solid foundation for sustainable socio-economic development of the locality.

Van Thong

Source: https://baoyenbai.com.vn/12/348722/Tram-Tau-giu-la-phoi-xanh.aspx