A Vietnamese man has been captured for allegedly destroying forests in the Central Highlands. Phan Thanh Nghia, 52, the chief suspect for the offense, will face four months’ imprisonment, according to a decision by the police of Dak Glong District, Dak Nong Province. Nghia has purportedly damaged nearly 15 hectares of the forest under the control of a local company. On February 6, in the region under the management of the company, authorities found a number of people using chainsaws and machetes, setting fire and working the soil of a denuded area in which trees had been previously cut down. At the scene, forest rangers arrested five people: Phan Thanh Nghia; Y Tu, 21; Duong Van Thanh, 51; H’Je, 33; and Y Thieu Bon Dop, 34. The destruction is for cultivation purposes, according to police officers. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam!
Deforestation and narrowed forestry land is becoming an alarming problem in the Central Highlands region with 3,641 cases of forest law violations reported in the first six months of this year, according to the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands Region. Of the total, there were 93 cases of forestry land transgressions and cutting trees for farm land with 236 total hectares destroyed. Deforestation and illegal forest wood exploitation cases were seen mostly in natural forests, border areas, natural reserves and national parks where forest protection efforts were poorly performed, the committee said. Illegal wood trading along the border remained…... [read more]
Old growth forest in Ja Wam Hamlet, Ea Kiet Commune, Cu M'gar District, have been nearly destroyed by logging and fire. Some of these forests are now littered with sawdust of cut down trees, while others have completely disappeared. Loggers often use sophisticated tricks to evade rangers. And even if they are caught, they are simply fined ant released. Some rangers have even been assaulted. Recently three were attacked and injured near a local farm, apparently for revenge. Ten days after being attacked by the violators, Nguyen Dinh Than, one of the three victims, is still not able to walk…... [read more]
During a conference on the protection and development of the forests in Gia Lai Province, it was revealed that the central highlands has lost approximately 130,000 hectares forest over the past five years. Deforestation in Gia Lai The conference, held on September 21, showed that forests in central highlands is shrinking, losing about 26,000 hectares each year, adversely affecting the daily lives of residents in many localities. During the period between 2007 to 2011 more than 100,000 hectares of natural forest and 20,000 hectares of planted forest were lost. In 2011, the forest volume in the central highlands only accounted…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - The State has allocated forestland to private enterprises for management in an aim to improve protection of the forests. However, more forested areas have been devastated and more murder cases discovered. By 2015, about 164,000 hectares of land had been shifted for rubber development, 1.5 times higher than the initially planned area. Vast green forests were then listed as ‘poor forests’, used for rubber growing. They have become deserted. A report of the Dak Nong provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development shows that the provincial authorities have allocated 31,000 hectares of forestland to investors to develop…... [read more]
Of the total, there were 93 cases of forestry land transgressions andcutting trees for farm land with 236 total hectares destroyed. Deforestation and illegal forest wood exploitation cases were seenmostly in natural forests, border areas, natural reserves and nationalparks where forest protection efforts were poorly performed, thecommittee said. Illegal wood trading along theborder remained complicated due to inefficient prevention measures.Meanwhile, forest replanting and recovery work is limited, added thecommittee. Given such a context, the committee hasurged localities to strictly realise the Prime Minister’s directions onforest protection and deforestation control. Regional localities should also increase State management over forestsand forest land,…... [read more]
