Forest rangers discovered deforestation in Bao Lam district, Lam Dong province to produce agricultural products – Photo: M.VINH
These figures were presented at the conference “Developing production, raising income for people who are doing agricultural production on forestry land in the Central Highlands” on July 9 in Da Lat, Lam Dong. The conference was organized by the Central Economic Committee in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Accordingly, hundreds of thousands of people living and doing agricultural production on forest land are not recognized with legal status, household registration, and are not entitled to State policies, difficult incomes, affecting security and order in the Central Highlands.
The area of agricultural land on forest land has been formed from the following reasons: agricultural land has been produced by people for a long time in the past in forestry farms; companies and management boards are contracted to protect forests but let people use them after the purpose of conversion to agricultural land; illegal encroachment to occupy agricultural land; People occupy forest land during free migration.
At the conference, experts also noted the remarkable data: 13% of the forest area was lost in the 3 years from 2014-2017, the entire area was illegally used to grow industrial crops. From 2010-2019 more than 350,000 hectares of forests were lost.
Standing Deputy Chairman of Central Economic Committee Cao Duc Phat stated solutions to prevent deforestation caused by people to produce agricultural land, including the formulation of land use plan till 2030 in the West. Nguyen ensures that forest land is used for the right purpose.
On the other hand, identifying the lost forest boundaries, making statistics on households and assets on forest land to implement measures against expansion of forest encroachment areas before having a plan for resettlement and settlement.
Proposing the Government to formulate a master plan to solve the agricultural production situation on forest land and clearly define the responsibilities of forest management and protection by the administrations at all levels, and individuals and organizations receiving protection contracts. Forest…
