Ben Tre develops forests in climate change response
The People’s Committee of southern Ben Tre province has issued a plan to carry out a project on coastal forest protection and development in adaptation with climate change and green growth promotion for the 2021-2030 period.
BenTre (VNA) – The People’s Committee of southern Ben Tre provincehas issued a plan to carry out a project on coastal forest protection anddevelopment in adaptation with climate change and green growth promotion forthe 2021-2030 period.
ViceChairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Minh Canh said the planaims to sustainably manage, protect and use 4,368ha of coastal forests whileeffectively promoting their role and function in environmental protection,biodiversity preservation, contributing to socio-economic development, nationaldefence-security in coastal areas, and disaster mitigation.
The provincealso looks to increase forest coverage to 2 percent by 2025 from 1.77 percentin 2020.
During2021-2025, Ben Tre will plant 416ha of new forests and replant 453ha to achievea forest coverage of 2 percent. Later from 2026 to 2030, the province will plant60ha of new forests, replant 363ha after exploitation, restore 10ha and gain aforest coverage of 2.1 percent.
Tosuch end, the province will embark on aquaculture models in mangrove forests,pool the involvement of enterprises in forest plantation and livelihood modelsbased on environment services, and strictly deal with violations regardingforests and forestry land.
Itwill also raise public awareness of the role of coastal forests in climate changeresponse, as well as legal regulations in forest protection and management.
✤ Ben Treis now home to over 4,300ha of forests, mostly mangrove forests in the coastaldistricts of Thanh Phu, Ba Tri and Binh Dai./.
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