Vietnam planted a total 12,385ha of coastal forest between 2015-2017 via climate change response and coastal forest protection project for 2015-2020, which raised the coastal forest coverage from 16.9 percent in 2014 to 17 percent last year.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam planted a total 12,385ha ofcoastal forest between 2015-2017 via climate change response and coastal forestprotection project for 2015-2020, which raised the coastal forest coverage from16.9 percent in 2014 to 17 percent last year.
However, the figure has fulfilled only 22 percent of thetarget set by the project, which aims to grow 46,058ha of forest by 2020.
Given the pressing time scale, the Ministry of Agricultureand Rural Development (MARD) proposed that Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phucadjust the forestation target of the project down to 25,085ha.
The MARD urged relevant ministries and agencies to pour moreinvestment into projects under the target programme of sustainable forestdevelopment during 2016-2020 and the target programme of climate changeresponse and green growth for 2016-2020.
The ministry called for the early completion of investmentand capital allocation procedures for the projects, and greater efforts inmobilising official development assistance (ODA) and capital from businesses,organisations, households, and individuals for forest protection anddevelopment.
Besides, localities were also asked to closely monitor theshift of coastal forests to serve other purposes.
Statistics provided by the provinces show that as ofDecember 2017, the total area of coastal forests and forestry land nationwidewas 469,170ha, including 311,551ha covered by forests. –VNA
Vietnam aims to raise its forest coverage to 41.6 percent and to earn 8.5–9 billion USD from exporting wood and forestry products while providing jobs to 25 million people in 2018.
As many as 140 hectares of forest will be planted in U Minh Thuong National Mark in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang in 2018, while various measures will be carried out to preserve biodiversity in the park, said director of the park Pham Quoc Dan.
The northern localities have so far this year planted 40,720 hectares of forest, declining 6.1 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang will carry out an action programme for sustainable forest management in its three coastal districts under the project “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” (REDD+).
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Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) 
