(ĐN)- Dong Nai plans to plant an additional 280 hectares of forest in 2014 to increase forest coverage in the province, according to Department for Agriculture and Rural Development.
(ĐN)- Dong Nai plans to plant an additional 280 hectares of forest in 2014 to increase forest coverage in the province, according to Department for Agriculture and Rural Development.
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The figure included 180 ha of protective forests and 100 ha of production forests.
Dong Nai is one of the localities in the country which have good performance in forest protection. The province is now home to 162,000 hectares of forest and almost of them are under strictly protection.
The province is currently organising a range of activities to protect and develop local forests in 2014 and 2015, with a view to the longer term.
Accordingly, six projects will be implemented, focusing on preserving wild elephants, building a database on local forest land and boosting forestation in areas affected by chemicals.
The plan aims to manage, protect and use the current forests in an effective and sustainable manner as well as to maintain forest coverage of 30 percent.
It also aims to help prevent the impacts of climate change and boosting local socio-economic development, security and defence and new-style rural area building.
Reported by N.H
