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Deforestation ravaging natural forests in Binh Phuoc

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deforestation continues to damage natural forests in southern Binh Phuoc Province in spite of the Government’s order to close natural forest gates, 

145ha of forest land returned to national park

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least 145ha of land has been returned to Bu Gia Map National Park by local residents in the central province of Binh Phuoc, according to the local forest management board.

VIPs build wooden houses as illegal loggers continue to decimate forests

VietNamNet  Bridge - Top businessmen and high-ranking state officials in the Central Highlands have spent billions of dong to build wooden villas.

Yok Don forests “attacked” from all four sides

Migrants have step by step encroached on forests from the outside, while illegal loggers have been dismantling trees in the core area. The Yok Don forests are withering and shrinking.

Vietnam’s dipterocarp forest conservation zone targeted by loggers

VietNamNet Bridge - With abundant resources and a variety of rare wood, the Yok Don National Park is a target for illegal loggers.

Land and forest battle in Central Highlands as forests devastated

VietNamNet Bridge - As illegal loggers are ‘protected’ by local officials, it will be difficult to stop deforestation in the Central Highlands unless heavy sanctions are applied.

Central Highlands forest protection program considered a failure

The project on allocating forests to hundreds of enterprises to manage and protect to forestland in five Central Highlands provinces has failed. Forests have been lost and land has been illegally appropriated.

Forestland left fallow as land disputes in Highlands spike

Land disputes in the Central Highlands have spread to new areas. In Dak Lak and Dak Nong, conflicts have occurred, including a number of murders. 

Deforestation continues as agencies blame each other

VietNamNet Bridge - Illegal loggers have been using motor saws in Yok Don National Park and felling dozens of precious trees for a long time. But no agency has taken responsibility for the deforestation.

Wooden houses transported illegally to lowlands

VietNamNet Bridge - Many wooden houses built just two to three years ago have been sold and taken from of the mountainous district of Tuyen Hoa in Quang Binh province.  

Forests still cut down despite huge amount of money spent on protection

VietNamNet Bridge - Large forests in Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces continue to be cut down despite serious protection measures applied by local authorities.  

Central Highlands: illegal loggers challenge PM order to close natural forests

VietNamNet Bridge - The forests in the Central Highlands continue to be cut down though they were closed more than a year ago as ordered by PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

Vietnam intensifies efforts to reduce emission

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam aims to reduce emissions from deforestation and to increase its absorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) to 33 million tonnes.

Highlands deforestation continues as forest rangers lose control

The forests in Central Highlands have been disappearing at a rapid rate amid the helplessness of forest management units. In many ‘hot spots’, forests have been cleared, although they still exist on paper.

The forest treasure of a Hue village

VietNamNet Bridge - A village in the central city of Hue has decided to protect the loc vung (Barringtonia acutangula) forest, which is over 300 years old and called the ‘green lung of the village’.

Protecting forests from illegal logging an uphill battle in Central Highlands

VietNamNet Bridge - In June 2016, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered closures of natural forests to prevent illegal logging. 

Developing small-scale hydropower is a big mistake: experts

In 2013, MOIT decided to remove 400 small-scale hydropower projects out of the hydropower development program. But many projects were then carried out in the mountainous provinces of Ha Giang and Cao Bang.

PM tells committee to strengthen int’l climate change co-operation

The National Committee for Climate Change needs to enhance its international co-operation and learn from other countries’ experience to promote climate change response in Viet Nam, 

Four officials suspended over deforestation

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dak Nong Province’s forest protection division has suspended four managers and rangers in Dak G’long District over the recent heavy deforestation in Quang Son Commune.

Ha Giang loses forests as miners ravage land

Miners have given back their mines and left Ha Giang province after causing serious consequences to the local environment, but the environmental protection fees were not enough to compensate for the pollution local people are suffering.