100 hectares of forest destroyed, commune leaders

On November 9, the leader of Hoa Vang district held a press conference to explain the case of nearly 100 hectares of special-use forests in Da Nang " slaughtered " and the reason given was " from where the forest was destroyed." to the commune center a bit far away '.

At the press conference, leaders of Hoa Vang district and related departments and agencies all admitted that the case was the most serious in recent years.

However, while the explanation report of Hoa Vang district only admitted that the deforested forest has an area of ​​42.75 hectares, according to the report of Hoa Bac commune, the forest area was destroyed and both valid and It is not valid that three households in Hoa Bac commune, Nguyen Hai, Nguyen Thi Cuc and Truong Thi Le Thuy, destroyed a total of nearly 100 hectares.

In the explanation report of the District People's Committee, the amount of damaged forest area is mostly forestry land, the rest are special-use forests with very few. However, when the reporters gave photos of the number of big trees cut down, sprawled in a vast forest area, the Chairman of the District People's Committee Huynh Minh Nhon could only shake his head: 'It is a very real fact. sad and sorry '.

When we asked the question: ' Why is a large area of ​​forest devastated for nearly 3 months without anyone speaking up? 'The chairman of Hoa Bac Commune People's Committee Pham Tan Dung replied:' I hope the comrades understand that from the forest area to the commune center, it is a bit far away, and on the other side of the mountain, so until the reporters report voiced the question, we know (?) '.

Mr. Dung also explained that people deforesting because they applied to the CPC to apply for afforestation land, the commune leaders transferred the application to the District People's Committee, but in the meantime, they arbitrarily cut the tree, burning forest for cultivation!

Leaders of the People's Committee of Hoa Vang district and Hoa Bac commune and other departments and branches have rigorously criticized for letting serious incidents happen.

However, according to Mr. Tran Van Quy - Head of District Forest Protection Department, the allocation and allocation of forest land to new planters need to have clear consultation of forest rangers, avoiding the situation when forces Forest rangers stop deforestation, people protest because . 'the forest has been granted a red book '.

The results of review and handling of violations will be announced in the near future, but nearly 100 hectares of forests are ' wiped out ' which is too expensive to pay for loose and inadequate management. the forest.