Many measures to prevent forest fire

According to the latest assessment of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on the changes in rain and water sources from January to April 2007, nationwide, the total rainfall in the coming months is likely to be lower than the average. many years. In the Mekong Delta, the water level of the Mekong river upstream stations is about 10-20cm lower than the average for many years and is equivalent to the dry season in 2005.

Precautions should be taken to prevent water and saline intrusion into the estuaries and inland areas. It is expected that the El-Nino phenomenon will appear in the coming months. Localities should prevent water shortage, drought in large areas and saline intrusion in estuaries.

(Photo: clicktovietnam.com) In this situation, many localities in the Mekong Delta are actively preventing forest fires. In Ca Mau, the surface water level of U Minh Ha Melaleuca forest was 20 cm lower than the same period of the previous years. More than 10,000 hectares of forest (accounting for 18% of the total area) are suffering from water exhaustion.

In some forest areas of Lam Ngu Truong Tran Van Thoi, U Minh III, U Minh Ha National Park, the water level under the canal is lower than the forest surface 20cm - 25cm, the risk of fire is high. Long An Melaleuca forest is also in the level of fire alarm level 4 - dangerous level. Tram Chim area (Dong Thap) and Tra Su (An Giang) are severely drought. The whole province of An Giang has 21,060ha of forest and forestry land which is seriously lacking of water, of which 9,000ha are located in the focal area.

To proactively prevent forest fires, Ca Mau has strengthened coordination between forest rangers, police, military, fire protection police to patrol and control areas of high fire risk. Localities in the area with Melaleuca forest have covered 82 dams to hold water, prepared 50 large capacity water pumps with thousands of meters of water, arranged dozens of fire watch huts at the ' hot spots ', ready extinguish forest fires.

In An Giang, the provincial People's Committee prepares to invest about VND 1.6 billion for fire prevention and fighting; maintaining the activity of about 400 people to protect the forest, promoting propaganda for fire prevention and fighting, informing fire continuously for 5 months to keep the whole population on alert. In Dong Thap, Long An, functional departments mobilize people and forest owners . to maintain fire prevention measures in critical areas, to minimize the risk of forest fires .

- In 2 days of December 31, 2006 and January 1, 2007, in Soc Trang and Bac Lieu areas, there was unseasonal rain. Although the rainfall is small, it worries farmers who are preparing crops for the upcoming Lunar New Year. According to experts, unseasonal rain signals unusual weather and makes it more difficult for forest fire prevention, especially Melaleuca forest.

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