Decision No. 1134/QD-TTg approving the Scheme on forest protection and development in Dinh Hoa safety zone, Thai Nguyen province in the 2008-2020 period

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OTHER DOCUMENTS THE PRIME MINISTER 59 DECISION No.II34IQD-TTg ofAUGUST2I, 2008, APPROVING THE SCHJ<ME ON FOREST PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN DINH HOA SAFETY ~UNE, THAI N\iUYEN PRUVINCE, IN THE 2008-2020 PERIOD THE PRIME MINISTER Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 LIW on Organization ofthe Government; @ VIETNAM LAW & LEGAL FORUM 60 OFFICIAL GAZETTE Issue nos Or-08/August 2008 (edna BaD nos 507·508/September 9, 2008) Pursuant 10 the December14, 2004 Lawon Forest Protection and Development: At the proposal ofthe Thai Nguyen province People's Committee (in Report No, 45/-NLN of December 14, 2007, and Official utter No. 17/ Be-VBND ofMarth 13, 2008) andthe MiniWy ofAgriculJure and RuralDevelopment inReport No. 1835/lTr-DNN-KL ofJune 30, 2008, DECIDES: Article1.- To approve the Scheme on forest protection and development in Dinh Hoa safety zone, Thai Nguyen province, in the 2008-2020 period, with the following principal contents: 1. Guiding viewpoints • Dinh Hoa forest, Thai Nguyen province, ;3 a specially important part of Dinh Hoa safety zone, arelk complex of the revolutionary history. Tng/;'thPTwith nth~T l()('~litij>':: in thl;' fnrm",r Vif"t Bac resistance base, Dinh Hoa safety zone forest is a place where lived and worked President Ho ChiMinh and high-ranking leaders of the Party, the Govemment and the army during 1947-1954 (with 109 historical relics recognized by the State). During resistance years, Dinh Hoaethnic minority people rendered great services in sheltering and protecting cadres of the Central Party Committee, the Government and the army, making tmpcrtant contributions totheDtcn Bien Phu historic victory and the great national resistance war. At present, the life of people in the safety zone has beeu uupiuved but still Faced many difficulties. Therefore, investment in forest protection and development is an important col uti o n to booutirrg coci o economic development, improving people's living conditions, demonstrating the moral principle "Remember the source when drinking water" and reflecting the attention of the Party and the Government to people in thesafetyzone. To ensure harmony between the objectives of conservation and development of forests in Dinh Boasafety zone, focusing on the restoration of landscape in close combination with rationally using and exploiting forest resources and developing production forests, creating many commodity products for society and contributing to raising the people's life To apply the experience of international organizations, researchandpracticereview results and appropriate forest management mechanisms suitable to Dinh Boo safety zone in order to draw experience for wider implementation. State investment will playa decisive role. At the same time to encourage all economic sectors to make investment in order to tap the potential and strengths of forests. To ensure equality in the interests ofstakeholders in the Scheme. 2. Objectives: To manage, protect and develop forests of three klnds ("pr:c.ial pllrpnSf>., prorer-tion and production forests) inassociation withprotecting, restoring and embellishing naturallandscape and thehistorical reJiccomplex: to protect biodiversity and promote the environmental protection function; To supply forest products to meet consumption and processing demands; To create more jobs and contribute to increuoing toe living atrmdarda for ethnic minority @ VIETNAM LAW & LEGAL FORUM Issue nos97·08/August 2008 (r:fmo Riin nn~ SfJ7SJ8!SPflt"mAAr 9, ?OOR) OFFICIAL GAZETTE 61 people in the former "resistance capital". to inrrPilsP: -nvirrmmz-ntal erlur-arirm and misp awareness about the revolutionary ideal among young generations. 3. Orientations for forest protection and development aJ Planning on forests and forest land in Dinh Hoc. diotricr: To re plan forceta of threc kinds in Dinh Hoa district, with a total areaof35,787 ha, including 8,728 ha of special-use forests, 7,050 h:'l of prntprtinn fnrp<;t<; ;mn ?O,OOQ h:'l of production forests. b/Tasks FUH;;:slprotection anddevelopmeru tasks until 2020, Special-purpose forests: To protect 4,516 ha of existing forests, zone off for natural growth 3,043 ha, and afforest 169 ha; Protection forests: To protect 5,205 ha of existmg forests, zone ott tor natural growth 1,(1)1) ha, and afforest 168 ha; Production forests: To protect and tend 13,846 ha of existing forests, zone off for natural regeneration 1,540 ha, renovate 1,250 ha of impoverished natural forests, afforest 169 ha, and reforest j,696 ha of exploited forest plantations: Building infrastructure and forest service facilities: To build a head office for the Dinh Hoa safety zone forest management board, including 200 nf of working office, 100 m- of public-duty houses and auxiliary works; to support the upgrade 0[30 km orroaus [or ceveloptngtorestsinremote and deep-lying communes; to buildaconsolidated forest tree nursery, encourage households to build nursery gardens on their own lend areca to produce forest and fruit seedlings. 4. Major solutions at Organization of management: To promote the state management of forest protection and development: To formulate and submit to competent authorities for approval a regulation on management of Dinh Hoa safety zone forests Suitable to the characteristics ofeach kind of forests in the safety zone. To experiment the merger of management, protection and dcvelopment forces in the locality ill tile direction of establishing the Dinh Hoa safety zone forest management board on the basis of reorganizing the forest ranger section and the existing special­ use forest and protection forest management boards, with the forest ranger force as liIe COre; To increase coordination umons different levels, branches and localities in neighboring areas ineffectively protecting anddeveloping forests; To step up socialization c.ffmt~, increase public information activities to communicate, educate and raise the awareness and responsibility of the community in forest protection and development; To increase state budget investments; to develop specific incentive mechunioms and policies to encourage all economic sectors and the community to participate in forest protection and development. bl Science and technology: To apply biotechnology (genetic, tissue and cutting tec.hnolugies) lo tile: producuuu uf high­ quality plant varieties in order to increase crop yields; To apply tnfonuauon aHU remote sensing © VIETNAM LAW & LEGAL FORUM OFFICiAL GAZETTE62 Issue nos 07·08lAugust 2008 (C6n.q BaD nos 507-508/Sepiember 9, 2(08). -------- . technologies to the management andmonitoring of forestresourcedevelopmentsin each forestlot; To [annulate forest management plans suitable to the characteristics of Dinh Hoa safety zone f{)re"t~ for !>ll"tainahle management and 1/."e afforests; To encourage all economic sectors to invest in hll-ilrling estahlishmp.nf<; to proCf'.<;'S forest products (artificial boards, chip boards, home furniture, etc.) for consuming products of forest owners and increase the value of forest products; • To buildmodels of planting new varietiesof forest trees; to zone off for restoring forests; planting trees under forest canopy. and transfer technology to forest owners. c/Policles: Land polic.ice: To dj vc rsify Forms of management and use of forest land (allocation, contracting and lease), review and complete the allocation of land and forests to organizations, households, individuals and communities for stableandpennanent management in the direction of assizninz the safety zone forest manazernent boardto manage consolidated special-use forests and protection forests. Scattered and small special­ use and protection forests will be assigned to organizations, households, individuals and communities for management. Adjacent forests (on some 650 ha) surrounding historical relics, which are currently managedand lawfully used by households, will be from now treated as special-use forests. The State will pay expenses for building these forests according to the value of existing forest trees, and forest­ owning households will be further allocated land and forests for management and use under the special-use forest regulation. Investment policies: + The state budget shall invest according to current regulations and policies under the Prime Minister's Decisions No. I86/2006/QD-ITg of August 14, 2006, promulgating the Forest ManagementRegulation;No.10012007/QD-TIg of lilly fl, 1on?, amending and <;uppll"mr:ntine a number ofarticles ofDecision No. 6611QD-TIg of July 29, 1998; No. l4712007/QD-TTg of September 10, 2007, on a number of policies on development of production forests in the 2007­ 2015 period; No. 210/2006/QD-TTg of September 12, 2006, promulgating principles, criteria and nOTITIS for allocation ofdevelopment investment funds from state budget capital sources in the 2007-2010 period; and No.07/20061QD­ ITgofJanuary 10,2006, approving the program on socia-economic development ofcommunes in mountainous ethnic minority areas in the 2006­ :LULU period, and other relevant regutatrons; The provincial People's Committee shall plan the allocation ofinvestment capital from the local budget and the integration of the funds of programs and projects carried out in the locality for investment in economic and social oevelopmem of the safety zone; + To encourage all economic sectors to invest in protecting and developing forests and developing forest product processing establishments. To raise capital among the people and mobilize concessional credit loans for forest planting, protection and rcsroradon. + To expand and promote international cooperation and make use of the assistance of Icrelgu urgaulzatlons awl ludlvkjuals ill Iluauce e VIETNAM LAW & LEGAL FORUM Issye nos 07·08/August2008 (r:fmo BAn nos .,m-S()R/S"JlIAmhP.f q, ?(){)R) OFFICIAL GAZETTE 63 and technology for effective investment in forest protection and development. 5. Total investment: The total investment for protecting and developing Dinh Hoa safety zone forests unlil :L\)2\) ISabout VNlJ 2\)J.631 buhon , including: State budget funds allocated in the five million hectare afforestation project: VND 192.26 billion, including VND 23.06 billion for non­ business expenses and VND 169.2 billion for illvestment, Loans from Vietnam DevelopmentBankand the Social Policy Bank: around VND 91.371 billion; Funds raised from investors, owners of existing processing establishments and households in the tocauty.around VNU 10billion. 6. Organization of implementation: aJ ThE' Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance in arranging funds according to annual schedules and plans for Thai Nguyen province to implement the Scheme; directandguidethe locality in formulating investment projects; and examine and evaluate the Scheme's implementation; bl The Thai Nguyen province People's Committee shall direct, formulate, appraise, approve, and organize the implementation of specific investment projects; decide on the organixation» l ,lppaPtll<;' to implement the Scheme; arrange and integrate the funds ofother programs and projects into those of investment proiectsin the safetyzone forests in order-to ensure the objectives and tasks of the Scheme; c/ The Dinh Hoa district People's Committee shall perform the stare management in thr- l()(';.llity and direct commune People's Committees and its attached sections to coordinate with the safety zone forest management board in effectively carrying out projects; dl The Dinh Hoa safety zone forest management board is the investor of forest development projects. It will work as an revenue­ generating non-business economic unit to provide public services in managing and developing Dinh Boa district forests, and manage investment projects according to current regulations. Atl«-k z.- This Dec.isiou takes effect on rne date of its signing. Ministers, heads ofministerial-level agencies, heads at government-attached agencies, the president of the Thai Nguyen province People's Committee and concemed units shall implement this Decision. ForthePrime Minister Deputy Prime Minister HOANG TRUNG HAl © VIETNAM LAW &LEGAL FORUM