Strengthen patrols and prevent deforestation
Mr. Ha Le Ha Ben, a forest ranger in Ia J'Loi commune, Ea Sup district, Dak Lak province is assigned the task of managing and protecting about 1,000 hectares of forest and forest land. From mid-July until now, twice a week, Mr. Ha Ben has traveled a total of 300km (both going and returning) to the border area between Ea H'Leo district (Dak Lak province) and Chu district. Puh (Gia Lai province) to patrol and protect the forest. This is said to be a hot spot for deforestation and forest land encroachment in recent years.
Mr. Ha Ben said: "With a sense of responsibility, I always determine that I must wade through streams and forests to go to the scene for periodic and unexpected inspections. Thanks to that, in the area I have managed for about 1 month, there has been no change in the area. detect any cases of violation of the Forestry Law".
Statistics from the Ea Sup District Forest Ranger District show that in the first 6 months of 2024, there were 32 cases of illegal deforestation in the area, with a total damaged area of more than 7.79 hectares. The volume of confiscated forest products was about 11m3 of wood, resulting in an administrative fine of 47 million VND.
According to leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dak Lak province, violations of forestry laws are still complicated, and hot spots for deforestation still exist. In particular, illegal transportation and storage of forest products and resisting officials on duty also occur. However, besides that, the responsibility of some forest owners and specialized forest protection forces is not high, forest loss still occurs.
The main cause of deforestation is that forest owners do not have enough specialized forces to protect the forest. Some one-member forestry companies owe salaries for a long time, causing more and more specialized forest protection officers to resign...
Resolutely reclaim encroached forest land
At the end of 2023, Lao Dong Newspaper reported that in sub-area 267 - 268 (Ea Bung commune), there were many people secretly plowing and destroying forests, encroaching land to grow short-term crops, and build houses illegally. permit to reside.
Regarding this issue, Chairman of Ea Sup District People's Committee Do Xuan Dung said: "By early August 2024, the district's authorities had recovered more than 50% of the land area illegally encroached and encroached by the subjects. In the coming time, our opinion is to completely handle this situation, reclaim 100% of the land area, and prevent the recurrence of people deforesting and encroaching on land for farming and settlement. illegal residence".
More recently, in July 2024, Lao Dong Newspaper also published an article: "The painful situation of free migration destroying forests for farming in Dak Lak". The content of the article reflects, although the agencies Authorities have repeatedly organized raids and actions, but the situation of people destroying forests and encroaching on land for farming and production development is still very complicated in the border district of Ea Sup.
According to the leader of Dak Lak Provincial Forest Protection Department, forest rangers at grassroots levels are under great pressure from free migrants, especially ethnic minorities living in and near forests. They destroy forests to take up residential land, farmland, exploit and transport forest products illegally.
From a local perspective, Mr. Do Xuan Dung - Chairman of Ea Sup District People's Committee - commented that in addition to capturing reflective press information, the District Party Standing Committee and District People's Committee always closely monitor and pay attention to In "hot" spots, people migrate freely to destroy forests for farming.
The local government's viewpoint is to reclaim the lost forest land area and strictly handle cases of illegal encroachment and encroachment on forest land. Implementing the direction of the Central Audit Committee, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee, the district has been determined to handle violations of forest management, protection and land management.
In addition, the district has established two field inspection teams in communes where illegal deforestation and land encroachment have occurred to develop treatment plans.
