Land and forest battle in Central Highlands as forests devastatedVietNamNet 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. No one can stop the deforestation here.”As illegal loggers are ‘protected’ by local officials, it will be difficult to stop deforestation in the Central Highlands unless heavy sanctions are applied. In Dak Ngo commune, they saw were ravaged forests and burned trees on the ground and bare land. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests have been allocated to enterprises to develop projects on rubber plantation, husbandry and afforestation. RELATED NEWSWood from devastated natural forest found in wood-chip factoryProtecting forests from illegal logging an uphill battle in Central HighlandsThien Nhien