Central Highlands forest protection program considered a failureVietNamNet Bridge - The project on allocating forests to hundreds of enterprises to manage and protect to forestland in five Central Highlands provinces has failed. Within several years, 4,800 hectares of natural forests were cut down and 8,300 hectares of forests and forestland appropriated for cultivation. Tuy Duc district was assigned the most projects (18) with the largest land area (9,100 hectares) and largest natural forest area (5,500 hectares). It has the largest area of lost forests (2,200 hectares) and appropriated forests (3,000 hectares). Within several years, 4,800 hectares of natural forests were cut down and 8,300 hectares of forests and forestland appropriated for cultivation.

Source: VietNamNet News March 27, 2018 00:11 UTC