Violations detected while converting "poor forest" into rubber farmsVietNamNet Bridge – The Government Inspectorate of Viet Nam has detected violations related to the project to convert 50,000ha of substandard forest area into rubber farms in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai. Thousands hectare of forest in Central Highland province of Gia Lai were chopped down to grow rubber. — Photo vov.vnFrom 2008 to 2012, chairman of the province People’s Committee Pham The Dung approved the project to convert 50,000ha of substandard forest area into rubber farms. As many as 16 companies were allocated forest land to grow rubber on a total area of 35,000ha. The committee also allowed project investors to exploit resources in the so-called “poor forests” before they grew rubber.

Source: VietNamNet News September 29, 2017 09:56 UTC