Thousands of hectares of agricultural land in Cà Mau Province’s Thới Bình District have been affected after forest management companies opened sewer sluices and discharged floodwater.

A project on sustainable forests, jointly implemented by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), has officially launched.

Retail companies with responsible forest products sourcing policies are seeing numerous tangible business benefits, demonstrating that sustainability makes business sense, according to a new report from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). 

One of main reasons for the increasing deforestation in provinces was the poor awareness on forest land management among concerned agencies, an official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

Increasing forest cover to 45 per cent of national territory and contributing to an eight per cent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 are among the targets of a national environmental action plan introduced yesterday in Hà Nội.

Disadvantaged groups are not benefiting from the new Law on Forest and Development, experts said at a conference Wednesday in Hà Nội on amendments to the fifth draft of the Law on Forest and Development.

Việt Nam aims to increase the nationwide forest coverage to 42 per cent by the year 2020, and 45 per cent by 2030.

Wild elephant habitats in the southern province of  Đồng Nai are being reduced and degraded, leading to a lack of food and more conflicts between animals and humans, according to local authorities.

Tablet-based forest monitoring does not only improve the quality of collected data, but also makes the process of data collection and reporting easier for users compared with the current paper-based methods.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked authorities of Đắk Lắk, Quảng Trị and Quảng Bình to investigate and determine illegal deforestation activities in their areas, as reported by media.