To implement the Prime Minister's instruction in Announcement No. 191/TB-VPCP dated July 22th, 2016 by the Governmentoffice on the conclusion of thePrime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the Conference: Measures for sustainable forest restoration in the Central Highlandsto respond to climate change in 2016 – 2020. The Vietnam Administration of Forestry promulgated the Decision No. 465/QD-TCLN-KHTC dated October 31th, 2016 on the implementation of Program "Reviewing and adjusting the plan for protection, restoration, and sustainable forest development in the Central Highlands until 2025 withorientation to 2030"and assigning the Forest Protection Department to coordinatewith Institute for Forest Ecology and Environment - Vietnam National University of Forestry,Research Institute for Forest Ecology and Environment - Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences (consultants) to review and adjust the plan for forest protection, restoration and sustainable development in the Central Highlands. Up to now, Consultantshad completed the survey, data collection and drafted the report "Reviewing and adjusting the plan for protection, restoration, and sustainable forest development in the Central Highlands until2025 with the orientation to 2030".
The workshop was held atDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development hall of 5 Central Highlands provinces from09 - 13/10/2017, for more specific: 09/10/2017 at Kon Tum, 10/10/2017 at Gia Lai, 11/10/2017 at Dak Lak, 12/10/2017 at Dak Nong and 13/10/2017 at Lam Dong. In each province, representativeleaderand officers in charge of planning were attendedthoroughly and contributed ideas about forestry planning status as well as expectations, proposes of their provinces forthe report: protection, restoration and sustainable development ofCentral Highlands to developthe most appropriate Planning for each province
Participants of each province including:
- Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: Leader of the forestry sector (host), Leader and official of Finance - Planning Committee Division.
- Department ofNatural Resources and Environment: Leader and official in charge
- Department ofFinance: Leader and official in charge.
- Forest Protection Department: Leaders of Divisions,Department Leaders and Officials from Department of Forest Management and Protection and Nature Conservation; Forest Utilization.
- Leaders ofPeople’s Committee of Districts, Leader of Forest Department at the district level.
- Vietnam Administration of Forestry:Forest Protection Department, DepartmentofPlanning and Finance.
- Planning Department - Mistry ofAgriculture and Rural Development
- Consulting unit: Institute for Forest Ecology and Environment and Research Institute for Forest Ecology and Environment.
Some pictures of the workshops:
Workshop in Kon Tum on October 9th, 2017
Workshop in Gia Lai on October 10th, 2017
Workshop in Dak Lak on October 11th, 2017
Workshop in Dak Nong on October 12th, 2017
Workshop in Lam Dong on October 13th, 2017