In 2020, provincial forest protection sector carried out many activities to prevent forest fires, specifically: Plowed bed to turn soil; deployed many patrols and checks; cleared dry grass areas that are easily ignited, have high risk of forest fire... Besides actively planting new forest trees and increasing urban greenery, the province's agriculture sector also maintained good rate of forest cover, forest trees and perennial trees in the province, with the current forest coverage rate of 57%.
Nguyen Binh Duong, Head of Forest Protection of Tan Uyen - Phu Giao region, said that in addition to forest fire prevention activities, their force regularly organized popularization sessions on forest protection and preservation among people in neighboring areas; specifically, over the first 11 months of 2020, this unit organized many talks about forest conservation and protection for local people. As a result, forest encroachment in the province has been controlled better than before.
Reported by Dinh Thang - Translated by Ngoc Huynh
