FGM Workshop Background Paper - REDD - VietNam

Box 18: Status on forest fire
• From 2005 to 2009, there has been 3,102 forest fire cases with the
damaged of 11,752 hectares, 2,350 hectares on average damage per
year. Forest area is damaged by fire continuously decreased over the
years and forest fire is controlled actively. Compared with 2005, the area
of damage in 2009 only 34.8%.
• Fired forests are mainly planted forests with tree species like Pine,
Melaleuca, Eucalyptus, Acacia;
• Direct causes of forest fires during the last years are: burning vegetation
for cropping, burning to clean fields for agricultural activities account for
63.7%, using fire for hunting, collecting honey, collecting materials count
for 13.6%, careless use of fire in the forest 6%, and 7.7% of other
causes, and particularly in recently burning forest on purpose (burning
due to conflict, revenge and on purpose) 9%.
ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED:
• Decree 09/2006/NĐ-CP dated 16/1/2006 specifies that forest managers who
do not benefit from the state budget have to cover expenses for forest fire
prevention and fire fighting from their own budget. This is a big problem for
forest owners who are households, communities and also the state
enterprises and the management boards of protection forests and special-use
forests. Therefore when the fire occurs, district forest inspection sections and
forest owners face difficulties because there is no accurate budget for
firefighting.
• Budget to support fire prevention and fire fighting at commune level also is
very limited. It depends on the budget of local authorities which is very limited,
too.
What is monitored/ measured already?
• Number of forest fire cases.
• Area of forest lost by fire.
• Direct causes of fire.
What needs to monitored/measured in the future?
• Number of organizations having fire-prevention and fire-fighting plans, and
resources to implement those plans.
• Number of agreement of forest range units; forest companies; forest
management boards to cooperate with local authorities and communities in
fire-prevention and fire-fighting, signed.
• Number of communes having budget, plan, means and forces for fire
prevention and fire fighting.
3.3.4. Protection forests and special-use forests
Box 19: Protection and special-use forest
According to the FPD report monitoring changes of forest resources, to
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