Quyết định 03/2001/QĐ-TTg

DECISION No DECISION No. 03/2001/QD-TTg OF JANUARY 5, 2001 APPROVING THE RESULTS OF GENERAL INVENTORY OF FORESTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THE PRIME MINISTER Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992; Pursuant to the Law on Forest Protection and Development of August 19, 1991; Pursuant to Decision No. 245/1998/QD-TTg of December 21, 1998; At the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Official Dispatches No. 3638/BNN-KH of October 26, 2000 and No. 4300/BNN-TCTK of December 11, 2000) and the General Department of Statistics� opinion in Official Dispatch No. 739/TCTK-NN of November 1, 2000, DECIDES: Article 1.- To approve the results of general inventory of forests throughout the country by the end of December 31, 1999: There had been throughout the country 10,915,592 ha of forests of all types with the corresponding coverage rate of 33.2% (excluding timber trees planted scatteredly and perennial industrial trees with large canopies), of which: - Area of natural forests: 9,444,198 ha, accounting for 86.5% of the total forest area in the whole country. - Area of planted forests: 1,471,394 ha, making up 13.5% of the total forest area in the whole country. Article 2.- To assign the presidents of the People�s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities the forest area already inventoried by December 31, 1999 (the list is enclosed with this Decision). The presidents of the People�s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall have to organize the forest management, protection and development in strict accordance with the provisions of the Prime Minister�s Decision No. 245/1998/QD-TTg of December 21, 1998 on the exercise of State management responsibilities of all levels over forests and forestry land. Article 3.- To assign the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to inspect and supervise the implementation of forest protection; coordinate with the concerned ministries and branches in providing professional guidance to localities in the work of forest management, protection and development; coordinate with the People�s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities in regularly surveying and evaluating forest resource developments to serve as basis for planning national socio-economic development policies. Article 4.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing. The ministers, the heads of the ministerial-level agencies and agencies attached to the Government and the presidents of the People�s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall have to implement this Decision. For the Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister NGUYEN CONG TAN AREA OF THE PROVINCES� INVENTORIED FORESTS BY DECEMBER 31, 1999 (Together with Decision No. 03 of January 5, 2001) Area with forests Ordinal Number Territorial areas, provinces Natural area (ha) Total (ha) Natural (ha) Planted (ha) Coverage rate (%) A 1 2 3 4 5 = 2/1 In the whole country 32,894,398 10,915,592 9,444,198 1,471,394 33.2 I Northeast 6,746,293 2,368,982 1,890,595 478,387 35.1 1 Bac Kan 479,554 235,247 224,114 11,133 49.1 2 Bac Giang 382,265 97,975 64,441 33,534 25.6 3 Bac Ninh 79,972 567 567 0.7 4 Cao Bang 669,072 208,586 199,673 8,913 31.2 5 Ha Giang 788,437 284,537 262,957 21,580 36.1 6 Lang Son 818,725 243,331 184,017 59,314 29.7 7 Lao Cai 804,400 240,184 202,589 37,595 29.9 8 Phu Tho 350,634 115,106 56,511 58,595 32.8 9 Quang Ninh 611,081 221,815 170,827 50,988 36.3 10 Thai Nguyen 356,639 139,421 99,796 39,625 39.1 11 Tuyen Quang 582,002 297,128 235,635 61,493 51.1 12 Vinh Phuc 135,220 26,167 9,605 16,562 19.4 13 Yen Bai 688,292 258,918 180,430 78,488 37.6 II Northwest 3,572,365 963,441 884,409 79,032 27.0 1 Hoa Binh 474,942 167,320 123,403 43,917 35.2 2 Lai Chau 1,691,923 485,986 473,845 12,141 28.7 3 Son La 1,405,500 310,135 287,161 22,974 22.1 III Red River delta 1,266,254 83,638 45,333 38,305 6.6 1 Ha Nam 84,238 8,012 6,652 1,360 9.5 2 Ha Noi 91,846 4,166 4,166 4.5 3 Ha Tay 219,296 14,104 4,393 9,711 6.4 4 Hai Duong 166,078 9,867 3,104 6,763 5.9 5 Hai Phong 151,369 8,580 6,493 2,087 5.7 6 Hung Yen 89,084 0 0.0 7 Nam Dinh 167,800 5,541 1,125 4,416 3.3 8 Ninh Binh 142,763 26,853 23,566 3,287 18.8 9 Thai Binh 153,780 6,515 6,515 4.2 IV Northern Central Vietnam 5,130,454 2,135,649 1,835,633 300,016 41.6 1 Thanh Hoa 1,116,833 405,713 322,003 83,710 36.3 2 Nghe An 1,638,233 684,398 623,086 61,312 41.8 3 Ha Tinh 605,574 206,505 169,367 37,138 34.1 4 Quang Binh 803,760 486,688 447,837 38,851 60.6 5 Quang Tri 465,134 138,161 103,097 35,064 29.7 6 Thua Thien Hue 500,920 214,184 170,243 43,941 42.8 V Coastal Central Vietnam 3,301,624 1,139,291 969,316 169,975 34.5 1 Quang Nam 1,040,514 425,921 388,803 37,118 40.9 2 Da Nang 124,837 52,132 37,066 15,066 41.8 3 Quang Ngai 511,534 126,605 91,933 34,672 24.8 4 Binh Dinh 602,555 196,067 151,760 44,307 32.5 5 Phu Yen 503,512 156,776 135,813 20,963 31.1 6 Khanh Hoa 518,672 181,790 163,941 17,849 35.0 VI Central Highlands 4,464,472 2,373116 2,339,167 33,949 53.2 1 Gia Lai 1,549,571 742,672 728,372 14,300 47.9 2 Kon Tum 961,440 612,489 602,530 9,959 63.7 3 Dak Lak 1,953461 1,017,955 1,008,265 9,690 52.1 VII Eastern South Vietnam 4,447,622 1,581000 1,416,643 164,357 35.5 1 Lam Dong 976,150 618,537 591,210 27,327 63.4 2 Binh Thuan 784,859 367,469 342,489 24,980 46.8 3 Ninh Thuan 335,227 157,415 151,838 5,577 47.0 4 Dong Nai 586,035 150,353 110,678 39,675 25.7 5 Binh Duong 271,744 11,304 4,101 7,203 4.2 6 Binh Phuoc 685,393 164,959 153,986 10,973 24.1 7 Ba Ria -Vung Tau 196,232 35,452 16,026 19,426 18.1 8 Tay Ninh 402,783 40,215 34,463 5,752 10.0 9 Ho Chi Minh city 209,199 35,296 11,852 23,444 16.9 VIII Mekong River delta 3,965,314 270,475 63,102 207,373 6.8 1 Dong Thap 323,530 9,059 9,059 2.8 2 An Giang 340,623 9,186 583 8,603 2.7 3 Bac Lieu 248,927 4,149 2,291 1,858 1.7 4 Ben Tre 228,715 3,414 1,009 2,405 1.5 5 Ca Mau 521,070 99,304 9,753 89,551 19.1 6 Can Tho 296,423 1,908 1,908 0.6 7 Kien Giang 624,565 86,753 44,064 42,689 13.9 8 Long An 444,866 35,925 1,554 34,371 8.1 9 Soc Trang 320,027 8,476 1,686 6,790 2.6 10 Tien Giang 232,609 4,282 368 3,914 1.8 11 Tra Vinh 236,585 8,019 1,794 6,225 3.4 12 Vinh Long 147,374 0 0.0 Note: Natural area data are issued by the General Land Administration in June, 1999.-