An online conference to review 3 years (2011-2013) of the implementation of the Policy on Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) according to Decree No.99/2010/ND-CP dated 24 September 2010 by the Government has been held and chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on 20 Sept.
At Quang Ngai bridge point, Vice Chairman of the PPC Pham Truong Tho and leaders of local departments and units attended the event.
As reported by MARD, after more than 3 years of implementing PFES, the nation collected 3,329 billion VND, focusing on three groups of electricity (97.27%), water (2.19%) and tourism (0.10%). 1,600 billion VND has been allocated to localities, of which, forest owners at provinces received over 1,393 billion VND, reaching 78.2%.
Currently, there are over 355,000 organizations and individuals in 40 provinces, cities participating in forest environmental services.
In Quang Ngai, to implement the PFES, the provincial government established the provincial Forest Protection and Development Fund in Oct. 2013. There are two subjects, including hydropower production units and clean water supply enterprises participated in forest environmental services. In the period of 2013-2014, the total amount of forest environmental services in Quang Ngai gained nearly 2.2 billion VND.
As shared, this policy has been gradually spread and created certain changes in mobilizing social resources for forest protection and development and livelihood improvement for people living in the mountainous regions.
Addressing at the conference, Deputy Prime Minister appreciated the efforts made by ministries, branches and localities in implementing PFES. He asked localities to continue to promote propaganda activities on responsibility and rights of local people in protection and development of forests.
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Đăng ký: VietNam News
