Directive No. 15/2007/CT-BNN requires provinces and centrally governed cities to manage shifting cultivation more effectively to protect forests and land. The main contents include statistics on cultivated areas, fixed planning for shifting cultivation plots, strict control over cultivation activities, severe handling of violations, development of sustainable cultivation transition programs, and enhanced propaganda and mobilization.
适用范围
People's Committees of provinces and centrally governed cities with forests; Forest Inspection Sub-departments; Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development; Forest Inspection Department; related units of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
要点
- Provinces and centrally governed cities shall conduct statistics and specifically determine the current status of shifting cultivation areas; review and plan shifting cultivation plots ensuring consistency with forest planning and land use.
- Organize strict control over shifting cultivation activities, strictly prohibit cultivation that invades natural forests; temporarily suspend burning and clearing of shifting cultivation plots during dangerous dry seasons.
- Develop sustainable shifting cultivation transition programs towards intensive terrace farming, fixed shifting cultivation plots, financial, food, and seedling support for ethnic groups planting forests and industrial crops.
- Forest Inspection Sub-department shall organize propaganda and mobilization to shift to fixed shifting cultivation plots; direct inspections and supervision of forest owners burning and clearing understory vegetation; delineate boundaries of shifting cultivation production zones.
- Forest Inspection Department shall accept and implement pilot projects on managing shifting cultivation; direct and inspect the activities of localities.
🌐 本文件的社会影响
- Positive impacts: Reduce the risk of forest fires and illegal deforestation; protect forests and land.
- Negative impacts: Increased costs for people due to investment in sustainable cultivation measures; conversion time may cause difficulties for some households.
❓ 常见问题
What must provinces and centrally governed cities implement according to this Directive?
Must conduct statistics and specifically determine the area of shifting cultivation; review and plan shifting cultivation plots ensuring consistency with forest planning and land use; strictly control shifting cultivation activities; develop sustainable cultivation transition programs.
When are shifting cultivation activities strictly prohibited?
During dangerous dry seasons when forest fire risks are at extremely dangerous levels (level V), burning and clearing of shifting cultivation plots and burning near forests must be temporarily suspended.
Do provinces and centrally governed cities provide financial support to people during the cultivation transition process?
For areas with conditions, localities will create conditions to provide financial, food, seedling support, and technical guidance for ethnic groups planting forests, industrial crops, fruit trees, and fodder crops.
What are the responsibilities of the Forest Inspection Sub-department in managing shifting cultivation?
Organize propaganda and mobilization to shift to fixed shifting cultivation plots; direct inspections and supervision of forest owners burning and clearing understory vegetation; delineate boundaries of shifting cultivation production zones.
What are the responsibilities of the Forest Inspection Department in managing shifting cultivation?
Accept and implement pilot projects on managing shifting cultivation; direct and inspect the activities of localities; submit to the Ministry for issuance of regulations and technical procedures for using fire in the treatment of understory vegetation and shifting cultivation.
全文
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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT Number: 15/2007/CT-BNN |
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Hanoi, February 13, 2007 |
DIRECTIVE
On Strengthening the Management of Shifting Cultivation
In recent times, the management of shifting cultivation has gradually improved towards intensive farming and crop structure adjustment in mountainous rural areas. However, the practice of extensive shifting cultivation without planning and inadequate management remains the primary direct cause of forest fires and illegal deforestation occurring in many localities.
To address this situation, contribute to forest protection, and guide people to effectively manage shifting cultivation, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development requests the People's Committees of provinces and centrally governed cities with forests to instruct and implement the following main tasks:
1) Statistically determine the current status of shifting cultivation area, types, and subjects; review and plan shifting cultivation areas ensuring consistency with the three types of forest planning and land use planning of the locality, focusing on areas with stable cultivation conditions to plan fixed shifting cultivation areas.
2) Strictly control shifting cultivation activities and clearing fields near forests. Prohibit shifting cultivation that encroaches upon natural forests in rich and medium states, special-use forests, and highly vulnerable protective forests. During extreme drought periods when forest fire risk reaches the highest level (level V), temporary suspension of field burning for shifting cultivation and clearing fields near forests must be implemented.
Severely handle individuals who violate or exploit shifting cultivation to illegally deforest or cause forest fires.
3) Develop a sustainable shifting cultivation transformation program in the region towards terraced rice cultivation, fixed shifting cultivation, and gradual crop structure adjustment. For areas with suitable conditions, localities should have mechanisms to provide financial support, food, seedlings, and technical guidance for ethnic groups to plant forests, industrial crops, fruit trees, and fodder crops to solve employment issues, increase income, and protect forests and land.
4) The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development assigns the Forest Protection Service to lead and coordinate with relevant units to advise People's Committees at all levels to comprehensively implement management solutions for shifting cultivation. Among these, the Forest Protection Service must urgently and resolutely implement the following issues:
a) Organize propaganda and mobilization for ethnic groups currently practicing shifting cultivation or settled but still practicing shifting cultivation to shift to fixed shifting cultivation; specify detailed activities for burning fields for shifting cultivation, burning grasslands, and fields within and near forests.
b) Direct county-level Forest Protection Services and forest rangers responsible for communes to strengthen inspection, supervision, and guidance for forest owners to clear understory vegetation; households and individuals to burn fields for shifting cultivation and clear fields during the peak dry season months.
c) Organize the delineation of boundaries for shifting cultivation production zones and proceed with marking to manage and prevent encroachment and damage to other areas.
d) Annually organize inspections and evaluations of the results of shifting cultivation production zone planning and implementation.
5) Assign the Forest Protection Service to lead and coordinate with related units under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to implement the following tasks:
a) Receive and implement pilot projects on managing shifting cultivation in some localities to draw lessons for nationwide implementation.
b) Direct and inspect shifting cultivation management activities in localities. Submit to the Ministry for issuance of regulations and technical procedures for using fire in understory vegetation treatment and shifting cultivation.
Request localities and agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to effectively implement the above contents and promptly report to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. /
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