Ministry to speed up establishment of community-owned forest plantations

Ministry to speed up establishment of community-owned forest plantations
Forest plantations in Bago Mountain Range. (Photo-Hsan Htoo Aung).
Forest plantations in Bago Mountain Range. (Photo-Hsan Htoo Aung).
Published 19 October 2019

 

The ministry plans to reduce timber production and will step up its efforts to establish community-owned forest plantations, said Union Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Ohn Win, at a coordination meeting of the region and state forest departments on October 18. 

In implementing the six-point forestry policy, the forestry department is to implement the system under which more forests are grown and more conservation is carried out. 

It needs to pay attention to transnational smoke problems caused by forest fires. The ministry needs to draft a systematic plan for the preventive measures against forest fire as Brazil lost forest resources due to the Amazon forest fire.  

As the ministry has allotted necessary funds for the establishment of forest plantations, the relevant departments need to implement the projects effectively and systematically, he said. 

The country can reduce the state’s budget by promoting the role for the establishment of private forest plantations in addition to State-owned forest plantations. In an attempt to conserve the forests, the ministry is to take effective actions against those who illegally cut trees by chainsaws, the minister continued. 

In addition to the community-based monitoring and reporting system for illegal timber extraction, the ministry is to step up actions in cooperation with other departments and organizations. Works for community-based forest plantations have achieving progress. The ministry has issued directives for the establishment of forest plantations in 15 ethnic languages, the minister added.