What are reserve forests in Vietnam used for? What are the regulations on the use of forest products in reserve forests in Vietnam?
What are reserve forests in Vietnam used for?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 5 of the 2017 Law on Forestry in Vietnam, the purposes of reserve forests are as follows:
Reserve forests shall be mostly used to conserve natural forest ecosystems, genetic resources of forest organisms, carry out scientific research and preserve historical - cultural relics, beliefs, places of scenic beauty associated with ecotourism; hospitality and entertainment except for strictly protected sub-zones of reserve forests; and provide forest environmental services including:
- National parks;
- Natural reserves;
- Species – habitat reserves;
- Landscape protection areas including forests used for preserving historical - cultural relics and places of scenic beauty; belief forests; forests protecting environment of urban areas, industrial parks, export-processing zones, economic zones and high-tech zones;
- Forests used for scientific research or experiment purposes; national botanical gardens; national forest nurseries.
What are reserve forests in Vietnam used for? What are the regulations on the use of forest products in reserve forests in Vietnam? (Image from the internet)
What are the regulations on the use of forest products in reserve forests in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 52 of the 2017 Law on Forestry in Vietnam, the use of forest products in reserve forests is as follows:
National parks, natural reserves and species - habitat reserves shall:
- Not use forest products in strictly protected sub-zones of reserve forests; not carry out secondary mining of dead timber trees or broken trees in ecological restoration sub-zones of reserve forests;
- Be entitled to secondary mining of dead timber trees, broken trees and fungi in service or administrative subzones of reserve forests;
- Be eligible to take advantage of timbers, wood, non-timber forest plants and fungi within scope of ground clearance for building works approved by competent state authorities.
- Have the rights to collect specimens of forest plants, animals, fungi and organism genetic resources in accordance with science and technology tasks after obtaining approval from competent state authorities.
Landscape protection forests shall:
- Be eligible to take advantage of timbers, wood, non-timber forest plants and fungi in the course of implementing bio-forestry methods to conserve, renovate or restore ecosystems, landscapes, culture or history and within the scope of ground clearance for construction of works after obtaining approval from competent state authorities;
- Have the rights to collect specimens of forest plants, animals, fungi and organism genetic resources in accordance with science and technology tasks after obtaining approval from competent state authorities;
- Belief forests shall be entitled to secondary mining of dead timber trees, broken trees, forest plants, fungi and non-timber forest products; use timbers for public purposes approved by competent state authorities.
Forests used for scientific research or experimental purposes shall:
- Be eligible to use forest products in accordance with science and technology tasks after getting approval from competent state authorities;
- Be entitled to take advantage of timbers, wood, non-timber forest plants and fungi in the course of adjusting groups to forests, nurturing forests and applying other bio-forestry methods; secondary mining of timbers, wood and forest plants within scope of ground clearance for construction of works adopted by competent state authorities;
- Have the rights to use and collect species of forest plants, animals, fungi, microorganisms, specimens of forest plants, animals and genetic resources serving scientific research and technological development.
National botanical gardens and national seedling forests shall:
- Be eligible to use seedling materials;
- Be entitled to take advantage of timbers, wood, non-timber forest plants and fungi in the course of adjusting groups to forests, nurturing forests and applying other bio-forestry methods; secondary mining of timbers, wood, forest plants and fungi within scope of ground clearance for construction of works adopted by competent state authorities; secondary mining of dead timber trees and broken trees.
Can hospitality and entertainment be organized in reserve forests in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 53 of the 2017 Law on Forestry in Vietnam stipulating as follows:
Scientific research, training, practice activities, ecotourism, hospitality and entertainment in reserve forests
1. Scientific research, training, practice activities, ecotourism, hospitality and entertainment in reserve forests shall conform to forest management regulations and other regulations of relevant law. Provision of hospitality and entertainment activities shall be banned in strictly protected sub-zones of reserve forests.
2. Forest owners shall conceive projects on ecotourism, hospitality or entertainment in reserve forests to request competent state authorities for approval.
3. Entities invested in ecotourism, hospitality or entertainment activities shall set up projects in compliance with regulations of relevant law and projects on ecotourism, hospitality or entertainment.
4. Forest owners shall organize, cooperate, associate or lease out forest environment to entities so as to trade in ecotourism, hospitality or entertainment in reserve forests provided that conservation of natural ecosystems, biodiversity, environmental landscapes and other functions of forests are not affected.
5. Procedures for developing, assessing and approving projects on ecotourism, hospitality or entertainment and managing construction works serving ecotourism, hospitality or entertainment in reserve forests shall conform to forest management regulations and other regulations of relevant law.
According to the above provisions, hospitality and entertainment in reserve forests shall conform to forest management regulations and other regulations of relevant law.
However, provision of hospitality and entertainment activities shall be banned in strictly protected sub-zones of reserve forests.
In addition, conservation of natural ecosystems, biodiversity, environmental landscapes and other functions of forests are not affected.
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