Expenditures for special-use forest protection from July 15, 2024 in Vietnam

Expenditures for special-use forest protection from July 15, 2024 in Vietnam (Image from the Internet)

1. Entities eligible for receiving funding for special-use forest protection from July 15, 2024 in Vietnam

Entities eligible for receiving funding for special-use forest protection from July 15, 2024 in Vietnam include:

(i) Management board of special-use forest;

(ii) Management board of protection forest;

(iii) Residential communities;

(iv) Other entities under Clauses 2, 3, and 4 Article 8 of the 2017 Law on Forestry.

(Clause 1 Article 5 of Decree 58/2024/ND-CP)

2. Expenditures for special-use forest protection from July 15, 2024 in Vietnam

Specifically, Clause 3 Article 5 of Decree 58/2024/ND-CP stipulates the expenditures for special-use forest protection from July 15, 2024 in Vietnam in Vietnam as follows:

- Entities specified in (i) shall:

+ Delegate forest protection to local households, individuals, and residential communities in accordance with Article 19 of Decree 58/2024/ND-CP;

+ Pay salaries to forest protection forces that do not receive salaries from state budget; hire forest protection employees;

+ Procure, repair forest protection equipment and support tools, PPE for forest protection for forest protection forces;

+ Assist forces in scouring, patrolling, supervising for forest protection purpose; provide professional training for forest protection forces; sign agreements, commitment pertaining to forest protection, forest fire prevention and firefighting; raise community’s awareness regarding forest protection; communicate and educate the law within the local community;

+ Pay for development of forest fire prevention and firefighting solutions; organize forest fire drill; organize additional fire lookouts and firefighting shifts in dry months and organize conferences for forest protection;

+ Pay for travel, instructions, inspection, supervision, and local meeting costs in accordance with Article 8 hereof;

+ Perform other forest protection activities in accordance with forestry laws.

- Entities specified in (ii) shall delegate forest protection to local households, individuals, and residential communities in accordance with Article 19 of Decree 58/2024/ND-CP and:

+ Pay salaries to forest protection forces that do not receive salaries from state budget; hire forest protection employees;

+ Procure, repair forest protection equipment and support tools, PPE for forest protection for forest protection forces;

+ Assist forces in scouring, patrolling, supervising for forest protection purpose; provide professional training for forest protection forces; sign agreements, commitment pertaining to forest protection, forest fire prevention and firefighting; raise community’s awareness regarding forest protection; communicate and educate the law within the local community;

+ Pay for development of forest fire prevention and firefighting solutions; organize forest fire drill; organize additional fire lookouts and firefighting shifts in dry months and organize conferences for forest protection;

+ Perform other forest protection activities in accordance with forestry laws.

- Entities specified in (iii) shall perform forest protection activities decided by forest caretakers in accordance with forestry laws.

- Entities specified in (iv): in case of state enterprises, delegate forest protection to local households, individuals, residential communities in accordance with Article 19 of Decree 58/2024/ND-CP and perform other forest protection activities decided by forest caretakers in accordance with forestry laws. In case of other organizations, perform forest management and protection in accordance with sustainable forest management solution and decision of forest caretakers in accordance with forestry laws..

- Depending on annually allocated state budget, entities under section 1 shall prioritize expenditure on forest protection in areas with high risk of forest resource violation; forests with high biodiversity requiring protection.

More details can be found in Decree 58/2024/ND-CP taking effect from July 15, 2024.

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