Vietnam: Contents of State management over forest protection and development

Specifically, according to Article 7 of the Law on forest protection and development 2004 of Vietnam, contents of State management over forest protection and development include:

1. Promulgating, and organizing the implementation of, legal documents on forest protection and development.

2. Elaborating, and organizing the implementation of, forestry development strategies as well as forest protection and development plannings and plans nationwide and in each locality.

3. Organizing surveys, determination and delimitation of boundaries of forests of all kinds on maps and on field, detailed to the administrative units of communes, wards and townships.

4. Conducting forest statistical and inventory work, monitoring changes in forest resources and land for forest development.

5. Assigning, leasing and recovering forests, changing forest use purposes.

6. Compiling and managing dossiers on forest and land assignment and lease for forest development; organizing registration and recognition of ownership right over planted production forests and forest use rights.

7. Granting and withdrawing permits of all kinds according to the provisions of forest protection and development legislation.

8. Organizing advanced scientific and technological research and application, international cooperative relations and human resource training for forest protection and development.

9. Disseminating and popularizing forest protection and development legislation.

10. Examining, inspecting and handling violations of forest protection and development legislation.

11. Settling forest disputes.

View relevant provisions at the Law on forest protection and development 2004 of Vietnam, effective from April 01, 2005.

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