The Nghe An Provincial People's Committee on January 3 issued Directive No. 01/CT-UBND on organizing the “Tree Planting Festival to forever remember Uncle Ho” on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Snake, strengthening the forest protection, development and management in 2025.
Young people in Nghe An province participated in tree planting festival 2024. (Photo: nghean.gov.vn)
The Provincial People's Committee requested the heads of departments, branches and sectors and Chairmen of People's Committees of districts, cities, towns, units and forest owners to strengthen communications, raise awareness of all classes of people about the role, effects, value of forests, the significance of afforestation, forest protection, forest fire prevention and fighting, and the ecological environment protection as well as promotion of afforestation with large timbers.
The Provincial People's Committee also requested to synchronously and effectively deploy policies and mechanisms in forestry; create conditions for agencies, organizations, schools, armed forces and all classes of people to actively participate in tree planting.
In 2024, the province planted over 22,000 ha of forests and more than 8.9 million trees, exploited over 1.7 million m3 of planted forest wood to ensure a stable supply of raw materials for the forestry processing industry; well protecting 961,000 ha of existing forests; ensuring that forest cover is maintained at 58%./.