Quang Nam proposes removing protective forests for construction
The central province of Quang Nam is proposing to remove 1,600 hectares of protective forests to make room for construction.
Le Tri Thanh, chairman of Quang Nam, said the area of protective forests in the east of the province spans over 3,600 hectares. Of this, 2,875 hectares have actual forests, while 761 hectares are either empty or seasonally flooded.
Thanh added the forests aren’t natural and were planted in the 1990s. As the land is mostly sand, there are only acacia and whistling pine trees, situated in poor coastal communes with little to no infrastructure.
Dac Thanh
