Working Group on Implementation of Key Programs 4.3.2.1. Forest Protection Program - Forest Restoration and Reforestation

Training in the fields of biology, conservation and research techniques of forest flora and fauna, ecotourism, training in raising awareness and educating the community about conservation and sustainable development, training in English, including the culture and language of the Van Kieu ethnic group.

When the management board of the conservation area is established (including the special-use forest ranger unit), the staff doing conservation work must have the necessary capacity to perform the work. The staff assigned must have basic capacity (high school, university degree or higher related to forestry, foreign language B, proficient in office computer skills). They should be arranged for a long-term period (at least 5 years) and have a plan for training and professional development in forest protection management and biodiversity conservation. The management board of the conservation area needs to develop a training plan for staff through a survey of the training needs of the management board of the conservation area and the ranger unit of the conservation area. Based on the necessary skill groups for staff doing conservation work (you can refer to the ASIAN standard for necessary skill groups for staff doing conservation work) to have a suitable training plan. Training can be done in many ways such as: sending staff to study at other units, opening training courses, sending them for medium-term and long-term training... In particular, conservation staff must have the skills to work with the community and local leaders to convince them rather than applying the law in conservation work. The approach of co-management and implementation of sustainable economic development models by conservation staff can also facilitate this activity. From now on, there should be meetings with people in the 5 buffer zone communes to make them clear about the objectives of the project to establish a conservation area, of which they are the affected communities.

4.3.2. Working group on implementing key programs 4.3.2.1. Forest protection program - forest restoration and regeneration

- Determine and mark boundaries:

It is extremely important to clearly define the boundaries of conservation areas in the field.

important for forest management and protection in the reserve. Therefore, determining

Field boundary demarcation is considered a top priority task and should be carried out as follows:

+ Organize a boundary conference between the conservation area and the People's Committees of 5 related communes:

Through the survey, while investigating, the leaders of the People's Committees of the communes all had the same opinion that they did not know the boundaries of the conservation area, so through the conference, they both introduced the conservation area and provided information related to the boundaries on the map and made plans for field identification.

+ Organizing field marker planting:

To carry out the marking in the field, a general survey is needed for the entire conservation area and it is determined that this is a job that requires time and money. It is necessary to determine the priority marking for sensitive locations first, which are places that have a lot of contact with people, located on roads with frequent traffic, special locations that need to be demarcated... Based on the marking plan, the conservation area will coordinate with the Commune People's Committee to organize the marking in the field.

- Patrol to control illegal logging and wildlife hunting

These are the two biggest direct threats to the habitats and populations of endemic, limited-range and globally threatened fauna and flora species in the region. To preserve the valuable biodiversity values ​​currently residing in the reserve, appropriate management solutions need to be quickly implemented to prevent, reduce and eventually stop these threats.

Due to many reasons as analyzed in section 4.3.2, encroachment on forest resources continues to occur, especially when the Ho Chi Minh road passes through the KBT and new economic and residential routes are being opened such as Kreng Hong-Coc.

, Huong Son - Huong Linh besides bringing about the development of the socio-economy of the mountainous region, but at the same time it is very convenient for accessing the forest, posing difficulties and challenges for forest protection. Therefore

Must coordinate with relevant departments, branches, and commune authorities to strengthen prevention, inspection, and control of this area.

Control wildlife hunting and logging activities, strictly control transportation and trade activities, especially during hunting season (from August to March of the following year).

Educate and persuade people to fight and require hunters and restaurant owners who sell wild meat to sign a commitment not to hunt and trade wild animals.

However, it is necessary to determine that the most important thing is to raise awareness (legal education) and sustainable livelihoods are promoted and applied locally, while applying the law is only the last resort.

- Forest fire prevention and fighting

Forest fires hinder the natural regeneration process, the forest restoration process and are truly a disaster for the forest and the environment. Up to now, forest fires in this area rarely occur in natural forests, mainly planted forests and bare reed land. The main causes of forest fires are slash-and-burn, burning to create pastures for livestock, using fire to catch bees, farming and collecting scrap. The ecological restoration subdivision has a large area of ​​bare land and is regularly affected by the local community, so this is an area with high potential for forest fires.

The North Huong Hoa area is affected by the West Truong Son range, which is different from the climate in other districts in the province. The hot and dry fire season starts early from the 12th lunar month to April of the following year. For natural forests, forest fires are not a pressure yet, however, the use of forest fires in buffer zones where there is bare land, bare hills where people burn swidden land for farming needs to be strictly controlled to avoid fires spreading into the forest. To do this, in addition to the work of zoning swidden land and guiding people to implement it, it is also necessary to strengthen patrols and control of key routes during the dry season. Strengthen control of activities during the swidden season, collecting scrap, burning pastures for livestock. Establish the Forest Fire Prevention and Control Command of the Management Board of the Nature Reserve and consolidate and improve the Steering Committee.

Direct PCCCR in buffer zone communes, develop and organize the implementation of PCCCR plans of the KBT and buffer zone communes right from the beginning of the dry season, organize propaganda, regular inspection and control, especially during peak months and key areas prone to forest fires. Organize training, drills, build fire prevention and fighting teams in each locality, sign commitments not to burn forests.

In addition to the above tasks, planning the system of fire prevention and control works for the KBT, including the system of fire barriers, watchtowers, water supply points and other essential equipment for fire prevention and control work, is especially necessary and must be considered one of the priority activities of the KBT Management Board.

-Forest restoration and conservation

Subjects: are forest sub-areas near current residential areas:

+ Enclosure has an impact on 4 sub-areas in Huong Lap and Huong Viet communes with a total area of: 2,224 ha

Method: Contracting for protection to households and communities

belongs to two communes Huong Lap and Huong Viet.

+ Enclosing without impact in 8 forest sub-areas: in Huong Son and Huong Linh communes. Total area: 4,554 ha.

Method: contract protection and raising to households or communities in Huong Viet, Huong Son and Huong Linh communes.

4.3.2.2. Scientific research program

- Investigate and research to supplement biodiversity: In addition to forest protection, it is necessary to investigate and record full information on biodiversity values. Investigate new species of aquatic organisms, fish, insects and investigate and supplement the list of species of plants, animals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, etc. to confirm diversity, provide more information and data for management work is especially important. To do this, the Management Board of the Nature Reserve needs to coordinate with domestic and foreign organizations and scientists to investigate and research. Need

Assign staff to join the delegations to study, grasp the reality, supplement and improve field knowledge. Have a plan to arrange stable staff to monitor and grasp each specific area of ​​each field and arrange training to improve the level of expertise in the assigned field.

- Applying scientific and technical advances to biodiversity conservation research: Applying information technology, advanced investigation and research methods, using new technical equipment for investigation and research...

4.3.2.3.Monitoring program

- Species monitoring: Research on population fluctuations and distribution of endemic species such as white-crested pheasant, saola, etc.

- Landscape monitoring: Monitor forest developments, monitor and evaluate the impact of economic and civil activities on the landscape of the KBT forest to have timely management adjustment plans.

-Applying the “Adaptive management” approach means being flexible when defining conservation targets or objectives so that they can be adjusted as ecosystem components are constantly changing.

- Building a database system of the conservation area: To store, update and exploit effectively and scientifically the documents, information and scientific reports of the conservation area. In addition to using the method of storing bookshelves, image storage rooms and traditional specimens, it is necessary to have a plan to apply information technology in this field by building a software to store, update and manage the database in the computer to serve the work of conservation assessment and monitoring.

- Applying scientific and technological advances in protection work

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4.3.2.4.Education and ecotourism propaganda program

- Propaganda and education to raise awareness for the community

Raising awareness is extremely important to help people.

Once they understand the value and serious environmental consequences that directly and indirectly affect their lives, they will voluntarily and actively participate in conservation work.

Propaganda activities need to be carried out regularly, using many different forms, and must be flexibly integrated into programs, suitable for each target group. Mobilize prestigious people in the village,

Commune leaders (such as village elders, village chiefs, and clan chiefs) participate as propagandists. Launch a competition movement to build a cultural village, with the criteria being a commitment not to cut down forests, hunt wild animals, and comply with local laws and regulations on forest protection. Develop and sign village covenants and conventions on forest protection.

-Environmental education aims to provide individuals and communities with basic knowledge and understanding of the environment and to create awareness and sensitivity towards the environment and related issues, to encourage interest and active participation in improving and protecting the environment, and to create opportunities for everyone to actively participate in solving environmental problems.

Need to focus on implementing the following activities:

+ Develop programs and plans for propaganda, education and awareness raising

+ Organize propaganda: seminars, communications, education... in schools and in residential communities.

+ Develop content, form and disseminate propaganda documents...

+ Coordinate with high schools to develop extracurricular curriculum on conservation areas and integrate them into related subjects such as animals, plants, geography, history, civic education, etc. Build environmental clubs, organize extracurricular talks and field trips to stimulate love of nature, help children become aware of protecting nature and forests.

- Ecotourism: In special-use forests, ecotourism is an activity aimed at exploiting the natural potential of landscapes and natural resources, contributing to biodiversity conservation, promoting natural beauty, making people love nature more and at the same time bringing economic benefits to nature conservation, to the Reserve and the government as well as the local community (principle of sharing benefits from the use of biological resources). Ecotourism is a potential economic source, so it is necessary to organize the effective exploitation of tourism potential. In order to be able to manage and exploit this potential activity well, not only the Reserve Management Board but also the participation of relevant parties (local authorities, communities and mass organizations, other organizations and individuals...) must not be passive but proactively participate in moving towards co-management, protection, use and exploitation of tourism potential. On that basis, local people really voluntarily participate in conservation work because it also brings benefits to them. However, this is a new activity organized appropriately in the conditions of low and unstable socio-economic conditions, scale and location selection and attention to its negative impact on the environment. In the immediate period, it is necessary to focus on doing the following:

+ Determining the ecotourism potential of Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve: Conditions

Survey of eco-tourism sites and routes.

+ Training staff on ecotourism for both conservation areas and local people.

+ Create a website to promote ecotourism and exchange management experiences

with other conservation areas in the province, region and nationally and even internationally.

+ Promote and introduce tourism potential, call for investment and exploitation. 4.3.2.5. Program to develop projects to call for investment capital and international cooperation

In addition to requesting the province to provide funding according to investment projects approved by the province for the conservation area, it is necessary to annually mobilize capital sources for the province's target programs to carry out the proposed activities.

Building and proposing projects and plans to find funding from domestic and foreign government and non-governmental organizations to carry out conservation tasks is especially important.

To do this, the Management Board of the KBT needs to develop ideas and project proposals that are suitable to the criteria of the funding organizations. It is necessary to build good cooperative relationships with organizations that are currently active in the field of conservation such as: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Birdlife International, Netherlands Development Organization (SNV), Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Hanoi National University (CRES) ... which are traditional partners in Quang Tri to call for help and support. In addition, it is necessary to continue to find and take advantage of other potential organizations.

4.3.3. Group of activities to support socio-economic development of buffer zones of conservation areas

4.3.3.1. Land use planning with local community participation

- Detailed land use planning for Cup and Cuoi villages is being

located in ecological restoration zones I and II

Currently, in the ecological restoration sub-zones I and II, there are 2 villages Cup and Cuoi with 30 households living, of which 18 households are in Cup village and 12 households are in Cuoi village (Huong Lap commune). The plan to move these 2 villages out of the boundary of the nature reserve is very difficult to implement. To ensure the livelihoods of these households, it is necessary to carry out detailed land use planning for these 2 villages, contract the allocation of surrounding forest areas for them to protect, and instruct people in farming and livestock raising techniques so that they can stabilize their lives and not harm forest resources.

Table 4.13: Proposed land use solutions for Cup village


Object

PK PHST1

Proposed solution

Total area

4076.0


Rich forest

1080.8

Intact protection

Medium forest

2483.6

Intact protection

Forest restoration (forest)

young)

166.2

Enclose, protect (contract to)

villagers protect)

Vacant land for regenerating timber

133.6

Enclose, promote forest regeneration and

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