tailieunhanh - The market of planting production forest products in the northern mountainous provinces and development policies

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has entrusted the Vietnam Forestry Science Institute with research into and development of “Effective and sustainable planting of production forests in the Northern mountainous region”. This paper provides some initial results from surveys on the marketing of products from such forests in the Northern mountainous provinces. | the market of planting production forest products in the northern mountainous provinces and development policies Dr. Vo Dai Hai Vietnam Forestry Science Institute I. Background The Northern mountainous region comprises 14 provinces located in three sylvi-ecological zones the Northwest Northeast and North Center. This region has a significant strategic position in terms of national defense security and a potential for both socioeconomic development and environment protection. However the Northern mountain is an underdeveloped region of Vietnam with poor infrastructure complex natural conditions and highly sloping mountain topography especially in the Northwest. Socio-economic and human factors are further constraints to the economic de velopments of the region. Aiming at boosting the economic growth rate in the Northern mountainous region the Government in past years has issued many policies implemented various programs and projects and simultaneously applied several solutions involving forestry development. Examples include program 327 and the 5-million hectare reforestation program. As a result forest cover increased to 35 in 2002. However attention has mostly focused on forest protection and special-use forests planting forests has not received much attention. Many problems remain unanswered notably with respect to marketing. Many paper-mills and artificial plank manufacturing factories etc. have been planned and built in recent years but material redundancy and shortage still persist with direct impacts on forest planters. To solve some of the above problems under the science and technology research program for agricultural development in the Northern mountain region in the period 20022005 the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has entrusted the Vietnam Forestry Science Institute with research into and development of Effective and sustainable planting of production forests in the Northern mountainous region . This paper provides some initial results .