
Afforestation company chairman nabbed for deforestation in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
The destroyed area was once home to both productive and natural forests
The destroyed area was once home to both productive and natural forests
Some cedar wood products of the same kind as the logged trees were later found at the coffee garden of a 54-year-old local man
The man hired people to chop down trees at a local forest to make space for farming
The firm destroyed more than 1,300 square meters of forest for an ecotourism project
More than 64 hectares of protection and production forest was destroyed from 2015 to 2017
The deforestation has been ongoing for a while without any reaction from forest protection officers
Approximately 8.1 hectares of protected forest in Quang Ninh has been cleared
Forests are being cleared against the law at Van Phong Bay, about 60 kilometers north of Nha Trang
He has reportedly destroyed a massive area of the local forest
Over 43 hectares of forest land in the south-central Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh has been cleared in concerted ways without the knowledge of local authorities.