The objective of the afforestation project is to replace the burnt area inefficient to contribute to improving efficiency of land use, jobs for workers, ensuring 100% of households participated in food to live and raise living standards for ethnic minorities, restrictions, and proceed to terminate the development of natural forest to burnt, thus contributing to forest protection and development, improve the ecological environment.

Implementation time, four years from 2009 to 2012 plantation with a total investment of 544,028.38 million from the capital of the project on planting 5 million hectares of forest from 2010 onwards, the implementation of programs funded Forest protection and development.

Expected 8136.8 hectares planted production forests and protection forests burnt by replacing 34 communes and towns in two districts Huong Hoa and Dakrong (Huong Hoa 4925.4 ha, Dakrong 3211.4 ha).

(Source: Website of Quang Tri province)
[Translator: Khanh Linh]