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Date: Oct 8, 2009

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Good management increases forest cover Vientiane Times, 08 Oct 2009 Forestry officials are hoping to improve the management and inspection of forest resources in Laos to assist with better planning in the future and to protect valuable eco-systems. A national survey will be carried out next year that is estimated will show about 53 percent of land in Laos is forested. This will be an increase on the 42 percent forest cover in the 2002 survey, thanks to the protection of 2.55 million hectares of endangered forest that has already suffered from human activity, as well as the 150,000 hectares of industrial tree plantations that have been established in the past decade. The government currently manages forest resources in three ways: protected areas where all forms of logging are banned, areas where slash and burn cultivation is banned but limited logging still occurs under a government-set quota, and areas where logging is unrestricted, according to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Around 100 forestry officials from various provinces are meeting in Vientiane for a three-day workshop on forestry management from October 7-9, attended by Minister and of Agriculture and Forestry Sitaheng Ratsaphon and his Deputy Dr Ty Phommasack. At the meeting Mr Sitaheng asked all participants to promote awareness in organisations from central to local levels about protecting the eco- system, and how to allocate and manage all three forestry types. The minister urged stricter controls on furniture producers, illegal wood traders and timber exports, as well as increased cooperation on seedling management for rare trees and protecting endangered animals and birds. Mr Sitaheng said provincial forestry authorities should closely monitor the use of illegal fishing and hunting equipment and illegal wildlife trade in local markets and along roads close to provincial and national borders. Illegal logging and the destruction of natural resources are being carried out in numerous ways by many groups, including government officials. These activities range from slash and burn cultivation to local logging for house building and the mistaken ordering of goods made from illegal timber. One report at the meeting showed that some provincial authorities had proposed the seizure of illegal timber intended for export from criminal logging operations for government approval, then stored the seized materials in the forest or along border roads for their own purposes. While in the past the forestry authorities could arrest and fine wrongdoers through good cooperation with local staff, some covert illegal logging operations are still being carried out in protected areas such as Phou Khaokhuay, Phou Donghuaxao, Nam Xebangnuan, Nam Xepien and Nam Ha, where wildlife trading and timber transport from the forest to factories remain unobstructed by poor forestry management. __________________

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