Chương VI Thông tư 33/2018/TT-BNNPTNT kiểm kê theo dõi diễn biến rừng: TỔ CHỨC THỰC HIỆN

Chapter VI

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

Article 39. Responsibilities of forest owners

Carrying out forest inventories and monitoring of forest transitions and cooperating with specialized bodies in doing so.

Article 40. Responsibilities of relevant authorities:

1. Vietnam Administration of Forestry:

a) Formulating and implementing national forest survey and inventory projects and other thematic survey projects;

b) Providing instructions for localities and supervising them over forest surveys, inventories and monitoring of forest transitions; consolidating results of surveys, inventories and monitoring of forest transitions and non-forest areas across the nation.

2. Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development:

a) Formulating and carrying out forest survey and inventory projects existing within their jurisdiction;

b) Carrying out the monitoring of forest transitions and requesting provincial-level People’s Committee to make their decisions on public disclosure of forest conditions on an annual basis within their jurisdiction and sending related reports to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;

c) Providing instructions for localities and supervising them over forest surveys, inventories and monitoring of forest transitions; consolidating results of surveys, inventories and monitoring of forest transitions and non-forest areas at the provincial level.

3. Provincial-level Forest Protection Departments:

a) Taking charge of implementing about forest inventories and monitoring of forest transitions and providing manuals for such activities for district-level Forest Protection Subdepartments and forest owners;

b) Directly performing tasks specified in clause 4 of this Article if there is none of Forest Protection Subdepartments;

c) Archiving and depositing provincial-level forest documents and databases.

4. District-level Forest Protection Subdepartments:

a) Providing instructions about and carrying out the inspection of forest surveys and monitoring of forest transitions within districts;

b) Consolidating results of forest inventories and monitoring of forest transitions and reporting to provincial-level Forest Protection Departments and district-level People’s Committees;

c) Archiving and depositing district-level forest documents and databases.

Article 41. Entry into force

1. This Circular shall enter into force on January 1, 2019.

2. The following documents shall be repealed from the entry into force of this Circular:

a) Circular No. 25/2009/TT-BNNPTNT dated May 5, 2009 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, providing instructions about forest statistics, inventories and documentation of forest management;

b) Circular No. 26/2017/TT-BNNPTNT dated November 15, 2017 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, prescribing forest transitions and land intended for forest development planning purposes.

3. In the course of implementation of this Circular, if there is any difficulty that arises, entities, organizations and persons concerned must send timely feedbacks to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to seek its instructions and decisions on any necessary amendment or supplement./.