Since mid-November, an estimated 130m³ of timber has been illegally logged from pristine woodland areas across Da Nang.  Most notably, 120m³ of it was taken from sub-region 20 of the city’s Ba Na-Nui Chua special use forest in Hoa Vang District. 

However, the city’s forest rangers only managed to find and seize 10m³ of the poached timber which had been left in the special use forest by the illegal loggers.

The 10m3 of poached timbers found in the special use forest

In an effort to stop the deforestation, the Director of the Management Board of the Ba Na-Nui Chua special use forest, Mr Phan The Dung, said that his unit would arrange for 10 forest rangers to be in the special use forest around the clock up until the forthcoming Tet Festival.  The intention is to stop any more illegal logging activities in the forest area.    

In addition, the municipal Forest Management Department will increase its investigations to try to arrest suspects for the illegal logging activities.