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	<title>Forest Policy Research &#187; Vietnam</title>
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		<title>Vietnam: Illegal logging in North &amp; Central Provinces</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/09/vietnam-illegal-deforestation-in-northern-central-provinces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 01:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military forestry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many locals, hired to protect the forests, have colluded with illegal loggers while park rangers have been involved in bloody battles over the protection of the forests. In mid-April, park rangers of Son Ha Forest in Quang Ngai Province spotted two people illegally carrying logs, Thanh Nien learned. Ranger Nguyen Quoc Bao chased the two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam: Forests fall to yet another gold rush in northern province 	of Thai Nguyen</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/31/vietnam-forests-fall-to-yet-another-gold-rush-in-northern-province-of-thai-nguyen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest loss floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landslide murder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychology of deforestation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Devastated forest areas and destroyed mountains are not an uncommon
sight these days in the northern province of Thai Nguyen. They are
evidence of the gold rush that has plagued the province for several
years now, of the loss of natural resources and biodiversity, and of
severe pollution of water sources.
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		<title>Vietnam: Dac Nong Province underestimates destroyed areas &amp; feeds 	protection rumors that encourages cutting frenzy</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/18/vietnam-dac-nong-province-underestimates-destroyed-areas-feeds-protection-rumors-that-encourages-cutting-frenzy/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/18/vietnam-dac-nong-province-underestimates-destroyed-areas-feeds-protection-rumors-that-encourages-cutting-frenzy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One report said a 0.2-hectare portion of the Dac Ha forest had been
destroyed last December. A month later, a report said trees on another
0.75 hectares of the forest had felled. But a recent inspection by Dac
Nong Province forest wardens found the forest had in fact lost a total
of 6.3 hectares in those two cases, Lao [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam: Yet to be stopped is llegal logging of a rare waterfall park 	in Khanh Hoa province</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/15/vietnam-yet-to-be-stopped-is-llegal-logging-of-a-rare-waterfall-park-in-khanh-hoa-province/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/15/vietnam-yet-to-be-stopped-is-llegal-logging-of-a-rare-waterfall-park-in-khanh-hoa-province/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eco-tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goverment does nothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal logging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Forest rangers in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa have proved
totally ineffective in stopping loggers from damaging a nearby
waterfall, a main attraction of the province’s popular tourist park.
The Yang Bay Tourist Park, named after the waterfall, occupies 570
hectares in the forest of Khanh Vinh District’s Khanh Phu Commune.
Loggers from outside the commune have been visiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam: Deforestation rates again double this past year</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/18/vietnam-deforestation-rates-again-double-this-past-year/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/18/vietnam-deforestation-rates-again-double-this-past-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deforestation rates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Vietnam has one of the world&#8217;s highest rates of primary forest loss.
Between 1990 and 2005 the country lost 78 percent of its old-growth
forests. Much of these were replaced with industrial plantations —
overall forest cover has actually increased 38 percent since 1990.At
least 440 hectares (1100 acres) of tropical forest were illegally
logged in the central highland province. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam: Ancient Fujian Cypress tells of drought that once ended 	Indochina&#8217;s civilizations</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/17/vietnam-ancient-fujian-cypress-tells-of-drought-that-once-ended-indochinas-civilizations/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/17/vietnam-ancient-fujian-cypress-tells-of-drought-that-once-ended-indochinas-civilizations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survivor trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trees & Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Research by scientists from the United States and Japan has revealed a
record of drought in Indochina that goes back more than 700 years by
studying tree ring core samples from Fokienia hodginsii, a rare
species that lives in Vietnam&#8217;s cloud forests. What the samples show
are two lengthy droughts between the late 1300s early 1400s, around
the time the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam: Lack of government funding to fight illegal logging is still a problem</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/02/vietnam-lack-government-funding-fight-illegal-logging-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/02/vietnam-lack-government-funding-fight-illegal-logging-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timber fraud]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Forest wardens in central Quang Nam Province have seized around 4,700
cubic meters of illegally logged lumber this year, leaving them with
stockpiles of hardto-move wood. Dai Loc District&#8217;s forest warden alone
has more than 334 cubic meters of wood, which has filled their storage
areas and spilled out onto the footpath.

In Nam Giang District and
Thanh My Town, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam: Gov promises sweeping crackdown on illegal logging</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/28/vietnam-gov-promises-sweeping-crackdown-on-illegal-logging/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/28/vietnam-gov-promises-sweeping-crackdown-on-illegal-logging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal logging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The People&#8217;s Committee and the Forest Protection Bureau of central
Quang Nam Province plan to lay siege to 30 hotspots of illegal logging
and smuggling of wood, it was announced Saturday. The
newly-established multisector taskforce will carry out three longterm
campaigns from tomorrow until after the Tet holidays which begin on
January 26, according to the two agencies. The taskforce [...]]]></description>
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