Quang Nam taskforce to surround illegal logging hotspots
Update: 30/12/2008
The People’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, Dec. 27, 2008.
The newly-established multisector taskforce will carry out three longterm campaigns from Dec. 30, 2008 until after the Tet holidays which begin on Jan. 26, 2009 according to the two agencies.
The taskforce will detain and deport all strangers at the hotspots and in bordering areas. It will list illegal loggers and traffickers and request the concerned authorities to keep them under control.
The forest rangers will guard the areas around the clock and join the multi-sector taskforce in controlling key transportation routes used for smuggling wood.