Two individuals charged with illegal logging will be forced to replant the section of forest they chopped down in Phu Ninh District, Quang Nam Province.
The penalty, the first of its kind, was announced Tuesday by the local administration. The two loggers, Nguyen Thanh Hung and Tran Ly, will have to replant one hectare and five hectares of white thingan (hopea odorata)+ trees respectively and pay fines of VND800,000 (US$50) and VND6.5 million ($406) respectively.
The forest at Phu Ninh, despite being under governmental protection, has been severely ravaged by illegal logging recently.
The local administration has now closed all public accesses to the forest for two months.
Reported by H.X.Huynh – V.Hoang