Hue to establish Bac Hai Van Landscape Protected Area

The People’s Committee of Hue City has just issued a decision to establish the Bac Hai Van Landscape Protection Area in Chan May, Lang Co Commune, which borders Da Nang City.

The protected area covers a special-use forest area of 7,354.97 hectares, including 6,276.57 hectares managed by the Bac Hai Van Protection Forest Management Board and 1,078.40 hectares belonging to the three community forests of Thuy Cam, Thuy Yen Thuong, and Thuy Duong villages.

The buffer zone of the Bac Hai Van Landscape Protection Area covers 870 hectares, located within Chan May (Lang Co Commune). The buffer zone boundaries extend across the villages of Thuy Yen Thuong, Thuy Cam, Trung Kien, Thuy Duong, An Cu Tay, Hoi Dua, and Hai Van.

Hue City has assigned the Management Board of the Bac Hai Van Landscape Protection Area to manage 3,505.52 hectares located outside the boundaries of the special-use forest of the Protection Area. This includes 1,331.86 hectares of protection forest, 2,106.72 hectares of production forest, and 66.94 hectares of land not classified under the three forest categories.

The project’s implementation budget through 2030 is VND 30 billion, mobilized from state budget funds and other legitimate funding sources.

The Bac Hai Van Landscape Protection Area will implement several activity programs, including: the program for management, conservation, and restoration of natural landscapes; the program for biodiversity protection and monitoring; the program for sustainable exploitation and use of ecosystem services; the program for sustainable livelihood support and buffer zone development; the environmental communication program; the program for infrastructure improvement and upgrading; and the program for international cooperation.

According to the Hue City People’s Committee, the establishment of the Bac Hai Van Landscape Protection Area aims to preserve and protect the area’s unique natural landscapes and ecosystems, which boast rich biodiversity with many endemic and rare species of flora and fauna distributed across the region.

The area also holds great potential for the development of forest environmental services, carbon absorption and storage, and greenhouse gas emission reduction, thereby contributing to green growth in the Chan May - Lang Co Economic Zone.