(Chinhphu.vn) – When exploiting planted forests as production forests, forest owners who are households, individuals and population communities do not follow the procedures stipulated in the Decision 186/2006 / QD-TTg. but only applying the provisions in Article 6 of the Circular No. 21/2016 / TT-BNNPTNT.

Ms. Nguyen Thi My Hanh (in Dak Nong Province) would like to request authorities to respond some of the regulations on timber plantation exploitation as follows:

At Point a, Clause 2, Article 40 of the Prime Minister's Decision No. 186/2006 / QD-TTg of August 14, 2006, promulgating the regulation on forest management stated: - With regard to forests whose owners are households, individuals or hamlet population communities, the forest exploitation shall be permitted by district-level People’s Committees.

At Point b, Clause 1, Article 6 of the Circular No. 21/2016 / TT-BNNPTNT dated June 28, 2016 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development regulating the main exploitation, utilization and salvage of forest products mentioned : Before exploitation, utilization and collection timber from forest owners the household sends the forest inventory list to the commune People's Committee.

The Prime Minister's Decision No. 49/2016 / QD-TTg dated November 1, 2016 promulgating the Regulation on production forest management has replaced the Decision No. 186/2006 / QD-TTg and also has got a Circular amending and supplementing the Circular No. 21/2016 / TT-BNNPTNT.

Ms. Hanh would like to ask the authorities to respond, while two documents 186/2006 / QD-TTg, 21/2016 / TT-BNNPTNT are still valid, particularly from November 28, 2016 to April 14. 12/2016, if the forest owner is a household who is allocated planted production forest, when the forest owner harvests the timber, then Article 6 of the Circular No. 21/2016 / TT-BNNPTNT and the forest owner only report to the People's Committee. Is the commune correct?

Forest owners apply the Circular 21/2016 / TT-BNNPTNT while other agencies such as the Forest Protection Department or the Police is based on the Decision 186/2006 / QD-TTg to punish forest owners, so in this case, which party does right perform?

The General Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has comments on this issue as follows:

Implementing Resolution No. 57 / NQ-CP dated December 15, 2010 of the Government on simplifying administrative procedures within the scope of management functions, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a Circular No. 21/2016 / TT-BNNPTNT dated June 28, 2016 on regulating the main exploitation and salvaging forest products, in which the contents are not regulated: Development of forest exploitation plans and records exploitation plan aas well as procedures for exploitation registration ..., as in the Circular No. 35/2011 / TT-BNNPTNT May 20, 2011 guiding the exploitation and collection of timber and non-timber forest products according to the Decision No. 186/2006 / QD-TTg dated August 14, 2006 of the Prime Minister on forest management regulations.

Thus, when exploiting planted forests as production forests, forest owners are households, individuals, and communities do not follow the procedures under the Decision No. 186/2006 / QD-TTg but only applying according to Article 6 of the Circular No. 21/2016 / TT-BNNPTNT dated June 28, 2016 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, regulating main exploitation and salvaging forest products, specifically: Submiting the table Statistics of forest products to the Commune People's Committee to monitor during the implementation process are in accordance with regulations.