Tien Giang strives to protect coastal forests from erosion
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is striving to conserve coastal protection forests that have been seriously eroded by sea encroachment triggered by climate change.
Coastal protection forests in Tien Giang province have been seriously eroded in recent years (Photo: VNA)
Tien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province ofTien Giang is striving to conserve coastal protection forests that have beenseriously eroded by sea encroachment triggered by climate change.
Since 2006, nearly 450ha of protection forestsbordering Go Cong sea off the coast of Tien Giang have been eroded. Notably,forests near many important dyke sections in Tan Dien commune of Go Cong Dongdistrict have completely disappeared.
Facing that fact, Tien Giang has made efforts tomitigate climate change’s impacts, recover protection forests and protect dykesto serve more than 37,000ha of farmland and residents near Go Cong sea.
In areas that have completely lost protectionforests, the province is building embankments with a total length of more than6.4km along local dykes. It is also constructing 1.42km of soft rockembankments to support sediment deposition to create space for afforestation inTan Dien commune.
With aid from central agencies, localauthorities are also upgrading the Go Cong sea dyke system to cope with climatechange at a total cost of 887 billion VND (38.6 million USD).
According to the provincial Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development, climate change and human impacts on the flowof the Mekong River will make river bank and coastal erosion an increasinglycomplex issue.
The province plans to work harder to manage theexisting protection forests and monitor erosion to take timely actions. It willcontinue reinforcing sea dykes, build facilities mitigating wave impact andsupporting deposition, and increase communications to raise public awareness ofthis issue.-VNA
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Coastal protection forests in Tien Giang province have been seriously eroded in recent years (Photo: VNA) 
