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First National Conference on Forestry, Resolution
of (1989)
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RESOLUTION
OF
THE
FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FORESTRY
The 1st National Conference
on Forestry opened in Vientiane from May 22 to 28, 1989 under the direct
chairmanship of the Secretary General, Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Kaysone Phomvihane, to examine, discuss and exchange views in the determination
of positions, directives and strategic tasks in Lao Forestry in the new
period. Participating to this historical forestry conference are the comrades
of the Party Political Bureau, Secretariat, Central Committee, Ministers,
Chairmen of state committees, chairmen of provincial administrative committees,
of the Vientiane Municipality, deputies from sectors, mass organizations
and agro-forestry deputies from the center, provinces and districts throughout
the country totaling more than 500 persons.
Through its holding
for 7 whole days, the conference has listened and studied the opening speech
and the intervention of the Comrade Secretary
General Kaysone Phomvihane, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, the
report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the speech of certain
leaders of the state, sectors, localities, and has extensively debated
on the topic raised by the conference with the aim of reaching outlined
goals and targets.
Through studies, discussions
and democratic consultations throughout the conference, unanimity was reached
over the following resolutions.
POSITIONS AND
KNOWLEDGE
1. The
conference acknowledges the position and important role of the forests
in the survival and development of socioeconomic life in our country in
the present time and in the future.
2.
It clearly understand that the destruction of forests in our country as
reached the point of urgency and the time when we must cease the felling
of trees and burning the forests indiscriminately, which most worryingly
destroy the forests, and turn mainly to the preservation, planting and
development of forests.
3.
It has noted the objective necessity to place the task of protecting the
forests in the forefront in the present forestry activities in our country,
to convert from the budget's dependence on wood solely for to the development
of other sources of income, namely mainly the overall agricultural products.
4.
It has acknowledged the necessity to link the development of agriculture
and the protection of environment.
STRATEGIC DIRECTIVES
AND
IDEAS OF FORESTRY
SUPERVISION UNTIL YEAR 2000
By assimilating the Party's
position on forestry in the new period, and through the analysis in details
of the negative consequences and reasons for the destruction of forests
recently, the conference has agreed on the strategic directives on forestry
from now to year 2000 presented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
and reaffirmed by the speech of the Secretary General, Chairman of the
Council of Ministers, Comrade Kaysone Phomvihane as follows:
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Preserve the present forests'
biological energy, improve and increase it, namely the development of management,
preservation of the country's presently existing forests.
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Rationally use the forests'
utility, while improve the forestry resources' economic value.
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The restoration, preservation
and development of forests in connection to the needs in cereals, the production
of commodities, and the reorganization of the production and the establishment
of sedentary settlements for mountain population, until year 2000 for 60%
of a population of 1,5 million still making a living from nomadic slash
and burn.
NEW AND URGENT
MEASURES
In order to attain the
goals, directives and strategic tasks in forestry in the new period, the
conference was unanimous over the following urgent measures:
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Accelerate the study and
issuance of elaborate policies on the restoration, preservation, reforestation
and development of forests, the rational use of forest resources. Namely,
a law on hunting and fishing, the protection of wild animals and fishes
must be rapidly issued.
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The sector of forestry
and environment organization must be strengthened from the center to the
grassroots by dividing the work between the different levels and share
responsibilities in a clear manner.
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The state budget must be
defined for the development of forestry work, especially the budget allocation
for the reorganization of production and living conditions, the organization
of sedentary settlement for mountainous population in view of preserving
the environment.
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Attention must be placed
on forestry cadres' training and employment to conform to the directives
and tasks in the new period and apply adequate policies towards them.
TASKS TO IMPLEMENT
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CONFERENCE:
1.
Localities (provinces, districts)
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Cadres, armed forces and
the people must receive information and education in each locality on the
new policies and urgent measures in forestry.
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Sectors of forestry and
environment at the level of provinces and districts must be organized and
consolidated by clearly defining their tasks and with elaborate work plans.
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Felling and burning must
be stopped definitely since they destroy indiscriminately. In necessary
cases, the central forestry sector will consider and suggest the Council
of Ministers to authorize felling, consider and prepare conditions to develop
other sources of income for their budget.
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Experimentations of sedentary
vocations, the grant of forests and land to families and villages must
be organized...in certain key areas before, and after withdrawing lessons,
propagate to other areas.
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Control of all sawmills
and furniture plants and consider which ones to preserve and others to
dissolve on the basis of the balance between the supply capacity and the
wood needs.
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Survey and control of forested
areas in provinces and districts in order to declare as national preserved
forests, of provinces and of districts.
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Afforestation must be planned
elaborately on improved seeds, seedling nurseries, land for seasonal
afforestation,
and conditions prepared sufficiently for the planting of trees in the following
years.
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Courses must be given on
afforestation, forest preservation and natural restoration.
2. The
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry must:
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Strengthen the forestry
and environment sector's organ to gain sufficient capacity to implement
its role and responsibility with success.
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Elaborate directives and
strategic tasks in forestry to become targets, programme and detailed plans.
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Study, outline laws on
forestry and environment.
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Control, stimulate the
provisions to materialize the present conference's gains.
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Send cadres to provinces
and districts in urgent needs, namely in keys areas.
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Assist directly certain
localities in experiencing the grant of land and forests to cooperatives,
villages, families and withdraw lessons from the concrete implementation's
organization.
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Acquire international assistance
projects and foreign loans (outline the project's draft, official documents,
present the proposal...).
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Urgently proceed to the
survey of forest resources throughout the country by year 1990 and assist
localities in planning, cadaster registering to use in the grant of land
and forests.
3. Concerned
ministries must:
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The Ministry of Economy,
Planning and Finance, the Ministry of Commerce and Foreign Economic Relations
and the Bank must study and look for necessary budgetary income for the
development of forestry and the preservation of environment.
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Other ministries, state
committees, mass organizations must coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture
and Forestry to organize the extensive propagation of the present conference's
results to cadres and to the people and to plan elaborately the content
of the strategy of forestry in their own projects and in the teaching materials
of schools...
4.
The Cabinet of the Council of Ministers must:
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Control and promote the
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, localities and concerned ministries
to proceed to its concrete implementation in each period, apply awards
and disciplinary measures in due time.
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Organize the report system,
define report methods to grasp the precise figures reported, grasp the
situation and improve it in due time.
The Conference expresses
its gratitude to the Party central Committee and the Government who have
organized this historical conference specially on forestry, supplying the
deputies with further knowledge, attachment to the forests and patriotism,
and the decision to strive to materialize the resolutions of the conference.
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Translation by Vientiane
International Consultants.
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