Ca Mau has undertaken numerous measures to develop forests (Source: VNA)
Ca Mau (VNA) – The southernmostprovince of Ca Mau has actively devised comprehensive measures to preserve anddevelop its 92,000 ha of concentrated forests.
Focus has been put on publicity campaigns toenhance the awareness of forests protection among communities while improvingforest management.
Efforts have also been undertaken to betterforests planning and development by 2020, and to plant more forests,particularly cajuput and coastal protection forests.
Enterprises have been encouraged to invest inproduction forest planting and wood processing factories for exports.
Management of mangrove forests, includingcoastal protection forests, has been strengthened with focus on fire preventionand salt intrusion.
The locality has also made planning onresidential areas in the forests, to ensure stable living condition for localresidents while protecting and developing the forests.
Ca Mau is home to 92,000 hectares ofconcentrated forests, accounting for 77 percent of the Mekong Delta region’forest coverage.
The province’s forest coverage includes 54,000hectares of mangrove in Nam Can, Ngoc Hien, Dam Doi and Phu Tandistricts; and the 37,000-ha U Minh Ha cajuput forest that spreads across UMinh, Tran Van Thoi, and Thoi Binh.
U Minh Ha National Park was recognised by UNESCOas one of the three core zones of the Ca Mau World Biosphere Reserve in June2009.
Mui Ca Mau (Ca Mau Cape) National Park wasrecognized as one of the world Ramsar site.-VNA
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Ca Mau aims to seek more export markets for its shrimp products through intensifying trade promotion activities as an effort to realise the locality’s export target of 1.1 billion USD in 2017.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho wants to lure Singaporean and Japanese investment in the regional logistics centre in the city, a local official said at a meeting in July 19.
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Ca Mau has undertaken numerous measures to develop forests (Source: VNA) 
