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THE MINISTRY
OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No: 34/1999/QD-BNN/TCCB
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Hanoi, February 12, 1999
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DECISION
PROMULGATING THE REGULATION ON WORKING
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RANGER DEPARTMENT AND THE NATIONAL PARKS UNDER THE
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Pursuant
to Decree No.73/CP of November 1st, 1995 of the Government on the functions,
tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development;
Pursuant to Decree No.39/CP of May 18, 1994 of the Government stipulating the
organizational system, tasks and powers of the Ranger;
Pursuant to Decision No.2968/NN-TCCB/QD of November 15, 1997 of the Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development assigning the Ranger Department to manage and
direct the professional operations of the national parks under the Ministry;
At the proposal of the Director of the Organization and Personnel Department
and the Director of the Ranger Department,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To promulgate together with this Decision the
Regulation on working relationship between the Ranger Department and the
national parks under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Article 2.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its
signing.
Article 3.- The Director of the Ministry’s Office, the
Director of the Organization and Personnel Department, the Director of the
Ranger Department, the heads of the units attached to the Ministry and the
directors of the national parks under the Ministry shall have to implement this
Decision.
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FOR THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
VICE MINISTER
Nguyen Van Dang
THE REGULATION
ON WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RANGER
DEPARTMENT AND THE NATIONAL PARKS UNDER THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
(Issued together with Decision
No.34/1999/QD-BNN/TCCB of February 12, 1999)
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- The Director of the Ranger Department is
assigned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (hereafter
referred to as the Ministry) to manage and direct the professional operations
of the national parks under the Ministry.
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Article 3.- All master plans, plan and projects drawn up by
the national parks must, before being submitted to the Ministry’s leadership
for approval, be commented by functional departments and the Ranger Department
in strict accordance with the State management regulations and the Ministry’s
working regulation, and not affect the nature preservation, the preservation
and development of the country’s biodiversity.
Chapter
II
THE TASKS OF THE RANGER DEPARTMENT
Article 4.- The Ranger Department shall be answerable to the
Minister for managing and directing the professional operations of the national
parks under the Ministry (according to Decision No.2968/NN-TCCB/QD of November
15, 1997).
Article 5.- The forest management and protection:
1- Monitoring and directing the prevention and
combat against the forest fires and the prevention and elimination of forest
pests and plagues in the national parks;
2- Monitoring changes in the forest resources,
the use of forest land and the settlement of disputes over forest land
according to law;
3- Guiding and directing the propaganda,
education and mobilization of the people to participate in the protection and
development of forest resources, and building the people’s forces for the
protection of forests in the national parks;
4- Compiling forest management and protection
documents for guiding and fostering the ranger force as well as the mass to
participate in the forest protection.
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1- Coordinating with the concerned agencies in
elaborating, amending and/or supplementing legal documents on forest management
and protection related to the national parks, and submitting them to the
Ministry for decision or further submission to the Government;
2- Directing the enforcement of the legislation
on forest management and protection and nature preservation in the national
parks;
3- Coordinating with the Ministry’s Inspectorate
and the law enforcement bodies in settling complaints and denunciations about
the forest management and protection by the national parks as prescribed by
law;
4- Guiding the ranger stations of the national
parks in imposing administrative sanctions and conducting penal investigations
against acts of violating the legislation on forest management and protection
within the national parks.
Article 7.- The nature preservation and environmental
protection:
1- Monitoring, guiding, reviewing and directing
the activities of nature and biodiversity preservation, as well as ecological
tourism, the management and rational use of natural resources (including wild
plants and animals) according to the economic-technical studies or investment
projects already approved by the competent authority(ies) (including
foreign-invested projects);
2- Coordinating with the relevant departments
and sections of the Ministry in arranging and organizing the training and
fostering of officials and employees.
Chapter
III
THE TASKS OF THE NATIONAL PARKS
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Article 9.- The directors of the national parks shall
coordinate with the local administrations (especially in buffer zones) in
stabilizing the population’s settlement, and intensifying the sedentarization in
order to improve the living conditions of the local people, mobilize and
encourage them to participate in the protection of natural resources of the
national parks.
Article 10.- When working out annual working programs and
plans and concluding projects, the directors of the national parks shall have
to consult with the Ranger Department before submitting them to the Ministry
for approval.
Article 11.- The directors of the national parks shall
direct the national parks’ ranger stations in well performing the forest
management and protection tasks, and at the same time closely coordinate with
the ranger authorities in the localities in order to well perform the
management and protection of the national parks’ forests.
Article 12.- Reporting regime:
1- Monthly, the ranger stations of the national
parks shall have to submit to the Ranger Department reports made according to
the prescribed contents and form as for the ranger sub-departments;
2- Once every six months, the directors of the
national parks shall submit reports to the Ranger Department on professional
operations of the national parks, so that the latter can make a sum-up and draw
directing experience therefrom, then report them to the Ministry;
3- Computer networks linking the national parks
with the Ranger Department and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development shall be set up in order to promptly send reports on extraordinary
matters concerning the domain of forest management and protection as well as
incidents affecting the national parks, so that the Ranger Department can
support the handling of such matters or incidents, or report them to the
Ministry for handling, and at the same time through such computer networks, the
Ranger Department can provide documents on State management and professional
operations, and exchange information related to the national parks.
Chapter
IV
A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENTS AND SECTIONS OF THE
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
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Article 14.- The Ranger Department shall coordinate with the
relevant departments and sections in organizing seminars to exchange
experiences and discuss measures to effectively carry out the activities related
to the domain of nature preservation and important international projects of
the national parks.
Chapter V
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 15.- Annually, the Director of the Ranger Department
and the directors of the national parks shall organize the review of
implementation of the Regulation, and when necessary, propose the Ministry to
amend and/or supplement the Regulation to make it suitable to the requirements
and tasks of the State management and sustainable development of the
special-use forests and national parks.
FOR THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
VICE MINISTER
Nguyen Van Dang