Officials stand by as forest burned to charcoal
Nov. 2nd, 2010.
Planted forests in the south central province of Phu Yen are being ravaged by charcoal and timber sellers.
Due to a grave deriliction of duty on the part of the proper authorities, the trees’ planters say they have resorted to begging the wood prospectors to stop.
On Wednesday, Thanh Nien witnessed charcoal makers proudly carrying their products from Deo Ca forest as the people who planted the forest stood by aghast.
Felled trees lay strewn about on the ground –the victims of loggers who cut down more than they could carry.
Deeper into the forest, hundreds of pits filled with slow-burning wood are turning what was once a promising woodland into lumps of charcoal.
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