Japan pledged to provide around US $6 million in aid for afforestation along 900-hectare coastal sandy areas in the central provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Ngai.
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Coastal protective forest
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The commitment was stated in the note, jointly inked in Hanoi on July 6 by Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat and Japanese Ambassador Mitsuo Sakaba, for the second phase of the Project on Afforestation in the Coastal Sandy Area in the South Central Coast of Việt Nam (PACSA II).
The PACSA II project targets to mitigate impacts of sand movement, typhoons and strong winds on agriculture production and life of local fishermen.
The project is a significant contribution to Việt Nam's five million hectare 'reforestation' program until 2010, said Minister Cao Duc Phat at the signing ceremony.
Implemented in the two central provinces of Quang Nam and Phu Yen in the first phase (2001-2005), requiring around US $11 million investment, PACSA I helped plant 3,100 ha of forests and proved effective in improving environment and preventing sand movement and storms./.