THE PRIME MINISTER
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No. 2284/QD-TTg
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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Hanoi, December 13, 2010
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE SCHEME ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DECREE NO. 99/2010/ND-CP OF SEPTEMBER 24, 2010, ON THE POLICY ON PAYMENT FOR FOREST ENVIRONMENT SERVICES
 
THE PRIME MINISTER
 
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 99/ 2010/ND-CP of September 24, 2010, on the policy on payment for forest environment services;
At the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve the Scheme on implementation of the Government's Decree No. 99/2010/ND-CP of September 24. 2010, on the policy on payment for forest environment services, with the following principal contents:
I. OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS
1. Objectives
- To work out specific contents and measures to expeditiously implement the policy on payment for forest environment services in reality, meeting the needs of forestry workers in forested and mountainous areas.
- To properly implement the policy on socialization   of   forest   protection   and development work, strongly and thoroughly allocate forest land and assign and contract forest use rights in a stable and permanent manner to organizations, households and village communities; to create conditions for more effective management, protection and utilization of forest resources and forest land resources.
- To contribute to ensuring harmony and balance of the living environment: to conserve biodiversity; to prevent and limit adverse impacts of natural disasters (flood, drought, soil erosion, desertification, carbon sequestration and retention, air environment pollution; greenhouse gas emissions; climate change, etc.).

2. Requirements

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