Illustrative image (Source: VNA)The minister instructed more communications activities toraise public awareness of environmental protection laws and their ownresponsibilities, as well as more training courses for environment officials.
At the same time, it is necessary to focus more onenvironmental preservation during the consideration, verification andimplementation of projects, along with more careful environmental risk reports formajor projects.
The minister requested agencies to tighten the supervisionover water quality in irrigation works to ensure unpolluted water forproduction, and issue more guidelines to farmers in using organic fertilizersand the recycling of agricultural auxiliary products into fertilizer.
The ministry will expand sustainable production models whichare adaptive to climate change and reduce green house gas emission.
Minister Cuong also requested for stricter inspection of thetrading and quality of pesticide, fertilizers and animal feed.
The discharge of waste and wastewater in aquaculture will besubject to closer monitor to ensure they do not pollute the water environment.
According to the ministry, the agricultural sector isemploying 70 percent of the country’s population, but its growth is accompaniedby increasing pollution in farms and rural areas due to the abuse of fertilizerand pesticide and a lack of legal framework for waste treatment.
The ministry attributed the problem to poor awareness ofpeople in environmental protection, inadequate investment in the work as wellas low effectiveness in law enforcement in the field.
Some environment criteria in the new-style rural areabuilding programme have yet to suit specific conditions of each region, while environmentalinspection has received little attention.-VNA
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