Ca Mau loses 400 ha of protective forests annually to coastal erosion

A report by the province’s Division of Agriculture and Rural Improvement mentioned 189 km out of the province’s 254 km of coast is affected by extreme erosion.

The western shoreline of 147 km loses 20-50 m of land a yr on common, and the japanese shoreline of 107 km, loses 45-50 m, it mentioned.

Prior to now decade 52 km of dikes on the western coast have been bolstered and upgraded, however the province has not constructed embankments within the east.

To Quoc Nam, deputy director of the division, mentioned erosion has been consuming away protecting forests.

“The waves straight threaten the dikes, tens of hundreds of households and lots of of hundreds of hectares of agricultural land.”

Le Van Su, deputy chairman of the Ca Mau Folks’s Committee, mentioned a 23-km part of sea dikes from the Doc River to Cai Doi Vam City has been severely eroded.

Round VND700 billion (US$30.1 million) could be wanted to restore it, however the province doesn’t have sufficient assets and has requested the federal government, he mentioned.

Ca Mau, on Vietnam’s southern tip, spreads over 5,300 sq.km and is house to round 1.2 million folks. It’s identified for its seafood and aquaculture manufacturing, particularly prawns, of which it’s a main exporter.

The province targets financial development of 6.5-7 % a yr from 2020 to 2025, and growing per capita earnings to VND77 million ($3,300) by 2025, from VND42 million in 2019.