Deforestation is mainly caused by clearing of forests to expand cropping area, and partly by firewood collection. Recently, Vietnam has been experimenting with a programme that allocates forest lands to individual household management. Households are responsible for responsible for reforestation, protection and management. Also, most of the natural forests remaining have been protected. 100,000-200,000 ha of forest are replanted annually but the survivorship of these is low.
Human growth occurs at the expense of the forests.
Although tourists travel to Vietnam to see it's natural beauty, there is no educational or conservational component which draws them there. Trade in wildlife products Dogs, cats, frogs, turtles, snakes, geckos, primates, brids, and pangolins all are wildlife traded in Vietnam to other countries. Hunting Hunting is uncontrolled in Vietnam and has led to disappearance of many local populations as well as entire species from the country. Recently, hunting has become much more of a activity for trade rather than for simply finding food to live off of. While there are now protected species and areas, hunting still occurs with nothing to stop it, and the easy access to firearms by the population makes hunting that much harder to control.