Wildfire at 47 community forests destroy 1200 hectares forest in Myagdi

Around 1200 hectares of forest has been destroyed by wildfires broke out in 47 different community forests of six local levels in Myagdi district with the start of the dry season this year.

The bushfires have consumed thousands of big and small trees, valuable medicinal herbs, wildlife and other forest products. The breaking out of the wildfires is reported almost daily in Beni, the district headquarters, and various other places of the district. The area destroyed by fire ranges from 10 hectares to 150 hectares of community forests, the data shared by the Division Forest Office shows.