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Worsening wildfires a reminder that the country lacks clear policies
Despite their frequency, in which lives, wildlife and hundreds of thousands of hectares of green cover are lost, forest fire disasters have been largely ignored by authorities, experts say.bookmark
Chandan Kumar Mandal & Drishna Sthapit
Published at : March 31, 2021
Updated at : March 31, 2021 19:01
Forest fires have been a recurring problem for the country, with a green cover of nearly 45 percent. Every year, the country loses around 200,000 hectares of forest area to wildfires—a major challenge for forest and biodiversity conservation. Despite its annual occurrences, the state has not paid adequate attention to the management of wildfires, whereas forest fires have only got more disastrous every year, according to experts.
This year, a dry winter season, exacerbated the situation.
Chandan Kumar Mandal
Chandan Kumar Mandal was the environment and migration reporter for The Kathmandu Post, covering labour migration and governance, as well as climate change, natural disasters, and wildlife.
Drishna Sthapit
Drishna Sthapit was a video journalist at The Kathmandu Post.
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