Community forest users negligent of wildfire to be denied incentives
Kanchanpur: Shuklaphanta municipality has planned to stop incentives to the community forest users who have failed to enforce forest fire control plan.
The ward no 8 office of the municipality took a decision to this effect. The office informed that such decision was taken to make community forest users committees accountable to minimize wildfires by implementing the work plan on fire control.
“It will be devastative if the forest fire is ignored in the dry season,” ward chair Bahadur Singh Mahara said, adding that ignorance of office bearers of community forest has huge cost on wildlife. Even the trees worth millions of rupees perish in no time with forest fire, he reminded.
The Chure region and national forest in its vicinity suffer huge loss of biodiversity every year owing to the fire.
Ward chair informed that the user committees of Sundevi community forest, Bhagawati community forest, Baijanath community forest, Kalika community forest, Pragati community forest and Baijanath religious forest were made alert on forest fire. They are also asked to prepare forest fire control plan and implement effectively.
“They are reminded to mobilize necessary workforce, machines, tools and other resources to prevent damages in community forest. They are also asked to submit a work plan on it within two days,” chair Mahara shared.
Moreover, the ward chair warned of noncooperation with community forest users’ committees if they ignored request.
