Myanmar moves to conserve forest to protect biodiversity
Myanmar's Government has designated a new protected public forest area in Katha district of Sagaing region.
Illustrative image (Photo: The Meghalaya)The country’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation recently designated the area of more than 550 hectares as "Gahe-2" protected public forest, in Katha's Indaw township.
The move is aimed at conserving watershed areas to protect farmland and biodiversity.
The Southeast Asian country expects to establish 30% of its total area as forest reserves and 10% as protected areas, local media reported.
In the 2020-2021 fiscal year, 174,977 sq.km of forests, or 25% of the country’s territory, were preserved./.
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