Human activity causing forest fires

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Human activity causing forest fires

Man-made forest fires ravaged thousands of acres of forest in Trashigang Neten Dorji Trashigang—Despite the Trashigang Divisional Forest Office and religious bodies conducting awareness campaigns for years, forest fires started by humans still damage thousands of acres of forest every winter. In the last eight years, about 20,874.52 acres of forest land were affected by numerous forest fires in Trashigang. This winter alone over 4,239 acres of f…