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Serious underfunding to fight forest fire

January 20, 2014 by Staff News Writer

Timeline shows history of hectares burned annually in forest fires


Experts argue that at least ¢600 million ($1.2 million) is needed annually to prevent and deal with forest fires, combined with another ¢2 billion ($4 million) to invest in infrastructure. However, the 2014 budget allocates only ¢178 million ($388,148), mostly for aerial surveillance.

Last year, fire reduced to ashes more than 55,600 hectares of forest.

Proposed legislation to create a national policy on prevention of forest fires has yet to come before the legislature, but has been presented to the president by the Ministry of Environment (Minae).

Source La Nacion

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