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Monday, 09 April 2007 |
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Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/. Nine forest and steppe fires have occurred on the national scale since January 1. The first one in Myangad soum of Khovd aimag burnt up the reed on 60 hectares. Large parts of forests disappeared and great damage caused by other fires occurred in Darkhan-Uul, Bulgan, Selenge, Khovsgol, Ovorkhangai and Tov provinces. It was revealed that the fire in Khankh soum of Khovsgol aimag was set up by the Russian citizen. "The forests take only eight percent of our territory," say related organizations and warn everybody that any fire must not outbreak into large one. Last year, a total of 164 fires occurred in Mongolia. As a result, 0,392 million hectares of forests and 5.2 million hectares of pastures were burnt up, and 1.7 billion togrogs damage was caused. The ministry of Environment delivered official assignment to rural environmental services to clearly determine the ecological damage of forests, suffered from fires, and make guilty parties bear responsibility.
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