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The President of the Republic reiterated the continuation of sanctions against the initiators of bushfires, Friday.
Another call in the desert after the announcement of punishment by Prime Minister Jean Ravelonarivo, against the Fokontany heads in case of spread of bushfires in their territory, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, President of the Republic, in his speech, during the presentation of the Iavoloha wishes, has reiterated the implementation of sanctions on persons initiating bushfires this year. No detail has been obtained, for the moment, After this announcement. A senior official of the Ministry of the Environ¬nement, Ecology, the sea and the forests, has only indicated that penalties such as payment of a fine or even imprisonment already exist against criminals.
On the ground, Suhaimi Ahmad, the Corridor Ankeniheny Zahamena coalition Coordinator, highlights the difficulties to apply this text, in order to protect the forest and the environ¬nement. « Some chiefs of fokontany, as well as many members their families have been involved in the practice of slash and burn shifting cultivation. How do you want to chiefs of fokontany to be able to apply the existing text should be a synergy between the different stakeholders, as local authorities, Justice, the forces of order, NGOs and the local community, to reduce this scourge », Lance-t he. The number of foresters is also insufficient to enforce the law. According to the statistics obtained from the Ministry of the environment, Ecology, the sea and the forests, There was no, en 2004, only eleven thousand two hundred six foresters, including 100 forest technicians, to take care of 8,2 million hectares of forests, outside protected areas, either a forest officer for some seven hundred hectares of forest.
Few sanctions
A source within the company of the Mora¬manga Gendar¬merie a, then, given that no arrest has so far occurred after the declaration launched by Prime Minister, last October. "It is difficult both to fight against traffickers of precious wood, bandits and farmers engaged in bushfires. Strength is lacking and no one would want to ask of complaint relating to bushfires., has the source from the police said. Identified data, between the months of November and December, After the announcement of the Prime Minister to punish chiefs of fokontany, issues of the system of alert and forecast of Bush Government-initiated fires, person in charge of the space program of the United States (NASA) and Conservation International, justify all these difficulties to apply orders.
During the month of no¬vem¬bre, the Bush fires and slash and burn, having an area less than 5 Km2, were most numerous in the big island, Despite the reminders on the agenda. While in December, fires ravaging the vegetation, a surface area greater than 5 Km 2, have been many, including, in the north eastern part and along the sides of the Menabe and Melaky regions.
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