22 July
THE Forest Department of Sagaing Region is implement-ing a plan to develop 2,600 acres of teak and hardwood planta-tions in forest reserves within 13 townships of five districts across the region in the 2018-2019 Financial Year, said Daw Kyawt Kyawt Aung, the Assis-tant Director of the department.
As of June, the Forest Department has planted 1,655 acres of teak and 200 acres of Pyingadoe, a marketable vari-ety of hardwood, totalling 1,855 acres, in the region, starting this monsoon. Under the plan, the department has planted teak saplings on 400 acres of land in the Thaw forest reserve of Kantbalu Township; 125 acres in Kawlin Township; 150 acres in the Gahe forest reserve of Htigyaing Township; 80 acres in the Nantbaran forest reserve of Pinlebu Township; and 135 acres in the Phile forest reserve of Wuntho Township.
In addition, the authorities Authorities to develop 2,600 acres of teak, hardwood plantations in Sagainghave grown teak saplings on 150 acres of land in the Gahe forest reserve of Indaw Town-ship; 50 acres in the Pinhtaung forest reserve of Kani Township; 215 acres in the Khinaye forest reserve of Pale Township; 100 acres in the Panmataung forest reserve of Kalay Township; 100 acres in the Kyapin forest re-serve of Kalewa Township; an-other 100 acres in the Thanpauk forest reserve of Minkin Town-ship; and 50 acres in the Mawlu forest reserve of Mawleik Town-ship.—Win Oo (Zeya Taing)(Translated by Khaing Thanda Lwin)
