MoNREC designates Kayat protected public forest in Paletwa Township

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has designated the area of 4,988 acres in Palatwa Township, Matupi District in Chin State, as “Kayat protected public forest” as of 8 August 2022, under Notification No 119/2022 by exercising the authority conferred under Sub-section (e) of Section (6) of the Forest Law promulgated in September 2018.
The Kayat protected public forest is intended to conserve the watershed area of Samee creek, Wamauk creek, and Wami creek, mitigate climate change, protect biodiversity and ensure soil conservation.
The Kayat protected public forest is not only a place where various kinds of wood and valuable trees such as yellow champac, teak, ironwood, and gum-kino grow as well as a habitat for wild animals such as bears, wild goats, mountain goats, wild boars, monkeys, barking deer, sambar deer, caprinae, pangolin, porcupine, including birds such as parrot, quail, Burmese francolin, dove and reptile animals like monitor lizards, tortoises and snakes. It is necessary to manage forest resources systematically, and it is also a watershed area of three creeks. Thus, the area is declared a protected public forest area. —MoNREC/GNLM