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The National Congress's environmental committee met with Honduras's forestry institute to assess the bark beetle infestation affecting 488 hectares in Yoro Department; officials say rainy conditions are providing time to implement control measures before the pest spreads.

A National Congress member from Yoro has called on Honduras's Forest Conservation Institute to take drastic measures to halt the spread of the destructive bark beetle pest, which threatens forests nationwide.

The National Congress began first reading of a framework bill to combat climate change through national policy, emissions controls, and international-treaty compliance, introduced by Partido Nacional congressman Jonathan Laínez.

A proposal by National Congress member Carlos Cano would create a pilot program to protect Olancho's forests and water resources while generating up to 345 forestry jobs through fire prevention, forest management, and restoration work, funded by a planned L168 million (about $6.7 million) budget from multiple sources.

A congressman introduced legislation to reforest the Choluteca River basin, declare it an integrated system requiring coordinated conservation, and ban new logging and land-conversion permits in riparian and protected areas, aiming to reduce drought and flooding impacts on southern Honduras.

Honduras's congressional environment committee is drafting a climate-change law that would establish regulatory standards to help the country mitigate effects of El Niño, drought, and other climate impacts on infrastructure and production.