For the 2020-2021 campaign, early vegetation fires are in full swing in the various localities of Borgou. Their practice, which meets regulations, is encouraged. In the department, the period from November 1 to December 31 is recommended for the ignition of early fires, said the head of the Borgou Forest Inspection, Colonel Théophile Sinandouwirou. Penalties, he warns, are planned against offenders. Indeed, Law 93-009 on the forest regime in the Republic of Benin has provided for provisions so that the fires that will be practised are less dangerous. Each year, the Minister of Living Environment and Sustainable Development, in charge of forests, issues an order setting the periods and procedures for igniting early vegetation fires. They are, explains the head of the Borgou Forest Inspection, practiced at the beginning of the dry season as a preventive measure and to ensure the security of national biodiversity, plantations, farms, granaries, fields, fields, homes and property through firewalls. It is, he insists, in concert with local authorities. As advantages, he continues, these fires make it possible to regenerate plant formations and to care for the environment a little while, by sparing it from serious fires.