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The ecological benefit of forest fire often outweighs their negative effect. Forest fires often remove the alien plants that takes place of the native plants. The foreign plants compete to the native plants for nutrition and sunlight. The ashes which are formed after forest fire is very nutritive for the growth of plants. Forest fire kills the older plants that becomes a shelter for insects and pests. Fire is a catalyst for promoting biological diversity and healthy ecosystem.
