Wednesday, November 16, 2011

RESIN EXTRACTION CAUSES DEFORESTATION- NEPAL

The community forest of Udaypur and Khotang districts, east Nepal, are said to be degrading due to illegal resin extraction from younger pine trees. Last month, an estimated 1,500 liters of resin was extracted in 15 days. Locals are booing against the illegal extraction but the forest authorities are turning their deaf ears.

11 November
Nagarik


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  1. KojiDecember 2, 2011 at 3:27 AM

    Thanks for posting about a chronic problem. Poverty trumps long-term environmental concerns. As does simple, low-level greed.

    There is a documentary about deforestation in the hills of nepal called Timber to Tibet and you can see a copy here: Recently someone uploaded a copy of the documentary online. See here: http://manaslucircuittrek.com/416/timber-tibet-deforestation-manaslu-nepal/

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