NATIONAL TREE OF BHUTAN DYING OUT!

Locally known as Tsenden, Cypress trees are facing threat due to excessive logging. Other threats for its conservation are poor management planning for sustainable harvesting, lack of information on Cypress forests and its dynamics, forest fire, cattle grazing and low regeneration. Because of its height and girth, Cypress trees are preferred for the construction and renovation of Dzongs and Monasteries in the country. Illegal felling of Cypress trees for domestic use is also unabated.
16 May

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