More than 4000 trees have been chopped off in past one week in
Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). The felling has confirmed widespread fears that timber
smugglers will use the Forest Policy, which lifted a decade-old ban on
transportation of four million cubic feet of timber in Diamer district, to
smuggle the freshly-cut timber. In Diamer, the mafia pays Rupees 20-30 per
cubic foot to the local owners. The same amount of timber is sold for around
Rupees 2,000 to Rupees 3,000 outside G-B. The provincial government has
suspended 10 forest department officials for failing to curb timber smuggling.
September 21
http://tribune.com.pk/story/607074/timber-smuggling-deforestation-continues-unchecked-in-diamer-valley/
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