Herders of Merak, eastern Bhutan, were disappointed with authorities for
issuing timber extraction permits. Local complains that people from lower
valleys were extracting timber. Every day one or two truckloads of timber are
felled in Meark, said one of the herders. Herders also worries that depletion of
forest cover was detrimental to the quality of tsamdro (pastureland) essential for the livelihood of the semi-nomadic
community. Logging of trees has also disturbed red panda habitat.
February 14
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