The Impact of Deforestation on Life in Nepal
Source: https://www.culturalsurvival.org/
The Hill districts of Nepal the cycle of environmental degradation is frighteningly clear. Land that once suppod healthy regenerating forest is now covered with scrubby, largely unpalatable bush vegetation in which continuous overgrazing and lopping for fodder has prevented any regeneration and gradually removed the valuable edible species. Women have to walk farther and farther to collect fuel and fodder for the family's needs; in many parts of the district the round trip takes a full day. In local markets and centers of population a backload of wood may sell for the equivalent of two days' wages.