Logging+in+Nepal+and+its+effect+on+Bangladesh

· Severe flooding in Bangladesh is linked to deforestation and logging in the Himalayas in Nepal · After logging, the ground becomes prone to rapid soil erosion, which leads to silting and increased flooding downstream in Bangladesh. This river beds are raised and catastrophic floods follow. · But even if there were deforestation, its responsibility for floods in the Ganges and Brahmaputra would be infinitesimally small in comparison with the natural consequences of monsoon rain and earth movements in one of the world’s most geologically unstable regions. · What is impossible to argue, is that the loss of trees can explain the floods along the Ganges and Brahmaputra.