Deforestation+in+Nepal

· Lland use is rapidly changing · 42% mountains · 42% forest · 14% cultivated · 12% pasture · Figures don’t add to 100% because of cultivation of Mountain sides (terraces) · Llocal villagers cultivate terraces · Cut logs to feed family · Markets in India for wood · Wood for fuel and housing · Only way to get wood, and therefore feed their families, is to steal the wood from rainforests
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