Title Pakistan Forest Digest Issue 01- A4 - Pakistan Research Group

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SDPISustainable Development Policy Instituteare a national asset and because ofthe forests tourists from all overthe country visit Galiat. Butunfortunately these forests havebeen handed over to the forestofficials who are taking politicaladvantage of their position. Thehigh officials of the forestdepartment should adopt the rightways and protect this nationalwealth. Otherwise thepeople of Galiat willhave no option but totake to the streets.Smuggling of valuable timber out of Haripur andadjoining areas at its peakDaily Aaj, Peshawar, May 11, 2010Pind Kamal (SpecialCorrespondent) Timber smugglingis at its peak. The officials of theForest Department have failed incurbing the smuggling. It has beendisclosed that Precious timber isbeing smuggled from Haripur andadjoining areas. Timber is beingsmuggled using different clevermethods of cutting it into pieces sothat it can pass through checkposts easily. This is severelydamaging the scenic beauty ofMaung.Timber smuggling at its peak as water flowfrom Tarbela Lake increasesDozens of launches smuggle timber every day in connivance with the forestdepartment. DFO is busy in collecting bribeDaily Shamal, Abbottabad, May 15, 2010Gadwalian(ShamalCorrespondent) Timber smugglingvia Tarbela Lake is at its peak.DFO Haripur has raised hisbribery rate as the smuggling hasincreased. Precious forests ofHazara district are turning intobare land. As the water flow inTarbela Lake increases thesmuggling by timber mafia alsogrows. Dozens of launches loadedwith timber arrive at the bank ofthe lake near Bel Garan and Nara.Timber is loaded in trucks and sentto various cities of Punjab.Timber smuggling has increasedmany folds ever since the presentDFO has been posted in Haripur.The DFO counts his money earnedfrom timber smuggling sitting inan air conditioned room. Peopleof the area have asked thecommissioner to controlsmuggling of timber.Sher Garh forests turn into empty landsTimber smuggling through vehicles and mules is continuing openlyDaily Shamal Abbottabad, May 16, 2010Oghi (Shamal Correspondent)Forests of Sher Garh range in JaluGali, Chamial, Dogar, BandiShangli, are turning into emptylands. Forests are a gold mine fortimber mafia. Expensive timber isbeing smuggled out using Datsuntrucks and mules. The smugglingis going on openly and the rangeoffice and his staff is busy inmaking money. The forestdepartment sells standing trees.Even at this moment there areseveral chopped off trees in theseareas. The forest officials set theseon fire. Loot sale of trees iscontinuing in connivance with theforest officials. Degradation offorests is a threat to Tarbela Damwhich is one of the largest dams inthe world. Yunus Khan presidentof forest management committee,Aijaz, the president of reformscommittee and Haji Qalandar,former chairman and theirsupporters have urged thesecretary forest department andother high officials to takeimmediate action against thepeople responsible for thedestruction of forests and also takemeasures to save the remainingforests.Pakistan Forest Digest Vol. 1, No. 1, April – June, 2010
SDPISustainable Development Policy InstituteClosure of Timber Market in Chakdara will notbe allowed at any cost, APCTaking timber to another area for auction is economic murder of thepeople of the area: Bedar BakhtDaily Aaj, Peshawar, May 17, 2010Chakdara (Aaj Correspondent) Allconspiracies to fail Chakdaratimber market will be foiled.Taking timber extracted from Dirand Chitral forest areas to anyother place for sale is an economicslaughter of the local people. Wewill make the lives of those peoplemiserable who try to snatch ourliving.These views were expressed byBedar Bakht the secretary generalof People’s Party Sherpao, districtpresident Mohammad Umar,Hussain Shah Yusufzai of ANP,Saltanat Yar advocate of Jamaat eIslami, Madad Khan, secretarygeneral of JUI Adinzai, Zar NasibKhan, Maulana Gul Rahim, IkramGhani Khan, Fakhruzzamanadvocate, Ali Badshah of tradersassociation of Chakdara and otherswhile addressing an all partiesconference. The speakers said thatprovincial minister for forestsWajid Ali Khan’s statement wasencouraging that Chakdara timbermarket will not be shut down butthe minister has gone back on hispromise made during a meetingwith the representatives of the areasaying that the issue discussedwith him was not the closure ofChakdara market but shifting oftimber to Jahangira for auction.The minister did not clarify hisstatement. The speakers said thattimber was not being brought toChakdara under a conspiracy toclose down the market there.Jabar, Commission mafia earns millions inconstruction of forest guest houseDaily Shamal, Abbottabad, May 20, 2010Jabar (Shamal Correspondent) Substandard materialwas used in construction of forest guest house inDomail. Commission mafia has earned millions. TwoNESPAK engineers are also fully involved in thiscorruption. The construction company is alsonotorious in this regard.According to the details commission mafia has earnedmillions in the construction of Domail forest guesthouse in connivance with the NESPAK officials.Surprisingly the department awarded the contract to alittle known company who had spoiled severalconstruction plans in the past by using substandardmaterial. People have urged the DFO Saran area totake corrective measures in this regard otherwise theywill start protests against him.Shinkiari: Reckless cutting of forests continuesDaily Shamal, Abbottabad, 17 May 2010Dhudiyal (Correspondent) Cuttingof forests continues in SaranDivision, particularly Shinkiarirange and the green gold isdepleting day by day.Sources told Shamalcorrespondent that trees are beingcut in connivance with the officialsof the forest department. Timbersmugglers are using horses andmules to transport timber to illegalsaw mills at night. Then thisexpensive wood is transported tocities. The forest officials sell thetrees and then to hide the evidencethey set the markets on fire.Sources claim to have videoevidence of this activity.Pakistan Forest Digest Vol. 1, No. 1, April – June, 2010
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