Dear Mr. Marathe, One of the major culprits in and around the forests of Khandala are the small restaurant owners. They pay the poor tribals a pittance to collect firewood from the forests and supply them for their needs. You can see it daily on stations like Monkey hill etc. The tribals make bundles with hooks made from iron rods and hang it on the window rails of trains. They disembark at Khandala/ Lonawala and supply them to the restaurant owners. Unless an end is put to this practise, there will be no forest left around Khandala. Regards Yazdy.
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Shekhar Marathe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear friend, > There is a difference in the terms girdling and debarking. The first one is > done by humans to kill the standing tree. The trees die and also get hard > and dry at the site it self. I have seen it in Nagari ( Jharkhand) .in > Dehradun and Thane and gadchiroli ( MS). This is mostly done by the tribals > and the villagers to clear up the forest areas for cultivation. The > debarking is done by wild animals to escape the food shortage period. Mostly > done by the elephants in the Rajaji and Corbett during summer when the grass > is not available. The tusks of the elephants is a major device for > debarking. I have also seen sanmbar and chitals of that area > urs friendly > shekhar marathe > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
