Punish officials undermining logging ban

The negative effects of deforestation are there for all to see. Weather patterns have increasingly become erratic. Poor rainfall patterns have translated into poor agricultural yield and the scarcity of water has wreaked havoc on both man and animal, yet all these problems are not due to natural attrition. They are the products of willful destruction of the ecosystem by unscrupulous individuals within society.

Our forest cover, at 6 per cent, is way below the recommended 10 per cent of the total land area as a consequence of unregulated logging activities, encroachment on forests and charcoal burning.