Firewood is a valuable commodity in Nepal and often has to be carried for long distance because closer sources have been stripped Until recently all cooking was done on wood fires This stripping of forests results in increased erosion with the associated problems of land slides floods and loss of agricultural land Tumlingtar Eastern Nepal October 1999

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Firewood is a valuable commodity in Nepal and often has to be carried for long distance because closer sources have been stripped Until recently all cooking was done on wood fires This stripping of forests results in increased erosion with the associated problems of land slides floods and loss of agricultural land Tumlingtar Eastern Nepal October 1999

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