The high quality timber species sal of the South Kamrup area has come under tremendous pressure following illegal logging. Over-exploitation for the last 20 years has inflicted a major blow on the huge stocks of sal forest, triggering habitat shrinkage and the consequent man-elephant conflict which has become an annual phenomenon during the harvesting season.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/call-conserve-sal-forests-s-kamrup
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/assam-tribune-guwahati
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/firewood
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/assam
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kamrup
