Old way of life a threat to forests

By Dachong and Peng Yining | China Daily | Updated: 2011-07-18 08:02

Dawa, who earned his first ax 23 years ago, will use this spruce to repair the house he built. Tibetans in Nyingchi prefecture are allowed to fell five trees annually for that purpose, but commercial logging is banned. Photos by Feng Yongbin / China Daily

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