Many people who are sensible enough like trees. Imagine yourself living in a place without trees. How are you going to endure the heat, where are you going to get timber for your house, the fruits for eating, firewood for your fires, and to protect your banks of rivers and streams from erosion?
Last year I travelled to Taunggyi by car. On the way to Naypyidaw, on the two sides of the road the scene is not green and lustrous, but dry with the colour of ash and the hills are bare. But I also saw signboards saying “ Bago khayaing sein lan sou pye ye “The reality is the opposite with the aim of the signboard.
Between Hlaingdet and Paya Ngahsu we saw big piles of logs as before. I wonder if our country benefits from timber export or if the earnings only go into the bank accounts of the companies. In our country our state is one of the most suffering region from deforestation. And the road which is used to bring out logs out of the state also suffers. Our Taunggyi Meikhtila road is never really in good condition although repairing and maintenance is always to be seen.
When I was in Taunggyi I heard that whole trees were cut down so that wild orchids can be taken from them to be sold to China. So what will become of our country in 50 years. Or should I say lesser than 50 years. I have never heard about planting new trees in the inner Shan States. People only experienced a lot of troubles planting those good for nothing castor oil ( kyet-hsu ) plant.
If people are told about the disadvantages of cutting down trees they will surely argue that what the people has done is only a fraction of what the companies are doing.
I hope that the new government is considering about this and see to it so that our country will not become a land full of taung-ka-doan and gradually become desert land.
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