{"id":20033895,"date":"2020-06-09T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T07:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thethirdpole.net\/?p=33895"},"modified":"2021-04-22T15:25:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T09:55:06","slug":"timber-smugglers-endanger-kashmirs-forests-during-pandemic-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/forests\/timber-smugglers-endanger-kashmirs-forests-during-pandemic-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Timber smugglers loot Kashmir\u2019s forests during pandemic lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

When a group of bureaucrats and policemen trekked through dense woods in south Kashmir recently, it was a departure from the usual engagements between insurgents and government forces. Instead, it aimed to stem a sudden upsurge in timber smuggling.<\/p>\n

Raghav Langer, the deputy commissioner (DC) of Pulwama, had been \u201csurprised<\/a>\u201d to see the rapid felling of trees in the Sangerwani forest range.<\/p>\n

The team trekked almost 30 kilometres deep inside the forest to get an idea of the illegal activities being carried out. \u201cSome of the locals also informed the DC that no forest official has ever visited the area to curb such activities,\u201d the official statement released by the DC\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

The fact-finders admitted that during the field visit to the Namblan and Anderwali forest blocks of the Sangerwani belt, they saw many felled pine trees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we saw there was a sight of a tree massacre,\u201d an official who had made the trip said, speaking on condition of anonymity. \u201cSmugglers have hit us quite badly in this lockdown.\u201d\u00a0Such is the damage that the authorities had to get drones into action to assess it.<\/p>\n

\"Kashmir's
Kashmir’s Chief Conservator of Forests, Farooq Gillani, conducts inspection of South Kashmir forests after many complaints of timber smuggling [image courtesy: Jammu and Kashmir Department of Information and Public Relations]<\/figcaption><\/figure>Plunder during the pandemic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taking advantage of the ongoing lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak, timber smugglers in Kashmir are having a field day. For the past two months, there has been rampant felling of pine trees in different forest ranges, particularly in south Kashmir.<\/p>\n

This is not just happening in Pulwama; reports emanating from all other districts of Kashmir point towards a flourishing timber-smuggling operation.<\/p>\n

The forest department has struggled to put effective tree-protection mechanisms in place. \u201cAt least 50 to 80 smugglers are active in our forest range,\u201d said Mohammad Ramzan, a resident of Kupwara. \u201cHundreds of horses carrying timber move out of the area daily.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramzan said that smugglers burn the tree stumps to give an impression that the trees have been cut long ago and are old.\u00a0The locals blame the authorities for what is going on.<\/p>\n

\"Smugglers
Smugglers burn the tree stumps to give an impression that the trees have been cut long ago [image courtesy: forest department of North Circle, North Kashmir]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u201cDue to the ongoing lockdown, the police and forest guards aren\u2019t able to guard the forests properly and the smugglers are continuing unabated looting of the forests,\u201d said Mohammad Rizwan, a resident of Kudara in north Kashmir\u2019s Bandipora district.<\/p>\n

Rizwan said that even after some guards were deployed in response to many complaints, they were not able to handle the situation by themselves.<\/p>\n

Grim statistics\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Data shared by\u00a0<\/strong>the Conservators of Forests for the north, south and central circles (Kashmir) of the valley show a sudden jump in the amount of timber seized and smugglers caught.<\/p>\n

A total of 1,488.7 cubic feet (cft) of illicit timber was recovered in January and February this year. This rose to 2,058 cft from the start of the lockdown on March 25 till now.<\/p>\n

Twenty three alleged smugglers were arrested in the first two months of the year, and 32 first information reports (FIRs) registered in different police stations. Seven vehicles were confiscated along with six horses being used to carry the timber.<\/p>\n

Since the lockdown, 130 people have been arrested and 62 FIRs registered; 14 vehicles and 27 horses have been seized. The operation is still going on, according to Tawheed Ahmad Deva, conservator of forests for the south circle.<\/p>\n

\"Illicit
Illicit timber along with vehicles and forces seized by the Forest department of Central Circle at Doodhganga range, Pir Panjal Division Budgam [image courtesy: Conservator Central Circle, Zubair Ahmad]<\/figcaption><\/figure>See:\u00a0Cut down poplars in Kashmir to check Covid-19 spread, orders government<\/a><\/p>\n

Some officials say the forest department\u2019s manpower shortage is aiding the deforestation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a tough range in south Kashmir and we lack manpower to handle it. There are some areas where we need 100 men but we have only 60,\u201d Deva said. He said that a single forest guard had to take care of 3-4 square kilometres.<\/p>\n

Due to the spike in timber smuggling, a high-level committee has been formed and asked to submit a report. Once the report is ready, any person found involved in timber smuggling will be punished according to law, even if he is a government official, Deva said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have shifted and attached almost all the staff from the Sangerwani belt. We will take necessary action once the report comes,\u201d Deva told\u00a0The Third Pole<\/a><\/p>\n

Deva admitted that during the lockdown people had turned to forests with the intention of smuggling, possibly to boost their incomes. \u201cI must tell you everything is under control,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Junior employees paint a grimmer picture. \u201cWhen a smuggler is caught, he\u2019s asked to pay a bribe. If he does not, then he\u2019s jailed. This is what happens most of the time,\u201d said a forest guard from north Kashmir who wished to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n

The 2,000 cft of timber that the officials had recovered was a fraction of the amount actually felled during the lockdown, he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Not alarming\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Officially, the government maintains that it has the situation under control. \u201cDue to the lockdown, our ground staff were unable to be on ground initially,\u201d said Irfan Rasool, conservator of forests for the north circle. \u201cThey were denied movement passes but as things improved and when we received many complaints, we ensured that the team is back on the job.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the complaints, Rasool said, they increased patrolling and \u2018protection forces\u2019 in the forests. He attributed rising unemployment and people sitting idle at home among the reasons for more trees being felled during the lockdown. \u201cThey [smugglers] are taking advantage of the people and authorities being indoors for the lockdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

The department has taken cognisance of some complaints and action will follow, said Syed Farooq Geelani, chief conservator of forests, Kashmir. He said that these kinds of incidents usually happen when there is a lockdown or any kind of unrest in Kashmir. \u201cSome people take advantage of the situation and resort to looting but our team is always on [the] job and tries to protect the forest wealth,\u201d Geelani told\u00a0The Third Pole<\/a><\/p>\n

The conservators in north and south Kashmir, he said, went to the spots themselves and assessed the situation after complaints from residents. \u201cI have also sent a team of higher officials from the department to assess the damage in Sangerwani forest range,\u201d Geelani said.<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0Nadeem Qadri, an environment lawyer and executive director of the Centre for Environmental Law, said the new forest laws under the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, passed suddenly in August last year, are ineffective. \u201cLaws in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir were more robust, as they were based on Maharaja\u2019s principle of natural resource management and conservation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As of now, he said, the Indian Forest Act 1927 has not been fully implemented in Kashmir, and \u201cour forests will be more prone to forest clearances and damage\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see the mismanagement of forests in the northern states of India because of the Indian Forest Act 1927,\u201d Qadri said. \u201cYou can get permission to build a dam via email within a day. There is no environment impact assessment in the act, which means disaster for the forests. With the new laws timber smuggling is getting encouraged after August 5 and forest offences have increased in Jammu and Kashmir, where plundering of the green gold is being done with a sense of impunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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