Illegal logging dries up water supply for Mro villages in Bandarban

Illegal logging dries up water supply for Mro villages in Bandarban

Loggers have cut down century-old trees across a 50-acre community forest in Bandarban over the past three years, drying up the stream that supplied drinking water to 34 Mro families, residents and local officials said.The forest, which the Mro call the Parabon, lies below the 2,500-foot peaks of Kroaudong Mountain in the Alikadam region of Bandarban. It supplied timber and bamboo for houses, food through every season and, through the Baeng Jiri…