#GUWAHATI : As #India refocuses on #tiger #conservation after the #deaths of 30 big cats in the first two months of 2023, a challenge that daunts the administrators is #timber #smuggling .
On Tuesday, officials in India’s easternmost #Changlang district in #ArunachalPradesh #discovered that the timber #smugglers had managed to build a #kutcha road in & around the #CoreArea of #Namdapha #NationalPark & #TigerReserve. 

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2023/mar/16/timber-smugglers-build-road-inside-arunachal-tiger-reserve-2556645.amp

#StopEcocide #StopDeforestation #wildlife #WildFirst