A Nepelese woman rests from carrying a heavy load of wood chopped down to be used as fuel for cooking, in the Annapurna Himalayas. Much of the native

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A Nepelese woman rests from carrying a heavy load of wood chopped down to be used as fuel for cooking, in the Annapurna Himalayas. Much of the native forest of the Himalayas has been heavily deforested by the local peoples, for whom, until recently it was their only source of power.

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