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Forest Conservation - China

Traditional Chinese medicine is collected from the forests by locals, often unregulated and unchecked. Unsustainable harvesting is still a problem throughout Sichuan as demand for the medicine increases each year. Pingwu County in Sichuan Province, south-west China.

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Contained in galleries: The Sustainable Forest - China [2011]

Traditional Chinese medicine is collected from the forests by locals, often unregulated and unchecked. Unsustainable harvesting is still a problem throughout Sichuan as demand for the medicine increases each year. Pingwu County in Sichuan Province, south-west China.