SECOND FORESTRY DEV.

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This Second Forestry Development Project covers Paro, Haa and Thimphu Districts in Western Bhutan where the coniferous forest has been affected by a pest outbreak. The project is part of an integrated program of activites aimed at restoring the ecological balance, renewing the forest resources and enabling the salvage logging of commercial valuable timbers. The project is adminstered by the Bhutan Logging Corporation (BLC) and the Department of Forests (FD) over a six-year period and supports (a) FD activities in pest and forest management, and (b) BLC activities, including road construction, logging, workshop development, marketing, nursery development and reforestation in the project area, and improvement of the financial management system. Technical assistance and training support is envisaged for both BLC and FD.