Teenjure-Milke-Jaljale losing rhododendron forests

Construction of roads, transmission lines and infrastructures, rampant use of forest products and overgrazing are threat to rhododendron conservation.

Local people and other stakeholders are worried about the depletion of rhododendron forests in the TMJ area (a collective name for Teenjure, Milke and Jaljale) spread over three districts of Province 1—Tehrathum, Sankhuwasabha and Taplejung.