Logs of Chilaune tree, Utis (alder), and Painyu (wild Himalayan cherry) from private forestland wait to be trimmed and dr ied. Slimmed of any branching limbs, then wide, sturdy chests will be sawed at NPR 60 per cubic feet, on dieselgenerated power. A 2001 study of the area published in the Journal of Forest and Livelihood found that the rate of increase in tree diameter drastically declined from one centimetre a year until the age of six, to 0.2 centimetres by the tenth year — an estimated annual loss worth NPR 20,000. “