Two women are seen here carrying home headloads of firewood in traditional baskets from the backwoods in a village near Mokokchung town, Saturday. Gathering and use of firewood for fuel in the Naga household is a traditional practice as old as the Naga society itself. Firewood is a renewable resource. However, demand for this fuel can outpace its ability to regenerate on a local or regional level. Good and sustainable forestry practices and improvements in devices that use firewood are needed to ensure that the supply of firewood does not outpace its regeneration. (MTNews photo)
