Prayer flags a problem in Bhutan

"The Bhutanese government is facing an unexpected threat to its country’s natural environment: prayer flags. Each year, Bhutan’s citizens cut down thousands of trees to use a poles for Buddhist prayer flags, according to a Reuters report posted on the Buddhist Channel."

http://www.tricycle.com/blog/?p=1508

"The Bhutanese government has warned its citizens not to cut down thousands of young trees every year to make poles for hoisting Buddhist prayer flags."


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8250310.stm