Small loggers with concessions along the UNAMCO trail are calling on the government to repair and maintain the eroded roadway, saying that its current state is stifling business and crippling their livelihoods.
Members of the Region 10 Forest Producers’ Association and several other forest producers own about 400,000 acres of prime forested land along the 122-kilometre UNAMCO trail. According to members, 98% of the concession owners are small loggers whose livelihoods depend on money earned from logging activities.
However, for some time now, they have complained about the deplorable state of the trail and have been calling on
