Yarsagumba
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Yarsagumba (冬虫夏草) is caterpillar fungus and found in higher attitude himalayan region. In Nepal, yarsagumba grows in higher region of Dolpa, manang and other upper parts. Many resource conflicts are published which prove the importants of Yarsaghumba. This news was reported from the remote mountains areas of Nepal. In June Few years ago,in Manang district, mass of local men and young boys picking yarsagumba. Some of them were killed with sticks and stones and beat two of the suspected poachers to death, throwing their bodies down a deep crevasses. Next in November 2009, 6 men were sentenced to lifelong imprisonment and 13 people were convicted as accomplices in the mass murders. About 40% of the country’s supply of yarsagumba is sourced from the Dolpa District. According to reported news, two men (Phurwa Tsering and Thundup Lama) from Dho village development committee died after a violent fight between community people and cops. The Asian Human Rights Commission ( AHRC) said that robberies occur annually in the Dolpa Highlands. Buffer Zone Management Committee(BZMC) of Shey-Phoksundo National Park and the local Dho committee have collected taxes from yarsagumba collectors. This year BZMC hiked its royalties by 300% and also seized the local committee’s receipt books and share of royalties saying that the village committee could no longer collect taxes from yarsagumba pickers who harvested in their customary pastures. They had been threating to open up the lang meadows where locals graze their livestocks in winter because it is the only pasture not covered in snow to outside yarsagumba harvesters. Another grievance was the lack of government royalty money going into sustainable management of yarsagumba. On June 3, a protesting community was reportedly met with brutal police force. And attacked villagers, two killed, dozens injured and several detained and at least one of who reported being tortured in detention. Arrested people were also allegedly blackmailed with false murder charges until they signed a document attesting that phurwa died from falling off a cliff rather than from police brutality. According to Monk and chairperson of Dolpo Concern Centre Sey Namkha Dorje told that the region had never such violence before.83 year monk grandmother said that it was very cruelty. The Nepalese Human Rights Commission has investigated this incident but it is yet to release its report. In the same month, a gang rob cash and yarsagumba worth$ 40 million rupees from the camp within the Phoksundo VDC in Dolpa District. AHRC notes that gang robberies in the Dolpa highlands occur annually and these past incidents states : the involvement of cops and local politicians is strongly suspected in these armed gang robberies as there is inordinate laxity in investigation. A Nepali times article highlightsthat Corruption, lawlessness, political criminals are mainly involved in black trade of yarsagumba
The Asian Human Rights Commission said that robberies occur annually in the Dolpa Highlands. Buffer Zone Management Committee(BZMC) of Shey-Phoksundo National Park and the local Dho committee have collected taxes from yarsagumba collectors but this year BZMC hiked its royalties by300% and also seized the local committee’s receipt books and share of royalties sayingthat the village committeecould no longer collect taxes from yarsagumba pickers who harvested in their customary pastures. They had been threating to open up the lang meadows where locals graze their livestocks in winter because it is the only pasture not covered in snow to outside yarsagumba harvesters. Another grievance was the lack of government royalty money going into sustainable management of yarsagumba. On June 3, a protesting community was reportedly met with brutal police force. And attacked villagers, two killed, dozens injured and several detained and at least one of who reported being tortured in detention. Arrested people were also allegedly blackmailed with false murder charges until they signed a document attesting that phurwa died from falling off a cliff rather than from police brutality. According to Monk and chairperson of Dolpo Concern Centre Sey Namkha Dorje told that the region had never such violence before.83 year monk grandmother said that it was very cruelty. The Nepalese Human Rights Commission has investigated this incident but it is yet to release its report. In the same month, a gang rob cash and yarsagumba worth$ 40 million rupees from the camp within the Phoksundo VDC in Dolpa District. AHRC notes that gang robberies in the Dolpa highlands occur annually and these past incidents states : the involvement of cops and local politicians is strongly suspected in these armed gang robberies as there is inordinate laxity in investigation.
News of a gruesome crime emerged from the remote mountains of Nepal a few years ago. In Manang District, close to the Nepal – Tibet border, a large posse of local men and boys, upon hearing of interlopers picking yarsagumba in their meadows, beat two of the suspected poachers to death, throwing their bodies down a deep crevasse before rounding up the remaining five, reportedly killing them with sticks and stones. In November 2009, six men were sentenced to life imprisonment and 13 others were convicted as accomplices in the mass murders.
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