In a bid to protect the trees in the forests of Canacona taluka, Goa, the pen has proved to be mightier than the axe. There is a kind of hush in the forest regions of Canacona, as vandals and plunders of the forest have taken a backseat of so it seems, after a series of reports in Herald, exposing the illegal felling of trees from the forest in Poinguinim constituency.