Environmentalists have warned that the Nepali govenment's proposal to allow a state-run body to fell trees in the Terai belt would deplete the Himalayan kingdom's forest cover and spell doom for the bordering Indian states.Following its recent decision to allow export of millions of cubic feet of timber logs, the government is now considering a proposal to authorise the Timber Corporation of Nepal (TCN) to fell trees in the forests of the Terai, the southern plains. "If trees are allowed to be cut, the environment of Nepal, along with the neighbouring Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, will face far-reaching consequences," warned Nabin Acharya, researcher at the department of plants.