The deteriorating state of affairs in our forestry sector should be a matter of serious concern to all Zambians. The concerns raised by environment and natural resources minister William Harrington about Zambia's ecological and environmental degradation resulting from cutting down of trees for firewood and charcoal deserve the government's urgent attention. But minister Harrington's revelation that high electricity tariffs are affecting the Zambian government's policy of ruralelectrification raises more questions. Isn't it the Zambian government that put itself in this position through unbridled liberalisation economic policies? (editorial)