Unlike his predecessor, he took a strong stance against unbridled extraction of timber from his state, pushing for sustainable logging and stopping the issuance of new logging and plantation licences.
Along with providing education about sustainable logging and carbon credits, they also run eco-tourism projects with some of the money going directly back to the communities.
In addition to the country's major logging companies not pursuing sustainable logging practices, it is common place for logging to take place illegally within protected forest areas.