Sendero, which supplemented its income with drug production and timber smuggling, deliberately chose drought-weakened and deforested mountain villages as the stronghold of its insurgency. Similarly, the Maoist insurgency in Nepal, which has claimed 10,000 lives, exploits the desperation of mountain villagers hit by flash floods – the result of deforestation higher up.
毕竟，沙漠化和森林采伐促成了二十多年前秘鲁的毛泽东主义游击队Sendero Luminoso（光辉道路）的崛起。Sendero靠种植毒品和走私木材补充收入，刻意选择那些久经干旱、采伐过度的山地村庄作为他们叛乱的根据地。同样，导致10,000多人丧生的尼泊尔毛泽东主义叛乱使得那些遭受骤发洪水袭击的山地村民彻底绝望，骤发洪水正是高地森林采伐的结果。