Photo: LAKPA SHERPA epal’s unique ecological diversity and topography gives the country many cash crops, but there is one crop that is actually turned into cash. In recent years, there has been a dramatic rise in exports of the bark of a Himalayan bush, Edgeworthia gardneri, prized in Japan to print currency notes, passports, envelopes, postage stamps, and other stationery. Common at altitudes from 1,500-3,000m in the Himalaya, the […]