Medicinal plants
In the Mountain of Jushi thrives a large variety of medicinal plants in a wild state. For many years now, local people collect medicinal plants as a source of income. In addition to people living in the vicinity of the mountain, medicinal plants are collected by residents in other villages. This uncontrollable exploitation has caused damages to the plant vegetation. The use of irresponsible methods and the setting of fires in the mountain, something which happened repeatedly during the summer of 2007, negatively impacted the various shrubs, sage, juniper, thyme, etc. Plants collected by local people are bought mainly for export by specializing companies. The area is particularly rich in sage and thyme of high quality. These plants are in demand by the European and American markets. Last year, according to data from the companies which buy medicinal plants from the local people, the following amounts have been collected: about 1.400 kv wet mass of sage; 10 kv of milk thistle, 6 kv juniper berries; 70 kv thyme; 11 kv clover from the meadows, and lesser amounts of nettle, hollyhock, hawthorn, etc. Sage, is bought in its raw condition, dried or liquidized.
Quality of air in the commune
As is easily noticed, the quality of the air in the commune of Bushat is good. This is due to the fact that there is no industrial activity, i.e. no factories, works or other establishments that emit carbon dioxide and sulphur in the atmosphere. Although no scientific assessments have been carried out, it is easily perceivable with the naked eye that the quality of the air is better than in the towns and cities. However, although air is largely considered to be clean, there are activities which cause pollution to the environment.