Forest

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Environment

Forest need to be seen as resource, mustn't be destroyed by building infrastructures: Environment minister

He also said laws are being made for forest conservation.

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

The recreational value of sal forests in Bangladesh

Govt recovers 24,322 acres forest land in three years: Minister
Bangladesh

Govt recovers 24,322 acres forest land in three years: Minister

Investment needed in Bangladesh's increasingly vulnerable forests
Environment

Investment needed in Bangladesh's increasingly vulnerable forests

A file photo of Sundarbans. photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Forest crimes several times higher during Sundarbans closure: Study

People’s representatives started the conversion of the forest land into khas land, and leased them to many displaced fishermen, soon after Nijhum Dwip became a union. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Panorama

What will Nijhum Dwip offer if it loses its forest and deer?

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Environment

No development by destroying forests, environment: Environmentalists

Bangladesh National Parliament. Photo: Collected
Environment

JS body for stopping illegal sand mining to protect reserved forest areas

Pittachhara (on the right) has put up resistance against the aggression of the monoculture plantation (on the left). The blue square is Russel’s home. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

Pittachhara Conservation Initiative: A man’s fight to protect private forest patches in Khagrachhari

Source: Forest Department, BSS 
By The Numbers

Bangladesh's Forest land by division in 2020-21

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Environment

Collaborative management of Sundarbans underlined

A stream inside the Lathitila reserved forest. File Photo: Muntasir Akash
Panorama

A proposed safari park in a subtropical forest in northeastern Bangladesh will be detrimental to native biodiversity 

US President Joe Biden discusses the United States' response to Russian invasion of Ukraine and warns CEOs about potential cyber attacks from Russia at Business Roundtable's CEO Quarterly Meeting in Washington, DC, US on 21 March. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Biden protects US forests but struggles on biggest climate goals