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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

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

Ever since the Bangalis started to move in the Chattogram Hill Tracts, the increased population led to the thinning of the native forest. Mahfuz Ahmed Russel - fashion buyer turned conservationist...

Source: Forest Department, BSS 

Bangladesh's Forest land by division in 2020-21

Photo: Courtesy

Collaborative management of Sundarbans underlined

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

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

Biden protects US forests but struggles on biggest climate goals

Finding fantastic beasts: A camera-trapping story from our forgotten forests 

Finding fantastic beasts: A camera-trapping story from our forgotten forests 

Some 36 illegal brick kilns in Khagrachhari burn 216,000 tonnes of forest wood throughout the year, according to an estimate. The forests of Khagrachhari are becoming barren due to the lack of supervision. Photo: TBS

Reserve forest unprotected in Khagrachhari

The Asian golden cat is an enigmatic medium-sized forest cat. It is Vulnerable in Bangladesh. Illustration: Tania Zakir

Camera-trap study reveals rare wild cat in northeastern Bangladesh

Photo: Unsplash 

India Wants to Grow Tiger Population by 35% to Protect Forests, Boost Economy

Satellites reveal how forests increase cloud, cool climate

Satellites reveal how forests increase cloud, cool climate

A felled tree is seen in the middle of a deforested area of the Yari plains, in Caqueta, Colombia March 3, 2021. Picture taken March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

Companies should put climate cash towards saving forests: Paper

Lathitila is a safe abode to many threatened species like this clouded leopard. The forest deserves to be a protected area, not a safari park. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Safari park in Lathitila forest: Are we committing ecocide?

A file photo of Sundarbans. photo: Collected

No Eid holidays for forest officials, strict surveillance in Sundarbans