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Paikabandha beat officer Ahmed Ali Mandal said that in the last one and a half years, two houses were built on forest land and a person named Saiful Islam and Akkas Ali built the houses by cutting the trees of the forest. When the forest officials tried to stop them, they showed the land documents […]
Moreover, it is home to the Royal Bengal Tiger, spotted deer, rhesus monkey, 42 species of mammals, 290 species of birds, 120 species of fish, 35 reptiles and eight species of amphibians. Of these, two species of amphibians, 14 species of reptiles, 25 species of birds and five species of mammals are currently endangered. Since […]
The fire spread in Amurbuniya of Chandpai Range of Sundarban East Forest Division has now been brought under control. The fire did not spread to trees or branches, but spread sporadically on the ground. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said this in a press release on Sunday. Apart from the forest department, […]
Jashore Road Development and Age Old Tree Conservation Committee sent a press release to the media today, Thursday, in protest. Committee convener Khandakar Azizul Haq and member secretary Zillur Rahman said in the statement that they noted with deep concern and anger that the forest department has issued a tender for the sale of more […]
However, the Forest Department is giving different reasons behind deforestation in Madhupur. MD Sajjaduzzaman, divisional forest officer (DFO) of the forest department in Tangail, said the Garo settlement is at the root of deforestation. Also, there were outsiders who destroyed the forest along with the Garos. Later, after finding no other way, social forestry was […]
Estimating the absorptive capacity of a tree requires three measurements: height, circumference, and wood density, which varies by species. As an assistant looks through binoculars at birds that might hit the drone, the machine flies a path plotted in a computer program. “We collect data or capture (images) every three seconds,” explained FORRU field research […]
Ahead of the reopening, local fishermen, tour operators, launches and boat drivers were gearing up to enter the Sundarbans once again. Meanwhile, eco cottages in the area are also preparing to warmly welcome curious tourists. “We have completed all preparations to welcome the tourists,” said MD Saiful Islam, director of Sundari Eco Resort. “Tourists will […]
The Amazon region is home to half of the world’s remaining tropical forests. Indigenous territories make up more than a fifth of its land. Brazil’s leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office this year and has pledged to reverse environmental destruction under his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. But Brazilian government figures released this […]
Spain’s first major wildfire of the year raged in the eastern Valencia region on Friday, destroying more than 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of forest and forcing 1,500 residents to leave their homes, officials said. An unusually dry winter in parts of the south of the European continent has reduced soil moisture and raised fears of […]
According to the UNB report, a rare large Indian civet was caught from a building at Boakhali in Chattogram district on Saturday night. Azam Khan, an employee of the local forest department, said the locally endangered civet nigar was trapped in the second floor house of Shima Tuli as it had gone there in search […]
