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Neglected forests

17 August 2004, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By Ronju Ahammad, Forestry Hostel, Chittagong University
17 August 2004, 18:00 PM
. PHOTO: Syed Zakir Hossain
I will not talk like a poet or a historian that Bangladesh is a country of lush green, but in fact it has only 6 per cent forest coverage compared to total land. According to ecologists, about 25 per cent forest is highly desirable for country's 'ecological balance'.

We all read and learn it, but don't realise it. In most countries, nature conservation, forest protection have been turned into a political issue. The forest department is in charge of looking after the forests. Do they nurse the forests or destroy them ? A burning question.

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