The area and the carrying capacity of forests have both been declining
continuously as a result of the increasing demand for cultivable land,
wood, and forest products. As a result, forest ecosystems have collapsed in
many parts of the country. Bangladesh’s high and increasing rate of deforestation
is approaching 3 percent annually, and this is exacerbated by
continuously expanding shifting cultivation in the limited remaining
natural forests. The overexploitation of forests leads to several serious problems
among them being: (i) the country is suffering from general economic
damage and reduced productivity from the lowered level of protection
from natural hazards, and significant losses in the quantity and quality
of its general natural capacity (including forestry, agriculture, and fisheries);
(ii) wood, fuelwood, and other forest products are becoming increasingly
scarce; (iii) soil erosion and land degradation are accelerating in hilly areas, with consequent increase in flash flooding of adjacent floodplains;
and (iv) biological diversity is diminishing. The present forestry
sector crisis in Bangladesh is therefore undermining the natural and ecological
balance, essential for the country’s economic development.
The area and the carrying capacity of forests have both been decliningcontinuously as a result of the increasing demand for cultivable land,wood, and forest products. As a result, forest ecosystems have collapsed inmany parts of the country. Bangladesh’s high and increasing rate of deforestationis approaching 3 percent annually, and this is exacerbated bycontinuously expanding shifting cultivation in the limited remainingnatural forests. The overexploitation of forests leads to several serious problemsamong them being: (i) the country is suffering from general economicdamage and reduced productivity from the lowered level of protectionfrom natural hazards, and significant losses in the quantity and qualityof its general natural capacity (including forestry, agriculture, and fisheries);(ii) wood, fuelwood, and other forest products are becoming increasinglyscarce; (iii) soil erosion and land degradation are accelerating in hilly areas, with consequent increase in flash flooding of adjacent floodplains;and (iv) biological diversity is diminishing. The present forestrysector crisis in Bangladesh is therefore undermining the natural and ecologicalbalance, essential for the country’s economic development.
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