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Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI) is the government organization under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for research in this sector which was established in 1955 at Sholoshahar, Chittagong city. [2] The largest areas of forest are in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Sundarbans. [1]
[9] [10] According to the State of Global Air report in 2021, at last 236,000 people died due to air pollution in Bangladesh. [11] According to a World Bank study, air pollution is responsible for 20 percent of premature deaths in Bangladesh. [12] The brick kiln industry is one of the largest contributors to air pollution in Bangladesh.
A 2002 analysis of satellite imagery suggested that the rate of deforestation in the humid tropics (approximately 5.8 million hectares per year) was roughly 23% lower than the most commonly quoted rates. [40] A 2005 report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated that although the Earth's total forest area ...
Bangladesh faces both natural and man-made environmental problems. The main environmental problems of Bangladesh can be traced to the problems of overpopulation and poverty. These are: deforestation, deteriorating water quality, natural disasters, land degradation, salinity, unplanned urbanization, unplanned sewage, industrial waste disposal, etc.
Environmental impact of development in the Sundarbans, is the study of environmental impact on Sundarban, the largest single tract mangrove forest. [1] It consist of a geographical area of 9,629 square kilometres (3,718 sq mi), including 4,185 square kilometres (1,616 sq mi) of reserve forest land, and is a natural region located partly in southern Bangladesh and partly in the Indian state of ...
In 2008, Brazil's government announced a record rate of deforestation in the Amazon. [138] [139] Deforestation jumped by 69% in 2008 compared to 2007's twelve months, according to official government data. [140] Deforestation could wipe out or severely damage nearly 60% of the Amazon rainforest by 2030, according to a 2007 report from WWF. [141]
When Bangladesh became independent in 1971, the reserved and proposed reserved forests came under the jurisdiction of the Bangladesh Forest Department. From 1971 to 1989, the Bangladesh Forest Department was under the Ministry of Agriculture. During 1987-89, Forestry was a department of the Ministry of Agriculture, under a Secretary.
Changes in forest area (like deforestation) may follow a pattern suggested by the forest transition (FT) theory, [9] whereby at early stages in its development a country is characterized by high forest cover and low deforestation rates (HFLD countries). [10]