What are the causes of deterioration of Sundarban mangrove forest ecosystem of Bangladesh conservation and sustainable management issues?
What are the causes of forest degradation in Bangladesh?
The natural forests of the region are one of the species-rich and productive government managed reserve forests, but these are becoming degraded through illegal logging, forest fire, shifting cultivation, human settlement, agriculture and horticulture expansion in the valleys, clear felling followed by commercial plantation with short rotation exotic species etc.