Bangladesh has only 120,000 hectares (300,000 acres) of Sal Forest which is a home to fishing cat, forest cat, entellus, monkey, fox, crested serpent eagle, green-billed malkoha, red junglefowl ...

Considered the most threatened ecosystem in Bangladesh, the moist deciduous Sal forest (Shorea robusta) is on the verge of vanishing. In 1990 only 10 percent of the forest cover remained, ...

In Tangail, the Sal forest cover is the largest in Bangladesh. In 1925, it was spread across more than 1,22,876 acres of land in Madhupur, Sakhipur, Ghatail, Mirzapur, ...

The Sal forest near Dhaka is one of Bangladesh's most attractive tourist destinations and is home to the Bhawal National Park. This forest is a habitat for a variety of animal and plant life. The lush ...

Once threatened by urban expansion, the 144-acre Sal forest in Purbachal has now been officially designated a ‘Special Biodiversity Area’. With restoration efforts underway, the forest is being revive ...

Conversion of natural forest into agricultural field at DewparaSAL occurs on the southern slopes of the Himalayas in Nepal, India and Bangladesh. In India Sal occupies the northern and central ...

The government is ready to go after influential individuals and industrial big shots who have long been grabbing forest land in Gazipur. The plan is to launch a crash programme for evicting structures ...

The predator was once widely seen in forested areas. Habitat loss, lack of prey and poaching are key contributors to the loss ...

The sal forest tortoise is widely distributed over eastern and northern India and Southeast Asia. ... (Batagur baska) distributed in India and Bangladesh also needs such support,” he adds.

Bangladesh has initiated efforts to revive five species of plants currently listed as critically endangered on the country’s ...