Navigating nature’s toll: Assessing the ecological impact of the refugee crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Sarkar, Showmitra Kumar; Saroar, Mustafa; Chakraborty, Tanmoy

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18255

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“…However, the majority of Bangladesh's deforestation took place in this forest area because of population settlement, shifting agriculture, and illicit logging (Reddy et al 2016;Salam et al 1999). Since 1991, over 931,447 Rohingya refugees have migrated to Bangladesh (UNHCR 2023); the bulk of them are now living in camps built by indiscriminately removing 1,747.45 ha of natural vegetation and leveling hills in the upazilas of Teknaf and Ukhiya in the Cox's Bazar district (Hossain and Haider 2020;Sarkar et al 2023). As a result, it caused changes to the environment, including topsoil loss that resulted in unproductive land, erosion, a potential risk of landslides, and a threat to the biodiversity of the local and regional areas .…”

Section: Madhupur Sal Forest Is a Plainland Salmentioning

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Estimation of Aboveground Forest Biomass and Carbon Storage of Bangladesh

Mojumder,

Hossain,

Volk

2023

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Forest biomass helps mitigate climate change impacts through sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide and potentially storing it for long periods of time. Deforestation and timber harvesting cause the reduction of forest biomass resulting in the reduced carbon sequestration capacity and alterednatural balance of forest ecosystems. We used remote sensing and GIS tools in the four important forest cover zones within five districts of Bangladesh to compare the aboveground forest biomass (AGB) changes between 2014 and 2020. We found an increased AGB in Sundarban mangrove forest from 89.73 Mg.h-1 in 2014 to 90.76 Mg.h-1 in 2020. Similarly, the AGB was found to be increased for Ukhiya hill forest from 7.89 Mg.h-1 in 2014 to 8.89 Mg.h-1 in 2020. Contrary, the average AGB content in Nijhum Dwip mangrove forest decreased from 44.36 Mg.h-1 in 2014 to 37.46 Mg.h-1 in 2020. The average AGB of Modhupur decidious forest also found to be decreased from 110.01 Mg.h-1 in 2014 to 107.22 Mg.h-1 in 2020. The decreased biomass contents could be attributed to anthropgenic factors as indicated by the presence of human activities and this informatin will be helpful for forest restoration and management in Bangladesh.

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Section: Madhupur Sal Forest Is a Plainland Salmentioning

confidence: 99%

Estimation of Aboveground Forest Biomass and Carbon Storage of Bangladesh

Mojumder,

Hossain,

Volk

2023

BIOTROPIA

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“…Monitoring of natural resources, such as vegetation, freshwater, and wetland systems, is necessary for ecosystem protection [ 5 , 6 ]. Ecological degradation is one of the key issues of global environmental change, which greatly restricts the development of human society and affects the evolution of living things [ 7 ]. Over the past 10 years, people all over the world have been impacted by more and more environmental disasters [ 8 ].…”

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confidence: 99%