All about Bangladesh Forest

2. Presented By
MD SOHEL RANA
Post Graduate Student
School of Forestry
Henan Agricultural University (HAU)
Zhengzhou, Henan, CHINA.
January 1, 2017
Contact: md.sohelr50@yahoo.com, sohel.sam@live.com

3. Mapshowingforesttypesandlocation

4. Types of Forest in Bangladesh
There are mainly 6 types of Forest in Bangladesh
 Tropical evergreen and semi evergreen forests (Hill Forest)
 Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest (Sal Forest)
 Natural Mangrove Forest (Sundarban)
 Coastal Afforestation
 Swamp Forest
 Village Forest

5. Tropical evergreen and semi evergreen forests (Hill Forest)
Extended over Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Sylhet
district.
 Total area of 6,70,000 hectare which is 4.54% of total landmass of
the country and 44% of national forest land.
The Hill forests are abundant with numerous plant as well as animal
species.

6. Tropical evergreen and semi evergreen forests (Hill Forest)

7. Tropical evergreen and semi evergreen forests (Hill Forest)
 Garjan (Dipterocarpus spp.)  Chapalish (Artocarpus chaplasha)
Some important flora are:

8. Telsur (Hopea odorata) Tali (Palaquium polyanthrum)
Tropical evergreen and semi evergreen forests (Hill Forest)
Some important flora are:

9. Kamdeb (Callophyllum polyanthum) Uriam (Mangifera sylvatica)
Tropical evergreen and semi evergreen forests (Hill Forest)
Some important flora are:

10. Jarul (Legarstromia speciosa) Civit (Swintonia floribunda)
Tropical evergreen and semi evergreen forests (Hill Forest)
Some important flora are:

11. Toon (Cedrela toona) Bandorhola (Duabanga grandiflora)
Tropical evergreen and semi evergreen forests (Hill Forest)
Some important flora are:

12.  This forest is brought under plantation program since 1871.
At present, plantation activities are being conducted under development projects.
Some valuable plantation species are
Teak (Tectona grandis) Gamar (Gmelina arborea)

13. Jarul (Legarstromia speciosa) Koroi (Albizzia spp)
Tropical evergreen and semi evergreen forests (Hill Forest)
Some important flora are:

14. Chapalish (Artocarpus chaplasha) Mehogani (Swietenia spp)
Tropical evergreen and semi evergreen forests (Hill Forest)
Some important flora are:

15.  Chikrassi (Chikrassia tabularis)  Pynkado (Xylia dolabriformis)
Tropical evergreen and semi evergreen forests (Hill Forest)
Some important flora are:

16. Kadam (Anthocephalus cadamba) Telsur (Hopea odorata)
Tropical evergreen and semi evergreen forests (Hill Forest)
Some important flora are:

17. Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest (Sal Forest)
Plain land Sal forests are Tropical Moist Deciduous type of forests exists
in most of the lowlands and floodplains in the central and western
parts of the country.
This forest has an area about 1,20,000 hectare which is 0.81% of the
country and 7.5% of the state forest land.
This forest is intermingled with the neighboring settlements and
fragmented into smaller patches.

18. Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest (Sal Forest)
Shorearobusta is the main species there with other associates
Albizzia procera Dillenia pentagyna

19. Cassia fistula Terminalia belerica
Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest (Sal Forest)

20. Terminalia chebula Bauhinia acuminata
Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest (Sal Forest)

21. Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest (Sal Forest)
Shorearobusta is the main species there with other associates
Lagerstroemia speciosa Syzygium spp.

22. Plantations of first growing species such as
 Acacia auriculiformis
Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest (Sal Forest)
Acacia mangium

23. Eucalyptus camaldulensis
 Medicinal plants also conducted
under different development
project of Forest Department in
the forest.
Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest (Sal Forest)

24. Natural Mangrove Forest (Sundarban)
 The Sundarban is a unique and largest contiguous natural mangrove forest
in the world.
 It is situated in the southern part of the south-western region of
Bangladesh.
It has an area about 6,01,700 hectare which is 4.13% of the country and
38.12% of the state forest land.

25.  Sundri (Heritiera fomes) is the
characteristic species of the
freshwater zone.
 The forest of the moderately
saltwater zone is mixture of
Gewa (Excoecaria agallocha)
Natural Mangrove Forest (Sundarban)

26. Goran (Ceriops decandra)  Passur (Xylocarpus mekongensis)
Natural Mangrove Forest (Sundarban)

27. Dhandal (Xylocarpus granatum).
Natural Mangrove Forest (Sundarban)
=》Sundarban harbours 334 species of trees,
shrubs and epiphytes and 269 species of wild
animals.
=》World renowned Royal Bengal Tiger is the
magnificent animal of Sundarban.
=》This forest has been an important source of
timber, fuel wood, pulpwood and many non-
timber forest products like, thatching materials,
honey, wax and fish.
=》According to an Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) survey,
500,000 to 600,000 people depend directly on the
Sundarban for their livelihood.

28. • Plantations along the shore land of coastal districts of Bangladesh
started in 1961-62 fiscal year with the objectives of protecting lives
and properties from natural calamities such as cyclones and tidal
bores and of stabilizing the newly accreted lands.
• This initiative got momentum from 1980-81 with the aid of
development partners and afforestation programs are extended over
foreshore islands, embankments and along the open coasts.
Coastal Afforestation

29. Sonneratia apetala Avicennia officinalis
Coastal Afforestation
Apetala and Avicennia officinalis are the main species of the Coastal plantation.
Since 1962 to 2012-2013, 1,96,000 hectare of mangrove plantations have been
raised under a number of coastal afforestation projects.

30.  The Swamp forest inundated with freshwater, either permanently or
seasonally.
 It is located in the north-eastern part mainly in Sylhet and Sunamganj
district of Bangladesh.
 This forest covers an area about 23,000 hectares which is representing
1.44% of country's forest land and 0.16% of the country.
Swamp Forest

31. Hijal (Barringtonia acutangula) Koroch (Pongamia pinnata)
Swamp Forest
Main species of the Swamp Forest

32.  In Bangladesh, 100% of the villages are individually owned.
 In 1981, a village forest inventory was conducted
(Hammermaster1981).
 After a long time this forest was assessed during the National Forest
and Tree Resources assessment in 2005-07.
Village Forest

33. • Cocos nucifera • Samanea saman
Village Forest
Four most common species

34. • Mangifera indica • Areca catechu
Village Forest
Four most common species