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Elephants Under Threat in Bangladesh as Construction Eats Into Forests Published December 15th, 2020 - 01:08 GMT (Shutterstock) Highlights The body submitted a report that said some 106 elephants have died in Chattogram Forest circle in the last 19 years. Asian wild elephants are under serious threat in southeast Bangladesh due to the construction of huge settlements on forest land and hills which has shrunk the mammals’ habitat and restricted their free movement. Uncontrolled grabbing of forest land and hills by local influential people is also ruining the biodiversity of the tourist hub of Cox’s Bazar, according to experts and researchers. Among 268 endangered Asian elephants in Bangladesh, two-thirds live in Cox s Bazar and the Chittagong Hill Tracts bordering India and Myanmar, according to data from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the government.

Bangladesh generalRathindra kumar biswasRezaul karim chowdhuryXishuangbanna daiCox bazarMohammad abdul azizUnited nations development programmeForest departmentInternational union for conservation of natureJahangirnagar universityChattogram divisionHigh courtAnadolu agencyChittagong hill tractsInternational unionChattogram forest