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Wood is the mainfuel for cooking and other domestic requirements.[1] It is not surprising thatpopulation pressure has had an adverse effect on the indigenousforests.[1] By 1980 only about 16 percent of the land was forested, and forests had all butdisappeared from the densely populated and intensively cultivated deltaic plain.[1] Aid organizations in the mid-1980s began looking into the possibility of stimulating small-scale forestry to restore a resource for which there was no affordable substitute.[1]Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI) is the government organization underMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for research in this sector which was established in 1955 at Sholoshahar,Chittagong city.[2]
The largest areas of forest are in theChittagong Hill Tracts and theSundarbans.[1] Theevergreen anddeciduous forests of the Chittagong Hills cover more than 4,600 square kilometres (1,800 mi2) and are the source ofteak for heavy construction and boat building, as well as other forest products.[1] Domesticated elephants are still used to haul logs.[1] The Sundarbans, a tidalmangrove forest covering nearly 6,000 square kilometres (2,300 mi2) along theBay of Bengal, is the source of timber used for a variety of purposes, including pulp for the domesticpaper industry, poles for electric power distribution, and leaves for thatching for dwellings.[1] The total percentage of forests are 10.98%.[citation needed]
There are three universities in Bangladesh where a student can enroll for an undergraduate degree in forestry. Among them theInstitute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences underChittagong University offers undergraduate and graduate degrees both in Forestry and in Environmental Sciences. This is the premier institute for Forestry education in Bangladesh. The three universities of Bangladesh offering undergraduate and graduate degree in Forestry are:
| Name of Institution | Location | Degree |
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| Chittagong University | Chittagong | B.Sc./M.S./M.Phil./Ph.D.. |
| Shahjalal University of Science and Technology | Sylhet | B.Sc./M.Sc. |
| Khulna University | Khulna | B.Sc./M.S/Ph.D. |
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