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Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Target 9: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources
Indicator 25: Proportion of land area covered by forest

Forest Resources

Bangladesh is one of the world´s most densely populated countries and, as a consequence, its forests are subject to heavy demand pressures in terms of both wood production and competing land-uses. Bangladesh has a relatively low proportion of forest cover. A significant area of additional land [to that shown in the chart] is classified as forest land, but is presently without forest cover. Bangladesh´s forests are of three broad types. Mangrove forests in the coastal delta, hill forests in the interior, and a smaller area of inland sal (Shorea robusta) forest. Significant areas of both hill forest plantations and mangrove plantations have been established. A number of protected areas are under the jurisdiction of the Forestry Department, though most of these have been degraded by illegal logging and forest clearing.

Forest cover according to national classification

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)